, 1880-07-04
HER BABY,
IouchinE Incident Of the Seawanhaka
Disaster Mrs. Grayss Sad Exueri-

| Touching Incident Of the Seawanhaka
Disaster Mrs. Gray's Sad Experi-
! ence.
Ne1U Tors Tribune
reporter OF the Tribune called upon Mrs. ".
W. IT, Gray, at No. 03i Eighth avenue She ,yas
seated In an easy-chair in her bedroom. sur
rounded BY friends sympathlzing with her in
her misfortune and endeayorinx to alleviate hnr
trouble for the time BY concealing from her the
TACT that her child was dead. She BETRAYED
symptoms OF great nervous prostratIon. Her
eyes were inhamed by weeping, and her utter
nnces were broken by convulslye sohs She
said:
~ was seated In the saloon at the rear OF tha
vessel when the explosion occurred. was one.
OF the first to see the boiler burst. and as soon a.
l recovered from the shock received T
screamed. 4 gentleman than ran up and en-
deavored to quiet me. I exclaimed: .Oh, my
God, are my baby and myself to pcrsh?
- Have you any one with your said the gem
tleman.
".No, I am Alone Immediately responded.
He at once said: I will save your baby;
leave It to me and look to yourself The flames
we're rapidly approaching the place where I
Stood stayed until the last moment, anu TAX
myself out, Of stateroom window. As
the water closed above my head prayed Tor
a'1 ny naoy Ga !la haSe never seen il since cannot
nsa no LIE, prcserver. simply trusted to Pruv-
1dencc. and. as fur as I myself asu concerned. (
did not trust In vain. Whether my baby is lost or
not cannot say. but hope thar Providence
which preserved me has also preserved my child
when rose to the surface after my first plunge
preserver. As It WAS within easy reach also
caught hold OF it. She, however, seeing that
I was q, endanggering her chances or. escape.
struck me violently several times, and I pus.,
obliged to let go. As I went down again shc
kicked me In the breast. but when came up
again was once more within reach of the life
prcscrver. Again l clutehed at it, and this
time I obtained more tenacious hold sho
could not shake me on. and. in order to prevent.
anchor chain To this my new companion held
on until we were rescued and taken on board
the yacht '. Of t, James 4 Boyd. Que Of her hands
anchor chain was frequently enveloped.
When was rescued | was perfectly ex-
thought that my little one might be drowned, or or
worse. perhaps, be burned to death. suffered
an undescribahle mental anguish, but still was
to the residence OF my husbands uncle. Df
Stelncrt who is the Police Surgeon ut Harlem,
There, of course: was well cared for This
home. am In hopes that my baby is saved"
'lf women could swim." she continued, "r:
am sure re- they would b. more gorgeous than
Portio% Of the 81 me sna af'fes efs
deck had hoped to have been comfortably
settled in the country now instead Of being hero
In terrible suspense regarding the fate Of my
baby. We we're going to Glen Cove to spend the
summer and escape the heat Of the city. Baby.
was sick, and was afraid it would succumb to
the unusual heat We are experiencing in tho
At this tuncture a friend Of the family entered
the room and intimated TINT he had some In
formation concerning the child.
said Ms ua2 Clay WIS us It'd It dead2 d e "oi
i cannot say" replied the young man. "a
baby has been found with gold pins In the front
and back portion OF Its DRESS
''Thats my baby" exclaimed Mrs. Gray, and
once more fell into fit OF weeping.
Before she recovered, the young man, who
had evidently come for the purpose OF breaking
the sud intelligence, departed When Mrs. Grsy~t
had sufficiently recovered to continue the cor- i
versation, she said:
MY husband has been out au day trying to-
find the body, but as yet he has heen unsucCess-l
+ hope it's safe!''
Hero Mrs. Grny carefully glanced over an
evening paper lying beside her. Suddenly shoi
tAsanE It fEo1s sa~, ra&as.ta1
hands. she again sobbed violently. This time
all efforts to soothe her were fruitless- One Of
her friends picked up the paper and discovered
that the cause of her grief WAS q brief account
Of the identification OF her Infant at the Morgue
by her husband.