Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-23
The Story of a Wreck.
The suRerings of the Lady Passengers upon the IIi- kated Kenmure Castle.
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The suRerings of the Lady Passengers
 upon the Ili-Fatet Kenmure Castle.
 From the London Telegraph
 Before leaving for the country yesterday morning, Mrs. Mann, one of the passengers who were saved from the wreck of the steam ship Kenmure Castle, which foundered on the 2d inst. in the Bay of Biscay, made t e following statement II and my three daugh- ters were passengers by the. Kenmure Castle for Shanghai, where I was to rejoin my hus
 band On the night of Thursday, February 1, the ladies on board the vessel were very seasick in the cabins The water was coming in and we heard much noise and were greatly frightened. The steward came in and assured us that there was no danger Presently the carpenter mended the door, which had been broken open. Six times did the door give way, and at 11:3O o'clock the water came in with great rush so we left our beds and went into the saloon. where we found the settees and couches floating about. At this time Mir. Horrocks, one of the passengers. came to the saloon door where I was. I said to him: If you could only make your way to the captain and tell him the state of affairs : whereupon he left us, and we got on the sa- loon tables, which were rocking about fear fully Then MT. James Holiness, the second officer. entered the saloon and Mrs. aorrocks cried out Save me save me lot me go r He took her away, but we did not know where at the tune. 0OM0 ou6' plCh6u up f1cGOrlH, my youngest little girl, six years old, and the carpenter came into the saloon and said: i: Come with me. I will get you into place of safety if I can We opened the door, but were thrown back by a wave and the carpen- ter told me to take care. We succeeded in get ting to some ropes and to these we clung for a long time, the waves dashing over us. After an interval we made a dart to the engine house door and descended to the engine-room. where were Mrs. Henry and my little girl and another daughter and MT. Holiness. As we were in our night dresses some mems clothing was brought us, which we put on. We stayed in the engine-room until about 10 o'clock in the morning, as far as we could tell, when Mr. Henry came down to us and said there was no time to be lost, we must get to the boat Mr. Henry carried Victoria and the fourth engineer my daughter Annie. We mounted the ladder, and looked to the deck where our cabin was, but could not see any thing of it. The captain saw me standing there, and he took hold of one arm and one leg and threw me as lightly as he could into the boat. That was the only way to get into 1t then. suppose he thought should be too late, They were in the act of launching the ifeboat as the ship went down. The next thing know was that, on turning round, saw the end of the ship. hid my face, as could not bear the sight. Some one said she was going down. and another cried, Shes Qone., I noticed the sun was shining splen- didly at the time. All this happened at about Il o'clock There were sno provisions or water in the cutter. Mir. Holiness tried to get the ladies to sing, Pull for the shore, boys, and .A life on the ocean wave.' There were in the boat six ladies and two gentlemen, and the second and third officers and seven China men as crew. At about o'clock remem- bered reading that flannel was 8 good thing to chew in order to assuage thirst, our sufferings from this cause becoming very great Mr
 Horrocks found piece, which we divided into fragments about 1-2 inches square, and these we sucked Our tongues were very much swollen, and we felt the thirst moro than hunger. On the second morning the third officer (Mr. Higgins) went out of his mind and asked to lie down at the bottom of the boat, and one of the ladies held him there, but soonshe jumped up and commenced throw ing the oars into the sea. Once he jumped overheard and was rescued, but he jumped again and was drowned. He cried out that he had lost e60 there and must go and look for iE and then he fancied he was riding in gig and wanted to stop at the corner and get something to drink. My little girl Vic toria became very bad at this time, and MT. Holiness was continually asking the seven