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Carl Jansson�s April 17, 1912 letter
to his family states:
�The big boat sank with a
great explosion and the only thing to do was to jump
into the water. ...We were two Swedish boys, I
myself and a journalist named August Suderssou
[Andersson] from Ystad. We fought side by side and
finally found a raft, torn loose from the ship which
we clung firmly to. �� wild struggle ��.there were
only 11 alive.� (An alternate translation
of this letter appears in Voyage magazine
#12).
August Andersson interview, Nordstjernan, New
York, April 23, 1912:
�I and a few friends were thrown
up on the just lowered lifeboat, which was cast
loose in the water. �.. After about half an hour
about fifty of us manage to get up in the boat which
was still filled with water��. Only twelve of us
were left of the 150(?) who had clung fast in the
beginning. �� We left our dear water-filled and
damaged craft with three dead bodies that we had not
thrown overboard.�
Despite a few unusual statements,
Andersson's and Jansson's description fits perfectly
Collapsible A, whose surviving passengers were later
picked up by Fifth Officer Lowe in lifeboat #14.
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