The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-02
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VIVID STORs IS OF SURVIV-
ORS WHO SAW EMPRESS
OF IRELAND SINK
SALVATION ARMY
Only Rernnsnt Saved-More
Than One Hpndred Perish
No Time To Save Others
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Quebec. May b0 Stories of the
! Empress of 1reland disaster brought
to Quebec by the Survivors gave vivid
details of the most terrible tragedy
+, in the annals OF ahe st. Lawrence.
! Some compared IL TO the sinking of
the Titanic, but ppinted out that in
the cage OF the eitanic there was
| time to prepare fof death, while with
those who perishea1on the Empress,
there was little tine for reection OF
prayer. ~
From the &C ants, or the saved.
i 1t seems that soon Rtter the ship was
rammed she CAREER 11i;ssss:!, 1i;ssss::!, her dnnk
Etood at right angle to the water. She
slid slowly into the water and 1t was
only possible to launch FIVE boats in
the brief interval before she finally
sank.
| Captain Kendall was on the. bridge
when the collisso4 occurred When
the steamer sank was washed away
and was later picked up.
Passengers speak in his praise and
declare he did his full duty.
Chief officer ,Stee1, ,Vit was stated,
was killed by a botal failing en- him
while working to help the passen-'
! gers escape.
Laurence Irwin. author and actor,
and son of Sir Hen Irving, accord
ing 10 survivors d iiea while trying to-
cave his wife. and Mrs Irving
we're last seen on embracing one
another as if In gslt They went
down with the locked in each
II 8 u Baij a atirSIyor here.
Was sayeti 3 best that might
itsf ssSr - II "a ~ -
cabin E9s opppsl lte FieIIf g, sSlid:
:Hr Darling today sand 'asslt en- I OPP
ened my depr we bumped into each
other in the passageways He had a
: life belt and he offered Il 10 me, but
/ l refused II. and he said, go on man.
take 1t. and 1 will get another" /
told him to save himself, but he got
angry and actually forced the belt
over me. he then hurried me along
the corridor ia the door a a.,as asAntiy
he went back for another belt, but a
moment or two after he had left the
ship went down. was picked up"
Commissioners Rees, OF the Saliva
tion army stood on the deck OF of the
doomed vessel trying to persuade the
people to keep cool and lending help
! 10 many. When the ship was almost
under water one of his men shouted
TO him to jump for his 'ife. He re-
piled that he would stand by his wife
and children and sank with the words,
| 20, God, Thy, will be done" on his
! lips.
Only two women and two children
OF the many aboard appeared to have
been saved
One little girl. Helen o'9ara swan
yntil she was picked up, as also did
Miss Thompson from New Zealand.
Mrs. Grenaway, a bride OF q week.
was separated from her husband and
thought che had lost him but the two
had happy reunion later at Rimous-
XII.
In the party was remnant of the
Salvation army band, more than a
hundred of whom perished
81 was looking through the port
hole in my cehing amidships," said
Band Sergeant Fowler OF the Saliva
tion Army, when saw a big black
shape loom out OF fhe darkness. 1t
seemed to be only a few feet away.
Then cape the jolt, IL could not be
called a crash because 1t was more of
a grinding sensation. Before re-
allied what had happened my cabin
began to fill with water. / rushed up
the main companionway. I saw a
girl with little baby in her arms and
a little child following her, The girl
begged me to put a life belt on her,
and ! stopped long enough to do thisn
BY the time Fowler reached the dock
he said the ship was listing badly and
the passengers had to cling to the rail
TO keep from going over the side
Fowler jumped.
81 went down, down. until thought
my lungs would burst,% he said "Bo-
dies bumped into me. Once d man
threw his arms around me and had
to fight 10 break hfs grip. ] swan
several hundred feet AID was almost
exhausted when a boat picked me
up.
Thomas Smart of Toronto, said, he 4
was the last man 90 speak to Captain
Kendall before the collision. 81 was
sitting ON the upper deck he eaid as
the Captain passed me, about half
past one o'clock. and said, at is a
nice night. but IL looks TO me as
though a fog Is coming. You never
know how soon a fog Will drop on you
Rt this part OF the river
4 Wien the crash came. Smart says
he saw Captain Kendall on the bridge.
He was holding to the rail and was
shouting orders 70 The crew. He
heard him say:
Keep your heads and don't get ex,
cited y
When GOAT dropped sideways In
70 the rivpr, the captain seemed to