The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
ONE LIFEBOAT DENIED
AID,SAYSHARRINGTON
Man Who Held Up His Wife
with His Teeth Tells
Of humanity.
HE HIT 4 STEWARD IN EYE
Parents Of Kuehn. the Heroic
Wireless Operator. still
Hope to See Him.

Further details of the tragedy Of the
sea in which the Old Dominion steamship
Monroe was sent to the bottom of the
Atlantic or Hog Island by the steamer
| Nantucket OF the Merchants and Miners
/ Transportation Company were told yes
terday by the first of the surviving pas
sengcrs to reach this city.
The party consisted Of half a dozen un-
nerved and exhausted men, one of whom.
Thomas II. Harrington of Bridgeport,
Conn, brought the body of his wife. whose
life he failed to save although he had
kept her head above water for nearly an
hour by holding her hair between his
teeth.
The others in the party were George NJ.
NARROW. an actor in the Macaria COM
pany: j. Newly OF the United States
Marine Corps, George and John William
son and their brother-in-law. Howard
wilkinson. They arrived at the Penn
syiNania Railroad station on South
ern express. which came in at :32 A. NJ.
Mr.. Harrington, who was met by his
father. Joseph Harrington of Bridgeport,
and his brother. Joseph Harrington. Jr..
went to the Grand Central station, where
he walked with bowed head behind the
pine box containing the body of his wife
until 1t was placed aboard "A New Haven
train bound for Bridgeport. Then he
YEARLY dropped into seat in the mems
waiting room and with great effort told
as much as he could recall of hls tragic
experience
Mr.. HarringtOn's story.
Margaret and l were in our hunks
when the other ship struck U.S." he said.
81 told her | guess we had hit something.
We got up and dressed and in 80 doing
lost much valuable time. We went out
into the corridor leading to the main
saloon and the ship had then begun to
tip so that We almost had to crawl on
our hands and knees TO reach the saloon,
When we got there big lurch came
which threw my wife twenty feet. She
landed under bench with her arm
broken. The pain was 40 great that she
begged me to let her stay there and die.
/ got her loose. but the ship had then
listed so far that the deck had become
the wall and the wall the deck.
The well OF the stairway up to the
main deck was so high above US that we
couldn't get within three feet of II.
Stewards on the stairs started to pray
and wouldn't reach out for US l chung
to rail. holding my wife, and water
rushed In, carrying down the stairway a
woman with baby The ship righted
itself and the outrush OF water enabled
us to gain the steps and get on deck.
We chung to the deck rail and l
stripped myself to my underclothes and
also tore off my wife's clothes down to
her chemise. AS the ship sank I showed
of, first trying to hold Margaret by her
limp arm. but l saw she couldn't stand
the pain. I then did the next best thing.
Il twisted her hair in tight rope as
close to her head as possible and took II
in my teeth. As I swan on my back
tried TO keep her head on my chest We
ppt alppp mr. N hpuf Affaap min
n lifeboat came along. II was not more
than ten feet away. l called to them to
take my wife aboard. but they didn't
They just looked at US and rowed on.
After that l got lower In the water
and the waves sometimes washed over my
poor wife's face. After a long time--i,
must have been an hour-another boat
came up. held up my wife and asked
the sailors 10 take her aboard. but they
said: No. she is dead. Let her 20
But they took her into the boat and
she opened her eyes and smiled at me and
at the sailors. When We got to the ship
they put Margaret in one stateroom and
sent me to another. When I next saw her
she was dead. A steward told me that
he guessed they would throw her body
overheard, but l smashed him in the eye
and stayed with Margarets body until We
reached Norfolk"
Mr.. MarlOw's Narrative.
George NJ, NARROW was met at the sta
ton by Edward +, Finley and Miss Dor
othy Daily He went to Mr.. Finley's HON.
at 232 West Thirty-eighth street.
Mr. NARROW said that he was aroused
by. his cabin mate. Mr.. Lewis. another
member of the Macaria company. who
said there had been an accident Lewis
ran out into the darkness and NARROW
saw him no more.
Il put on two life preservers." Mr.. Mar