Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-30

was my husband. AS we reached the
deck the ship was down on one side
so that we could have walked on the
other side to the waters edge.
Suddenly on looking at my COM
panion l discovered that he was not
my husband, so | set to look for him
among those who were crowding the
side of the ship. BY that time the
ship was nearly under water. When
the final lurch came L gave myself up
as lost. l went down with the ship
but an explosion occurred and l was
tossed up out of the water, bruised
and hurt by pieces of wood.
Il then became unconscious. When
l recovered my senses | found myself
floating about on a deck chair. lay
there too weak to move, but hearing
voices close by, l managed to raise
my head and saw a raft with two men
on 1t. One of them reached out to me
with broken oar and called out Are
you alive?' l answered as loud as
could that l was. and he pulled me
aboard with the oar
Husband Tells Story
Mr.. Greenaway told his story as
follows:
Il was awakened by the crash and
got out of my berth at the request of
my wife, not thinking, however, that
there was anything seriously wrong.
My wife noticed the list of the ship
and suggested that we should go up
on deck. She left Immediately, think
ing that l would follow her. This
was my intention, but before l left the
cabin l searched for a wrap for my
wife. Then l went up to the deck
and searched for Mrs. Greenaway, but
could not find trace of her and gave
her up as lost.
With the last plunge l clung to the
side of the rail but the force Of the
churning water and the explosion OF
the boilers broke my grasp and / sank
When l came to the surface 1 saw the
top of round table floating near me-
This l grasped and it kept af1oat until
was dragged on a raft. Later, with
dozen others, l was taken on board
the pilot boat and landed at Rimouski,
where hopitable residents gave me
every care and attention.
Captain Spooner on Boat
"On the pilot boat with me was
Captain Spooner of the Salvation
Army staff He told me he had put a
life belt on my wife. On the arrival
of the second boat l learned that my
wife had been rescued and was in a
hotel in the village. When, finally l
found her she was still unaware of my
rescue and when she saw me she burst
terrible experience to say anything"
Members of the crew of the Empress
said that a majority of those saved
had to swim. All that was possible
was done to lower boat, but the strong
list of the ship made it utterly impos-
sible to lower more than five boats.
j. Fergus Duncan, of London, Eng
land, told of how the first boat lowered
upset and those who had crowded into
,nlI to-
water.
New York, May 3O.-At Salvation
Army headquarters here 700 delegates
! from all parts of the United States,
assembled to sail to-day aboard the
| Olympic to attend the international
convention in London held an almost
continuous prayer service last night
for their comrades who perished in
the Empress of Ireland disaster.
Messages received by Commander
Eva Booth from Lieutenant Governor
J. NJ. Gibson, of the Province of On
tario, confirmed reports that few of
the Canadian delegates aboard the
Empress of Ireland, probably not
more than twenty, were rescued. Com
mander Booth sent messages to Sal
vation Army offices in Quebec to
make every effort to identify the dead
and report the names of the survivors.
Commander Booth was overcome
when she heard the news of the dis
aster. She said that the loss of Com
mander Rees left the army in Canada
without head and added that most
of those who had perished belonged
to the preaching staff.
| 1t was announced to-day that Colo
mel Samuel Brindle, attached to Cen
eral Booths staff, would leave imme-
diately for Quebec to care for the sur
vivors and take charge of the Saliva
tion Army dead.