Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
down with the ship. locked in each

down with the ship, locked In each
others arms.
Commissioner Rees. of the Salvation
army, stood OF the deck of the doomed
Keep cool and lending a Helping hand
to many. When the ship was almost
under water one of his men shouted to
him to jump for his life. He replied
he would stand by his wife and chill
dren and sank with the words oh,
God, thy will be done" on his lips.
One of the touching sights OF the
survivors train was that presented by
Philip Lawler. With his wife inc son.
he left his home in Brantford. Ont.
where they had lived for the asst seven
years. to visit their old home at
Keithly, Yorkshire. England. The
mother went down with the ship, while
the father after a desperate struggle,
managed to ave his son, Herbert, and
himself. He was injured when the e
pic sion occurred, and with his head
swathed in ~bandages, he sat a discon-
ISOLATE figure at his IN side. The
boy. who is about II years old, when
asked about the wreck said:
Il was awakened by shouts and wa
ter rushing into the third class quar-
ters. l jumped up, dressed and took a
life belt.
Mother was gone, for in the the
rush which occurred after the plunge,
father was swimming beside me, He
helped me to reach a spar. TO which we
both chung until rescued by a boat
Only % Women Saved.
Only % women and two children OF
the many who boarded the steamer at
Montreal n Quebec appear to have
been saved.
One little girl. Helen O'Hara. swan
until she was picked up, as also did
Miss Thompson, from New Zealand,
One woman, Mrs. Greenaway, a bride
OF a week. was separated from her hus-
band and thought she had lost him,
but the two had a happy reunion later
at Rimouski.
Probably the chief cause of confusion
on the steamer after the impact, was
the fact that the water rushing into the
engine room n flooding the dynamos
threw the ship into complete darkness.
The struggle of the terrified passengers
to escape can be imagined.
One of the first steps taken at
Rlmouskl this morning, was the es-
adjustment of a regular beach patrol
to prevent looting by beach combers. A
umb of special officers were sworn
IN for this purpose. There were still
several hundred bodies to be recovered
from the waters of the ST. Lawrence.
f. =. Abbott, of Toronto. told of
how Laurence Irving died trying to
save his wife.
Il met him first in the passageway,'
Abbott said, and he said calmly. is
the boat going down. 1 said it look ed
like 1T. 'Dearie,' Mr.. Irving hen said
to his wife, hurry there is no time to
lose. Mrs. Irving began to cry and
as the actor cache for a life BOAT
the boat suddenly lurched and he was
thrown against the door of his cabin.
His face was 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 and pushed her out Of the
door. He then practically carried her
upstairs. | asked if I could help and
Irving said, Look after yourself first
old man. but God bless you all the
same.'"
Abbott said he left the two, man and
wife, struggling. Abbott got on deck
and dived overheard. He caught hold
of a piece of timber and then looked
the deck. He was kissing his wife. AS
the ship went down they were clasped
in each others arms.
M. Darling, a survivor here, was
saved by a life belt that might have
saved Sir Henry Seton-Karr. MY
cabin was opposite Sir Henry's,' said
Darling, "and when 1 opened my door
sageway. He had a life belt and he
offered it to me. 1 refused it, but he
said,. Go on, man, take it and i will
get another I told him to have him
self, but he got angry and actually
forced the belt over me. He then hur-
ried me along the corridor to the door.
Apparently he went back for another
belt, but a moment or two after he
had left mo the ship went down. ]
was picked up."