The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

when the collision occurred. When
the steamer sank ne was washed away,
later 10 be picked up 10y one Of the
boats. Passengers speak in highest
praise and declare he did ms fuii
duty.
Chief officer Steed. ii is stated, was
killed by a boat falling on hlm whis
working TO help the passengers es-
ape.
Author Died In Wife's Arms.
Laurence Irving. author and actor
and son Of Sir Henry Irving. accord
ing TO survivors,, died while Trying TO
save his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
were last seen on deck embracing one
another as il in farewell. They went
down with the ship, locked IN each
others arms.
F.. f. Abbott, Of Toronto. was the
last man to see Mr.. Irving ahve
Il met him first in the passagewaN
| he aid "and he said clamly. is the
boat going down. / said it looked
it. 'Dearie' Irving then said to his
wife. hurry, there is no time TO
lose
Mrs. Irving began to CRY and as
/ the actor reached for a life belt the
boat suddenly lurched and he was
thrown against the door of his cabin.
His face vas bloody and Mrs. Irving
became frantic.
keep COOL he warned her. but
she persisted in holding her arms
around him. He forced the life belt
over her, pushed her out Of the door
and practically carried her up stairs.
l asked if ! could help and Irving
laid Look after yourself first, ola
man, but God bless you all the anne. "
Abbott got on deck and dived over
board. He caught hold OF a piece OF
timber and as he f1oated saw Irving
on deck kissing his wife as the ship
went down
Nobleman Sacrifices Lie.
M. D. A. Darling, a survivor here,
was saved by a lifebelt that might
have saved Sir Henry Seton-Karr
NJ cabin was opposite Sir Henry's,'
said Darling today, land when l open
ed my door we bumped into each
other in the passageway. He had &
life belt and he offered it to me.
: refused it. but he said Go on man
: take it and I will get another
J told him to save himself, but he go
! over me. He then hurried me alons
e the corridor to the door. Apparent.
! he went back for another belt, blu
, a moment or two after he had lef
= me the ship vent down. was picke'
= up"
= Commissioner Rees, of the Salvation
Army, stood on the deck Of the doom
ed vessel trying to persuade the PEG
pie to keep cool and lending a help
ing hand to many. When the shi
= was almost under water one of hi
men shouted to him to jump for hi
= life. He replied he would stand b
his wife and children. and sank wit
o the words, 20 God. Thy will be done,
3 on his lips.
20 Only twenty-five women and tw
4 children Of the many aboard appeare
# One little girl, Helen O'Haras swal
until she was picked up, as also di
If Miss Thompson, from New Zealant
Mrs. Greenaway, a bride Of a weel
,e was SEPARATED from her husband an
l. thought she had lost him. but the tw
"a had a happy reunion later at r
or mouski.
t. Salvation Army Loses Many.
e. Montreal. May 30.-Exhausted gu,
vivors Of the Empress Of Ireland di
as aster arrived in Montreal today.
ne the party was a remnant OF the Sa
IS. walton Army band, more than a hu
dred Of whom persisted.
II was looking through the pc
a. hole in my cabin amidships," sa
Band Sergeant Fowler of the Salv
ton Army, when l saw a big blas
ne shape loom up out OF the darknes
1t seemed only a few feet away. TIL,
al came the jolt, it could not be call
a crash, because it vas more Of
Il grinding sensation. Before I res
y lied what had happened my cabin b
n gan to fill with water. l rushed
the main cOmpanionway. l saw a e
with a baby in her arms and a lit
child following her. The girl be
Tor ged me to put a life belt on her,
Ter l stopped long enough to do this"
is BY, the time Fowler had reach
n deck, he said, the ship was Ii
ice ing badly and the passengers had
rs cling to the rail to keep from goi
lay over the side. Fowler jumped.
ma II went down and down until
thought my lungs would burst"
.ry said. Bodies bumped into me. O,
all a man threw his arms around
yes and l had to fight to break his er
w l swan several hundred feet and .
ere almost exhausted when a boat picl
me up"
Ihomas Smart. Of Toronto. s
rey, he was he last man TO speak to c:
ere tain Kendall before the collision
so1- was sitting on the upper deck"
und said, when the captain walked y,