Mountain advocate., 1914-06-05

and carried the fret officer overheard,
Terrible confusion followed. Every
thing gave way. ! saw two or three
men carried overheard as great
wlnches broke their lashlngs and |
lurehed into the sea. People were
scrambllng up from below and trying |
to get to the port side to keep away |
from the water II was all I could |
do to hang on to the Marconi house.
Finally saw the ship was going. IL
was on its beam ends, and made q
dive for II. | got It and Just then the
ship gave a wallow and went under
The spar and we're carried under
the water.
THE surface OF the water, when
came up, was all covered with POO
pie. dead and alive; some struggling
and some bobbing In the water. The
only light came from the fare OF some
OF the automatic life buoys which got
free when the ship sank They sort OF
made a creepy light over 1t all. II was
like bugs on a pool
Price found collapsible boat float
ing nearby He crawled into 1t and
other men followed him. Finally they
came across two women swimming.
They we're pulled aboard, followed by
the chief steward. All these persons
we're taken in by a boat from the
Storstad Price was picked up by
the pilot boat Eureka.
Arthur Ferraday. chief steward OF
the third-class, sat In the little sea-
mans mission, one arm was bandaged
and an injured leg was helpless.
Pulled From Bunk by Mate.
The crash did not wake me-" he
said. Zone of the mates pulled me
from my bunk In the glory hole and
told me the ship was sinking. He
went up to the deck. While | was
crawling out the ship gave a sudden
lurch and boxes and trunks fell upon
me, tearing my wrist and landing on
my back
II ran up to the boat deck Where
the men we're trying to get the boats
over. A lot Of us tried to put over No.
IL boat on the port deck. but could
not do 1t because the vessel had such
a list to 1t. II was to starboard.
Then we went to No. IL on the
starboard side. We got that OF and
let It down carefully and it reached
the water safely. Then we ran to
No. 16 on the port side. The officers
we're with us helping to get the boa,
over. While we we're at 1t, the ship
took a sudden lurch and threw US
down the side of the ship. or rather
down the slanting deck. The first Off
Ger was caught In the boat gear and
carried overheard to his death.
Saw Many Women Drowned.
I'VE tried another boat on the port
side, and as the ship rolled 1t hlled
with women. The turning Of the ship
made 1t impossible to get the boat
| away and the women saw another
boat near and jumped out to run to
the other over the ships side. They
did not reach the other lifeboat. and
all of them, l think, we're drowned.
AS the vessel rolled over l jumped
and swan around for half an hour,
when came across a barrel and
held on until was saved by one OF
the boats from the Storstad.
There was no panic. 1t all hap
pened so quickly that no one had a
chance to be frightened. They had nc
chance TO get to the upper decks
Many OF the people were killed by
the RATS sliding down the deck OF the
vessel. They we're loose on decks and
crashed into the people and smashed
them against stanchions or swept
them overheard"
Lawrence lrvin9's Herolsm.
Lawrence Irving, son OF the late Sir
Henry Irving and well-known on tho
English and American stages, lost his
life while he was trying to save his
wife.
F.E. Abbott of Toronto was the las'
man to see Irving alive.
ct met him first in the passageway
and he asked calmly, is the boat go
ing down.
81 said that It looked Ike 1t.
"Dearle.' Irving then said to hi
wife, hurry. there is no time to lose.
Mrs. Irving then began to cry, ant
as the actor reached for life belt tn;
boat suddenly lurched forward and HI
was thrown against the door OF hi
cabin. His face was bloody and Mrs
Irving became frantic.
keep COOL he warned her, ou
she persisted In holding her arm
around him.
"He forced the life belt over he
and pushed her out OF the door, HI
then practically carried her upstairs
I said. Can help your and Irwin
said. No. yourself first old man, bu
God bless you all the same
81 left the two-man and wife
struggling. got on deck and dive
overheard. caught hold OF a piec
OF timber and. holding on tight. looke'
around. Irving was by this time Of
a