The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
SEA SCARES ON THg ETRURIA.
ONC WOMAN TAKES TO PRAYER
AND ONE MAN TO CORK.

n,,rarted WITe Finds Her Missing Husn~nn
sitting Beside o H~ighbAll--1fhe RE-
urn Of Pilgrims From Rome-LA
Touraine Is Delayed BY . suicide'
Passengers who arrived here yesterday
81, the Cunard steamship Etruria agreed
,ha, thew had had about the toughest pas
s,oe on record, and even the officers al
lowed that the wind bad blown.
The racks were on the tables when the
shin got to Quarantine because even at
breakfast of Fire Island the sea was still
ps,vv. At least two of the passengers
showed marks Of their experiences-tney
had oeen rolled from their berths on Tues
oav night. One man, a Mr.. Bennett got
y bad scalp wound .
II came on to blow on Monday night, and
IN Tuesday the seas were terrific. Pretty
nearly every passenger was sick. one
old lady got in the main saloon and knelt
in PRAYER. One OF the officers told her
thai there was no immediate necessity
Cor prayer. Up got the elderly lady.
sir" said she, Il am taking no chances.
ge,ore | left New York a fortune teller
told me that IL ! took an ocean voyage
7 would never get back alive. must
do something TO counteract that prophecy
will continue my prayer
Then there was a rather nervous man.
When he was awakened early Tuesday
morning by the rolling Of the vessel he got
the life belt from under his bunk Inc without
Uaitlrc to put on all Of his clothing ran
on deck. There he ran about until two
stewards assured him hat he would be
called in time when the ship began to sink.
Then he went hack to his stateroom.
woman missed her husband and hunted
in all parts Of the ship known TO her, but
she could not find him. She got the notion
that he had fallen overheard, and eyewit-
nesses declare that she wanted to 60 over
hoard 10 see IL be was there. Later she
found him in the smoke room sitting up
with a tall glass Of Scotch and soda
John J. McGrane, with e~ighty-six pill
prims who had been to Rome and had an
audience with the Pope, came back ON the
Etruria. There were fourteen priests In the
AZ the Vatican they were treated with
marked courtesy and Pope Pius sat for his
photograph surrounded by the Americans.
On NJ. McGrane the Pope conferred the
highest honor a layman may attain-making
him a knight Of st. Gregory.
The party, 100 in all, sailed from here
on July 10. They visited, besides Rome
Marbles, Florence, Venice, Milan, IMoerne
Paris, the Netherlands, England and Ire
land. Those VINO Qld not come pdck yes
terdav will return on other ships.
On Thursday the Etrura overhauled and
passed the French line steamship La Tou
raine, but the Frenchmsn was not far be-
hind at Quarantine yesterday and had a
good excuse for being a little late, rs the
Ship had been stopped In order to look
for a stowaway who jumped overheard
when the vessel was on Fire Island at
o'clock Yesterday. The stowaway was
Antoine Grimon, % years old, who was
found in the steerage three days after the
ship left Havre. II is thought hat his
mind was unbalanced.
Among the passengers on the Etruna
were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Cooke,
Charles P. Fry, W. E. Guerin, ID. W. Knowl-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lamb, Frank A
Lord, J. H. Dougherty, Edward ]. McCroe.
sin, Robert l.. Munger, John Ponton and
Henry James White.
Arriving on the steamship Cedric, from
Liverpool, we're:
Thomas II. Anderson, Col, G. z. .Bleyer
James A. Burden, A. S. Carhart. Robert f
Cartwright. s. NJ. Copeland, Gen, j. J. Cop
pinGer, Capt. J. II. Green. d.. James Q, Green
way, George Fl. Hughes, Lady Gordon Lennon
George II. McFaddsn, Edwin Y. Morgan,
Herbert L. satterles. Grant B. Schlsy.