Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-30
CAPTAIN KENDALL PRAISED az
THOSE WHO ESCAPED FROM
EMPRESS OF IRELAND,
ACTOR IRVING AND WIFE
DIE EMBRACING EACH OTHER
Refused Proffered Assistance Of An.
other Passenssr-Sir Horny ssaton.
karr Gave Life Belt to Another and
Perished-OnIy Twsnty-Two Women
and Two Children Saved.

VI tHe FLInpreSS OF ireland brought to
Quebec last night by the survivors gave
| vivid details Of the most terrible trag-
edy in the annals Of the st. Lawrence.
Some compared the disaster to that
which hefell the Titanic, but pointed
out in the case Of the Titanic there was
time to prepare for death, while those
who perished on the Empress there was
little time for reflection or prayer.
From the accounts of the saved it
seems that soon after the ship was
rammed she careened until her deck
stood at the right angles to the water.
She slid slowly into the water and it
was only possible to launch five boats
in the brief interval before she sank.
Captain Kendall Praised.
Captain Kendall was on the bridge
when the collision occurred. When the
steamer sank he was washed away,
later to be picked up by one Of the
boats. Thus far he has vouchsafed no
public statsment except to say that he
would have preferred to have gone
down with his ship. Passengers who
observed him during the frightful few
minutes after the ship was struck spea k
In his praise ana declare he did his full
duty.
Chief OFFICER stesd. It il stated, was
killed by boat falling ON him while
working to help the passengers escape.
irving Dies Trying TO Save Wife.
Laurence Irving. author and actor.
and son Of Sir Henry Irving, according
to survivors. died while trying to save
his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Irving were last
seen on deck embracing one another as
IL in farewell. They went down with
the ship. locked in each others arms.
Commissioner Rees, Of the Salvation
Army, stood on the deck of the doomed
vessel trying to persuade the peonle n
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 children
and sank with the words.
"Oh. God. Thy will be DONE"
A Touching scene.
One Of the touching sights on the
survivors train was that presen ted
by Philip Lawler. With his wife and
son he left home in Brantford, Ont,
where they had lived for the last seven
years. to visit their old home at
keightly. Yorkshire. England. The
mother went down with the ship while
the father. after a desperate struggle,
managed to save his son Herbert and
himself. He was injured when the OK
plosion occurred. and with his head
swa;hed in bandages he sat a discon-
solate figure at his sons side The boy.
VINO Is about II years old, when asked
about the wreck said:
I was awakened by shouts and wa
ter rushing into the third class quar-
ters. I jumped up dressed and took
a life belt.
Mother was gone. in the rush which
occurred after the plunge. Father was
swimming beside me. He helped me
to reach n spar, to which we both
clung until rescued by a boat"
Only Twenty Two Women Saved.
Only twenty-five women and two
children Of the many who boarded the
steamer at Montreal and Quebec ap-
pear TO have been saved.
One little girl, Helen OHara. swan
until she was picked up. as also did
Miss Thompson. from New Zealand.
One woman. Mrs. Greenaway. a bride
of a week. was separted from her hus-
band. and thought she had lost him.
but the two had happy reunion later
at Rimouski.
Doomed Steamer in Darkness.
Probably the chief cause of confu sion
On the steamer after the impact was
he fact that the water rushing into
the engine room and flooding the
1ynamos threw the chip into complete
darkness. The struggles OF the ter
-ified passengers to escape can be
imagined.
One Of the first steps taken at
7imouski this morning was the estab-
ishment of regular beach patrol to
prevent looting by beach combers A
Of special officers were sworn
n for this purpose There were still
several hundred bodies to be recovered
rom the waters of the ST. Lawrence.
How Irving Died.
F.. e. Abbott, of Toronto. told OF how
laurence Irving died trying 10 save his ,
wife.
Il met him in the passageway," Abb
,ott said, "and he said calmly, rs the |
'oat going down. I said it looked like
I. Dearie, Irving said to his wife,
hurry. there is no time to lose.'
Mrs. Irving began to cry. and as the1
lctor reached for . life belt the boat