WOMEN AT THE OARS.
COUNTESS TAKES CHARGE OF HER BOAT.
CHINESE STOWAWAYS, (Rec. April 21, 5.5 p.m.)
London, April 20. The Countess of Rothe3, who is an expert oar3woman, practically commanded her boat. When she found that the men could not row properly, several of tho women took the places of weak and unskilled stewards who were at the oars.
Lady Cosmo Duff-Gordoa states that she saw a man shot dead. His body fell into her boat, and remained there until the Carpathia picked them up. Several other men were felled in attempting to rush the boats. Many quickly died in the icy cold water.
Six Chinese kid under the seats of the lifeboats prior to their launching, and were not detected.
Seven nameless infants were Tescued. One is suffering from scirlet fever, and another from meningitis. Several of the survivors are suffering from pneumonia.
A one-year-old child named Allison, the son of a Montreal banker, is the sole survivor of a family of four.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 22 April 1912, Page 5
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165WOMEN AT THE OARS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 22 April 1912, Page 5
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