The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-31
VIVID STORIES or sURVIV-
oRs WHO SAW EMPRESS
OF O. LAND SINK
SALyA.I1 1N ARMY
Only a RsEaant Sayed-More
Than One nJred Perish
No Tine = ssve Others
(By Assacihted 'prcss.)

lGueDcCb HlA{ DV.--otOrleS or the
EmpfeSs OF Ire lhnd disaster brought
to Quebec by The survivors gave vivid
details of the most terrible tragedy
in the annals the st. Lawrence.
Some conpstel il TO the sinking of
the Titanic, blIs pointed out that in
the Gaze of Titanic there was
time to. prepare TOR death, while with
those who peffs5ed on the Empress,
there vas little time for rcection or
prayer
1t seems that sutsn after the ship was
rammed she ei eened until her deck
stood at rig an lies to the water She
slid slowly 81 he water and it was
only possible lausich fiYe boats In
the brief inter befeTc she finally
sank 6 Il p ;ss TSs
Captain Keilsi Il Sssie on the bridge
when the coll occurred When
the steamer ks he was washed away
and vas later lsed up q, ~ Z
Psssengerss alS in his 5ratsc and
sdeclaTe he his { illi duty. Z,
Chtef 0iiice teed, & Ii was stated,
was killed BY boat failing on him
Z while working 70 help the passen@
4 gore escape 4.
laurence Try a author and actor,
and son of SlF Henry Irving, accord
ing to gti cd .lile trying 70
save; his sgii Il. and Mrs, Irving
were IasE % eek embraesng one
another as wei iIey went
down p lCyeied iii sach
ts1s llisle
!, !; -, =, = .st.s ~ 4, - - = "
CABIN. sas opp9Fi itH Sir Henry's, y said
ened Jily y door Wa bufaped into each
other; "a the passage&ay. He had "a
life belt and he uiIered it to me. but
l refused II, and he said, 60 OH man,
take ~ aad 4 will get another I
told him 10 save himself, but he got
angry and actually forced the belt
over me- He then hurried me along
the corridor TO the door. Apparently
he went hnck fn2 nnotIier belt. but u.
moment or two after he had left the
chip Went down. was picked up
CommissiC Rees, OF the saliva
ton army stood on the deck OF OF the
dovpied Seasui tTyiiIig To, PIT stisiiis the
people to keep cool and lending help
to many When the ship was almost
under water one Of his men shouted
10 him TO Jump for mis- life. He re-
piled that lie would stand by his wife
and children and sank with the words,
20, God, Thy win be done9 on his
lips. a
i & Only TWO women and two children
OF the man aboard appeared to have
been saved. Z,
One little girl, Helen ,o'Hara swan
until she was picked UP. as also did
Mrc. Gronaway. O bride os a'week,
was separated from her husband, and
thought she had lost. hin but the two
had % happy reunion later at Rinors-
XII. ~ y
Ia the party was a remnant OF the.
Salvation army band. more than a
hundred OF whom perfsHeds
was Ooking through the port
hole In my cabing amidshtps,n said
Band Sergeant Fowler of the Saliva
tion Army, when I saw a big biecIt
shape. loom out of the darkness. 1t
seemed TO be only a few feet away.
Then came the Jolt, 1t could not be
called crash because II was more of
p grinding sensation. Before / re-
allied what had happened my cabin
began 70 q with waite + rushed uT5i
the main cotnpanionway. Il saw ei
girl with 4 little baby in her arms and
a little child Following her The girl
begged ise To put q life belt on her,
and i stopped long enough TO do this. y;
BY the time Fowler reached the deck
he said the ship was llstfng badly and
the passengers had 10 cling TO the rail-
to keep from going over the side, ]
Fowler jumped z.
went down, down. until thought
my lungs would burst, = he said. sBo-
dies bumped into me- Once q man
{nrew MS arms around me and ! had
70 ight 70 break his grip s. swan
several hundred feet and was almost
exhausted when a boat picked, mo
up ?,
Z Tho1nas smart of Toronto said he
was the flst man To speak 20 Captain
Kendall betoTe the col Iision. n wa,
sltting oE the SDper deck ne said as
the Captain passed iiie, about half
pest one clock, ar.d sllidt cit Is
nice nigh. bist It looks 20 me AZ
though Tor IS coming You never
know how so0ts 4 fog wifi drop on YOU
at this part III the river
When the eraeil came, Smart says
he saw Captain Eendail on the brfdKe.
Ne was lIol ding TO tls rail and was
shouting orders 20 the crew HE
isSa
llht1-kl b, i s. iss ia5ts +.