SURVIVORS'STORIES.
BEST TRADITIONS OF RACE NOT DISHONOURED. ("TimM" »ad "Sydney Sun" Serricei.) CRoceived Juno Ist, p.m.) QUEBEC, -May 31. Ifc is difficult to fix the responsibility for tho disaster, as so many conflicting stories aro current. In an interview at Toronto Major Attwell, a Salvation Army officer, said ho did not see tho captai* on tho ship He heard no ordors given, and did not see tho officers at their posts. Other survivors corroborate his statement-. A survivor says that the boat he clambered into had fifty people in it. The davit ropes wero fouled, and tho people were sitting on th© oars, making rowing impossible. He saw the stern --of the vessel riso and the bow drop. There was a hiss aud a gurgle and tho steamer sank. Some peoplo when rescued went crazy. Tho balance of evidence suggests that tho best tradition* of the raco were not dishonoured. There was confusion and frenzy, but over all was concern for tho weak, self-sacrifice, splendid patience, and endurance.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 7
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168SURVIVORS'STORIES. Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 7
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