HOW THE IRVINGS DIED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 1 June 1914, Page 5

HOW THE IRVINGS DIED.

f LONDON, May 30. "There was no time to arouse all the passengers. Laurence Irving tied a lifebelt1 on his wife. The vessel then lurched, and Irving was thrown against -fche door, cutting his face. He carried his wife upstairs.' A passenger offered his help, but Irving said, "Look after yourself, old man, but God bless you,.all the same !" Both climbed the rail as the explosion occurred, and were not seen again.

Another accounts says that Laurence Irving and his wife secured lifebelts. "Dearie," said Irving, "hurry, there's no time to lose." Irving placed the lifebelt around his wife (Miss Lorothy Braid), calmly donned his own, and climbed over the rail. As the huge vessel careened, Mrs Irving was terrorstricken, and Irving carried her to the deck.

The first explosion, occurred as the Irvings prepared to leap into the water and apparently the shock killed them.