The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-31
Harrington Says Life
 Boat Passed, Ignoring
 His Calls for Rescue
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eContinued from Page 1.0 distinctly as it went down. It did
 not dive. as some have described It,
 nor did it go down stern first. The
 ship lay over on it's side. and just
 rolled over out of sight.
 T never heard such bediam. As
 l the boat rolled over the freight be-
 came disIodged and went crashing across the hull. We could hear the crash of glass as the ship kept list ing further and further. We could hear splashes as the passenger, like l ourselves. decided to leap for their lives. Then there were the shouts and prayers of the passengers, and the l words of instructions shouted by the ships officers as they got the life boats ready. People were all arolnd us. at first, then they grew fewer And at length we seemed to be all alone in the water.
 1T thought at first that the ship that struck us had gone down. just as ours had. So, when saw the light of the lNantuclxet in the distance. believed it was a Hghtship. piercing the fog. ! started to swim for it but my legs and arms fast became numb with cold.
 l IT didn't realize that Margaret was growing weak spoke to her repeat edIy and she replied courageously- 4sTt wasn't long before realized that nay strength was going. told my wife not to try Co use her arms, at all, but sfnpIy to float turned on my back got her hair in my teeth. and in that way managed to float both her ards myself. on our backs By this time had no feeling in my legs at all It was as if they had been cut off. Whether they moved 4 don't know. tried Io kick them to get ths blood circulaf1ng, but it did 1rV.r Cd much longer. when heard the splash Of an oar in he second boat. It seemed almost beside me, called for help, and in a, moment one Of the life boats drew up alongside me. It was then the sailor was going to re- fuse to help my Wifs aboard 1T thought MarsareS helped herself into the boat Whether she did or not I can't say. was too weak to climb in myself, and men In the boat had to nanl me over the side. 1T don't know whes boat it was, whether it was from the Monroe or the Nantucket. It seemed only 2 short time before we got to the Nan ta1cAet, and my wife and were hauled aboard
 My wife and were separated when we came aboard the Nantucket. Pas sangers and crew of the rescue ship provided us with S,lanIers. but there was not much attention given us in the way Of food They served coffee. once in perhaps an hour or two. Tt must have been fully an hour after we reached the Nantucaret that some one told ule that my wife had died. couldn't realize tt She seemed SO brave and strong in the water that 1t was hard to realize she could have perished hastened out to lind cut whether it was true, and reached my wffe just as some nnanI don't know who he was-was saying something about burying her at sea- I was so ] wrought uK that struck him. The others soon qslietsd inc. assured me that it was trsae that Mrs. E7arTdngton I had died, and they they would see 1 that there was no efnort to dispose of 1he body.
 sT believe my wife WAS alive when
 we reached the Nantucket and that If she could have had medical attertion, she WoaaId have been all right. But there was no doctor 4hoard, and no
 one received medical uttentaou until 12 hours later we reached Norfolk. z HarTington's father. brother and brother-in-law attended to the frans- fer of Mrs. Ha.rrington's body to the ] New Haven ter1ndnaa. and took him in a tazxica.b to the Grand Central sta ton. They left on an express reach ing here at 10. B. When they aafght- ed. Harrington wts supported by his father and brother-in-1aw. Funeral Director Fred c. Mullins took charge of the remains. and removed them to the par1ors Of CtlIIinan & Mullins to prepare for the burial. Harrington first visited the stores to provide himself with clothing, for he had lost practically everything. he wore in the wreck. He was only par tial1y clad when he left the ship and got some clothes in Norfolk. Then he was hurried home, and his people put him to bed.
 Harrington has severe bruises about the chest. His ribs on both sides are black and blue, and he can't explain how he came by his Injuries unless 1t is from being dragged into the life boat or on the Nantucket.
 1 Harrington believes his wife died from exhalastion. The certificate Of death signed by the official medical examiner of Norfolk shows that death was due to drowning.
 The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but it is expected chat the funeral will be held Tuesday uaornfng.