Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23
RESCUED BY A BOY
Foreign Women In Titanic's
Storage Led to Safety.
IRISH GIRL TELLS STORY
Miss Mary Glynn, in Capital, Re
views Narrowing Experiences.
ROWED TO LET MEN REST
Two Swimmers Saved From Sea by
Occupants Of L6feboat
Number Thirteen.
IRISH GIRL TELLS STORY
ROWED TO LET MEN REST

Two tAlss Of rsnarkable herudsm that
w1u stand out ~ silent examples Of the
Sublime courage and fortitude with which
the occupants of the steerage faced the
fahe that awaited them. before tho Titanic
pSmgsd to tho depths Of the sea. were
taed to . Star reporter By Mis- Mary
o&nn. Q young Irish GID, who was among
the survivors Of the wreck.
Ono was that Of . young American boy,
named Gallagher. who saved the lfves of
fve Of the Storage passengers, Miss
0ypn included, when he found them
oooped mp in their compartment unable to
fnd the passage way to the upper deck.
Tho other disclosed the self sacrifice of
several women passengers who pleaded in
vain that they might be left behind on the
sinking ship 50 that husbands and wives
might take their places in the life boats
that awaited to take them to safetx.
Miss Glynn. who is nineteen years old.
is from Fea&ie. county Glare, Ireland.
and was seen today at the home Of her
cousin, Mrs. D. d. Courtenay, us North
Capitol street In her story OF how the
Titanic went down With its hundreds Of
passengers she gave accounts OF heroism
on the part OF members Of the crew and
passengers that viii live as long as brave
deeds and self-sacrilce are held sacred.
Women Save Lives.
But she was loath to tell how she her
self tugged and pulled at an oar. numb
with cold and weakened with hours Of
struggling, to enable the seamen to take
a rest. Nor did she want to tell how
the women in the lifeboat burned their
hats and article of clothing in an attempt
10 discover some struggling man or wom-
an in the water that they might be
rescued While the men manned the
boat, the women succeeded in pulling
aboard two men whom they saw SWIM
ming and saved their lives
In strange contrast with this example
of heroism on the part of the women is
that of young man twenty-five years
old. whom they discovered sQuatting in
the bottom Of the boat after it had put
off from the Titanic. His head was
wrapped in a cloth. and he wore articles
of women's clothing sufficient to pass
himself off as a woman, while mothers
and wives were Obliged to remain behind
because there was not sufficient room
Eight hours after the lifeboat put off
from the sinking Titanic its small crew
we're picked up by the Carpathia.
Miss Glynn today looked fresh and
pretty. She is optimistic because the
number Of the lifeboat in which she in
trusted her life was Is. supposed to be
an uplucky number. Never again, she
said, would she ever believe that ID
has an unlucky sigDihcance.
1t is her conviction that all the power
Of the Titanic was being used to speed
ID" Her compartment was next to the
engine room and therefore at all times
warm. The night before the accident, she
said, the room was not too uncomfort-
able for them to sit with their coats on,
and on the evening Of the accident the
heat in their compartment was such that
they were forced to remove all unneces-
sary clothing to be anything like COM
Portable. Passengers, she said, told her
that the stokers were ordered to work
for record voyage"
People Not Excited.
There was no excitement, she said.
When the passengers of the steerage
learned that the ship was doomed they
walked quietly to and fro. repeating their
rosary and saying their last prayers. The
American boy, at the last moment, found
Miss Glynn and her companions and
guided them, one by one, I'D a private
stairway used by employees to the second
cabin, and remained by them until he
saw that each was seated safely in the
Iffeboat. He told them each goodbye
and then went down with the ship.
I Miss Glynn probably will be summoned
to testify at the Senate hearing, but as
set she has not been notified. She is
going to remain in this country for a
year before returning to her home in
ireland.