TRAGIC HEROISM.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12468, 18 February 1909, Page 4

TRAGIC HEROISM.

A thrilling story of the efforts to J t rescue Miss Maxwell, the stewardess. . who was, drowned with the captain o and three sailors in the wreck of the Liverpool steamer Irada, at Mizzen r Head, was told by a number of sur- . j vivors. . " | j When the ship struck on a precip- '^ itious isolated crag near the head it g was about midnight. The shock was v terrific, the spars tumbling down on the deck. The water poured in k through the holes in the bottom, and in a few minutes the engine room was flooded. I ' Captain Roberts at once ordered ! • the boats to be launched, but the wild ! , sea that was running dashed tp pieces the first that was lowered against the s ship's side, - • * It was evident that .no. boat could c live in the -heavy seas, and the captaili ordered the men to save them- j selves as best they could, an. eifort * first being made to rescue Miss Max- £ well, the stewardess. A rope was ' passed under her arms, and she was- * lowered on the rocks by the captain J and several others. Just as she was f apparently reaching safety the .ship I heeled over and crushed the life out -{ of her. Her body was washed out to ; sea. .. :. ■ ■■■ 'f '...- . •■' ■ - ; ; . ' . . > As the ship heeled over the captain ,i and three other, men were washed away and drowned. ; ' The other members of the crew, 63 : lin all, managed to reach . the rock, where climbing as high as they could, '< they "clung for seven. hpurf. About 8 ' o'clock they were discovered by some workmen/ Ropes, were, lowered and they were hauled into safety. "- i-