The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-31
WEES ARM BROKEN JUST
 AFTER CRASH Second Lurch of Vessel Sent Her Keeling Across
 Salon FIRST BEGGED HIM
 TO LET HER DIE Harrington Brings Wife's Body Home and Is Forced
 to His Bed

soon after they had been forced to quit the Monroe, was within 10 feet of them but ignored their calls for help, was the declaration of Thomas R. Harrington, of 1795 Sratford ave nre when, accompanying the remains of his wife, he reached this city at 10.4s this morning.
 Harrington's wife was flung across the salon of the Monroe in a jolt fol- lowing the first crash, and she fell 50 heavily that her right arm was broken He told of her bravery when following the first fright of the cole 1lsfon she tried in every way to help him to save her. and he declared that ff she could have had medical atten- ton when she was taken aboard the Nantucket, she would be living now.
 Harrington was supported by his father and his brother-in-laws Thom- hs Kelly of NorwaIks when he allght- ed from the 1O:43 train. His brother, Joseph and his father left Bridgeport for New York, after midnight. and. met the train bringing Thomas ana his wife's remains, at the Fennsy1va-- -nta station about T:3a this morning. on their way to New York early this morning
 At first Harrington was 1oath to re- ca1l the horrors of his ordeal
 seTell them what happened To1n,'' Batd the father, we all want to know and it will get it off your nind.''
 Then, in a duff monotone the young man told his story.
 Harrington and his wife had a stateroom on the side the Monroe was rammed when the shock came he said. i've got up and dressed and wasted time that might nave saved the poor girls lIfe.''
 By the time they reached the main salon the ship had kee1ed so that the side wall was their floor.
 There was a lurch, 7 said Harring-' ton, sand Margaret was thrown 20 feet and lodged under the bench built along the sides of the cabin. I slid and scrambled after her. When | took hold of her she screamed and pointed to her poor right arm. It was broken and hanging limp.
 Don't touch me-, she screamed, For Gods sake let me die.' I told her she would have to come and she. would feel better about it later. Oh, Goal She was right and didn't know it. But got her loose. Then. the ship sagged back again and there was a rush of water that washed us out to the deck. I managed to get off our outer clothes. Then we let go and the ship went away from un- der us"
 Harrington told how he tried to swim holding his wife by the broken arm but this pained her 50 that sfin-s ally he twisted her long hair into a rope close to her head and taking it i'm his teeth, fIoated on his back, keeping the woman's head on his chest One lifeboat passed within 10 feet, he said, and ignored their calls for help After nearly two hours an other boat came.
 .'I held Margaret up to them,'' con ftnued Harrington, land a sailor said, Let her go- She is dead She is not dead said to him, and you take her aboard of you do not want to go to Hell with murder on your sou1'
 "So they took her in and she open- ed her eyes and smiled at me. When they got me aboard the ship they put her in one stateroora and left her and a doctor had been with her right Sway with stimuiants she might be alive now But they were all mixed up and when I found where she was lying all alone she was dead
 We were an hour late leaving NOT folk There was a heavy shipment of freight, but not a very large number Of passengers A thick fog made the walk out on deck not at all pleasant go we stayed in the main salon. Some plano, others were singing. We were tired and went to our stateroon early. We were sound asleep when the crash came We were thrown from our berth by the shock of the collision FooIish1y waited to partly dress.
 T had left the key in the door, so 1t didn't take more than a second or two to get the door open. But by that time the ship was listing way Dver- I helped Margaret out into the corridor. and there was another jolt 1t was then she was hurt
 t.No. we didn't wait to get life pre- servers- I doubt if very many of the rassengers did get them
 t.She and I went overheard at the same instant, and though Pm familiar with the water, it seemed to me as if we would never come to the surface when we came up Margaret was cling fnx to me The water was not rough, and I had no difficulty in talking to her I told her there would be no trouble in keeping aaoat, if she would only do as told her
 .sIt was some minutes before the Monroe sank, though she lay way over pn her side. I could see the ship
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