The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

tie work befuSO the extent OF the in- |
11Ty 70 the ship Is made public
Tells of Suffering. |
NEW YORK, ain. 3i.--Further de-
tasis of the tragedy were told today
by the first of the surviving passengers
10 reach this city. The party consisted
OF half dozen unneryed and ex-
hansted men, one OF whom. Thomas
n. Harrington. of Bridgeport. Conn, |
brought with him the body of his wife. |
whose life ne failed TO save. although |
he had kept her head above water by
holding her hair between his teeth.
The others were: George NJ. Mar
low, an actor in the Macaria company.
J. Newly, of the United States Ma
rine corps: George and John William
son. and their brother-in-la Howard
Wilkinson.
Harrington, who was met by his
father. Joseph Harrington. of Bridge
port. and his brother. Joseph. went TO
the Grand Central station. where he
walked with bowed head behind the
pine box containing the body of his
wife, until it was placed aboard a
train bound for Bridgeport. Then he
YEARLY dropped into a seat In the
mems waiting room and with great
effort told as much as he could re-
call of his tragic experience.
when Margaret and / reached the
saloon q big iurch came, which threw
my wife twenty feet She landed
under q bench with her arm broken.
'.The pain was so great she begged
me to let her stay there and die. !
rot her loose, but the ship had then
listed SO far that the deck had be-
come the wall and the wall the deck.
The wall of the stairway up to the
main deck was so high above us that
we could not get within three feet OF
II. Stewards who were there started
70 pray and would not reach out for
US. Iclung to q rail, holding my wife,
and the water rushed in. carrying
down the stairway woman with a
baby. The ship righted itself and the
outrush OF water enabled us TO gain
the steps and get on deck.
I'VE chung to the deck rail- and
stripped myself down to my under
clothes 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
saw she could not stand the pain. ]
then did the next best thing. i twist
ed her hair in tight rope as close
to her head az possible and took 1t
In my teeth. As / swan on my back
tried TO keep her head on my chest
We got along for about fifteen min
utea when lifeboat came along. II
was not more than ten feet away.
Would Not Take Them On.
II called TO them to take my wife
aboard, but they did not. They Just
looked at US and rowed on. After
that / got lower in the water and the
waves some times washed over my
poor wife's face. After a long time
1T must have been an hour--anoth-
er bort came UP, I held UP my wife
and asked the sailors to take her
aboard, but they said. No she Is
dead: let her CO. 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
me to another.
"When / 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 staId with Margarets body
until We reached Norfolk"
George M NARROW was met at the
station by Edward r.. Finley and Miss
Dorothy Daily. 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 he saw him no more
George Williamson fnteiling of the
experience of his brother and broth
er-in.law, said that he saw only one
man. a young chap. who lost his head.
try to get into iifeboat before the
women were taken in. An officer
blocked his way and he did not per-
siEt.
Settled Stern First
'sThc Monroe settled stern first" he
said, driving those who remained on
deck TO the of bow. We slid into
the water about rnidships and the ship
sank under us. We did not have time
10 put on many clothes and so were
not hanpered.
I'VE were all close together when
we came TO the surface. An -ampty
lifeboat was near US and we climbed
into IL. Then we rowed around pick
ing up floating men and women. The
Nantucket took US aboard in about
half an hour"
There was JOY in the home of Cap
tain Edward Il. Johnson. skipper Of
the Monroe. at 2.4ss Seventh avenue.
today. when Mrs. johnson received the
following telegram from her husband.
Federal investigation shows that
am not to blame for the collision. I
sounded two blasts for right of way,
hut got no answer. Expect me home
Sunday"
The mother md father OF Fer
dinAnd J. Kuehn. the twenty one
year-oid chief wireless operator Of the
Monroe. who gave his life preserver
TO woman who was saved and lost
hts own life. are grieving in their
home At 494 Jackson avenue. the
Bronx. The Kuehns refused TO give
up hope nf ever seeing their son again
ard forced themselves TO believe that
ne might have been picked up by
vessel as he was struggling for his
life.
my Ferdinand was wonderful
boy" Mrs. Kuehn said. He was a
Npiendtd specimen OF manhood and II
weuld be Just like him to give his life
preeArver 70 q woman"
Il LIT HARRISON DEAD
AT ALBERTA. AGED SIS