Arizona republican., 1911-02-08
TROUBLE FAILED
TO CRUSH LocH !!
THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY
OF 1T.
The Story of an Aged Survivor of the
Galveston Flood.

A man who has had much more than
his share of trouble in the course of a
long life, is Edward Lochlan who has
been about the sheriffs office for sew
eral days. He appeared at Tempe
about a week ago and 1t was thought
at first that he was insane. He was
finally brought over to the Jail on a
sort of indefinite charge and was kept
there until yesterday when he was re-
leased but he was permitted to stay
about the office until some arrange
ment could be made for him.
He is IS years of age, having been
born January l. 1928, at Cork, Ireland.
He said that his education was begun
with a view of entering the priesthood,
out that object was abandoned early.
Notwithstanding his great age he talks
with great clearness and intelligence
and Notwithstanding troubles that
would break the spirit Of any man he
has a we'll developed sense of humor
He was bereft of his family in the
Galveston flood and it was wholesale
bereavement, for his family consisted
of his wife and fourteen daughters
Twelve of them were twins. all except
The eldest and the youngest The eldest,
who was married, was 50 years of age;
the youngest was Z.
on the day of the disaser, Lochlan
said, he was one of an army of
men who were engaged in strengthen
ing such a brealxwater as then protect
ed the city against the waves which
were steadily rising before the pres
sure of a south wind. He had worked
all the morning in water to his waist
and when he went home To dinner his
wife prevailed upon him to stay, for
he was already a sufferer from rheuma-
tism
The great disaster occurred about
o'clock in the evening. All he could re-
member of il was being dragged out of
the water His life was saved by a
huge Newfoundland dog, family pet.
which was discovered holding him by
the jacket
He was helpless when taken from
the water and remained so for months.
He was sent To a hospital at Temple.
Tex, where he remained for six
months. Then he was taken to a sani-
tarium at Battle Creek. Mich. Next he
went to Johns Hopkins University hos
pital at Baltimore for an operation, but
the surgeons decided that il would af-
ford no relief and it was rot per
formed
In time he partially recovered his
strength and he became a wanderer on
the face of the earth. In the course of
his journeying he revisited Galveston,
but did not stay long. He worked at
his trade, that Of sheet metal worker
we used to call ourselves tinkers," he
said. but when we became unionized
we took a more dignified title"
a year ago he was at a Florida coast
resort engaged in the construction of
a large tourist hotel. He was one of
u large number of men laid off and
with 13 cents in his pocket he started
west He left st. Johns river, Fla, on
August of last year and, walking
every step of the way except in cross
ing rivers, he reached Tucson less than
two weeks ago. He remained there
one day and then set out on foot for
Tempe.
Lochlan said that he was brought to
America when he was 3 years of age
his father having obtained employment
as fur buyer for the Hudson Bay COM
pany He settled in northern Canada,
whence he later moved to Michigan.
In his Canadian boyhood he acquired a
smattering of the Ojibway and Sioux
languages. Il don't think I'll ever die"
said Lochlan. Il don't feel like il vet.
Anyway, l expect to live a year longer
than Mathuseiah and that win be some
thing to brag about"