The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-30
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able on the Allan liner Alsatian aud
the first class and Injured passen gers
were transferred to the Chateau
Frohtenae. A staff. OF doctors and
nurses took charge of the injured. a
Among the % first catJn survivors
there were eight women and one child.
Among the twenty nine rescued from
the second cabin were eight women
and one child. OF the 1ol persons say-
ed IroH the steeTage four were women.
Among the fifty passengers left in
RimousIti were number so Ill or so
badly " Iiured they had to be taken to
hospicaEs ~ lEF. ~
To the coolness of DR.. James F.
Grant, 81 Victoria, B. CT. ships surgeon
on the Empress, WAS credited the,sRy-
ing ~ many passengers taken out OF
The water who probably would have
perlshed had they not received prompt
medical attention :
& A graphic description Of: the scene
on board the Empress of Ireland af-
ter the collision rs given by Dr..
Grant.
II was in my cabin" he said, "and
knew nothing of the accident until the
boat listed SO badly tumhled out OF
my berth. i tried to turn on the tight
but there was nc, power. reached
the Doited door but the list was Sc
strong that 1t took me considerable
time - open 1t. When finally I got
cut, ano reached the passageway, II
ws's 30 steep that my efforts TO climb
up we're rendered impossible.
'"I then scrambled up and managed
10 get my head through n port hole,
Jut was unable to get my shoulders
through. At that time the ship was
lying almost Hat In the water OH her
stafbonrd side. a passenger stand
ing on the side Of ship managed 10 pull
me through the port hole fN',.' ~
About hundred passehFers were
gathered on the side OF the ship at tle
time but a moment after | had Joined
them, the vessel plunged to the bottom.
II next found myself IN tho water
and swan towards the lights of. the
steamer Storstadt, and when uearlyIex-
hausted was picked up by lifeboat.
On board the storstadt was provid-
ed with clothing. When able did
what cotildSto help the snrvsyors.'s
Only, two children are known TO
have been saved A wonderful rescue
was one of these-iittle eight year old
Grneie Hanaghan. daughter OF the
leader of the Salvation Army hand.
Her father and mother wer,, drowned.
Oracle was not told OF her loss, and
believed that her father and mother
would come to Quebec on the next
beat.
When asked how she was saved
Gfacie replied: 30, 1 saved myself"
The child was entirety unconeern-
ed. No Iifeboat was near when she
WIS thrown from tic Empress. She
seized d piece OF floating wood and
later was pulled into O lifebost
Aiaipr Atwe;i of Toron:o and his WIZ
wn.,e emcrs those saved,
'iI got life belt for my %ife,' seid
Major Atwell, "we jumpted into the
water together We were carried un-
der three times by the suction OF the
-founderIng vessel, When we came
up the third time I saw a life-toat near
and SWAN to II, pulling my wife af-
ter me-
when we got on the deck there
were very few persons TO be seen. The
reason for this Is that when: the boat
had listed to one side the stairs from
the sleeping apartments np to the
boat decks were almost Impossible to
As Tasttietss Co. Co. tiis; sst;;a;iirs
water was pclrlng in In such volume
that II threatened to drown US before
we could mount tho stairs."