WOMEN AND CHILDREN SUFFER MOST.
MANY DSOWITED IN THEIR CABINS. UNABLE TO LEAP OVERBOARD. j NINE LIFEBOATS LOADED. i (Received 2.4-i p.m.i
MOXXREAL, May 30. s.r T. C. Sbauohnessy. President r,t the. C.V.f\ . dee-lares that tiie disaster i- 1.-.c vvor.-l in the Iliver m. Lawrence'- hi,Cory. In. I.iiipr.•-- "f Ireland wa, torn from the middle io Ihe -crow, and ,snk !■■:'.■!■■ : ~■;.■ was time 1,, r.ni-.-. tiie p.-i.-son-iorrs and pot 'hem mi tho dock. An unf..ri ..iiiate feature vva- that. :'!"• women and children suffered most, leoine. unable 1., hap <>..-rl><i,ir>l. a- did the men. M.i-i i.f iii"iv -lave,! ipnetlv ill iheir e-nbir.s m- were ilio-wnp,. while a.tcmpliu_ ... a-. eii,| t," i ..miianioinvay. v ne I Ib" r- however, were loaded in 'he darkne-s and pushed oil nil., Me..,,i,in, ielp ii;,.- .-utntnouci by «irele?s, and the rrsminp .:hip_■ pie-ked up 1 .ie -niviviir,. iii.iiii. "! whom were maimed. 1 a- stor,tad'.- . re w .lid their Utmost. 'i..- vvma'i --.vim :■. ihe Lady Hvclyn. hi.]. ,",,e,; i r nm tnc clTnrt immcr;,. 1.. w irei.-- ..p.rat'.r- jumped overboard and were savr.l. t at.lain Iv :: ia'l remained 1 r half an hour ir, rhe water before b,.- was l
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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