SAVED BY PRAYER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 43, 12 August 1911, Page 10 (Supplement)

SAVED BY PRAYER.

TERRIRLE ORDEAL. London, June, 22. "I had given up all hope and was clasping my hands in prayer when a rope fell right into them." * This dramatic statement was made by Mrs. Jorgensen, of Cardiff, the last person to be rescued from the Norwegian steamer Vivienne after she had been cut in two by the Olasgow steamer Glenelg off the Lizard i« the early hours of Friday morning. Mrs. florgensen told the thrilling story of her rescue when she arrived at Cardiff late on Friday night. "After the collision," she said, "I took my money and my watch from under my pillow and picked up my hoots anil skirts, but when Simon Olseij, the ship's boy, came and knocked at my door I dropped them all. He almost carried me to the wheelhouse.

"I called for ,a rope. It was terrible. The boat was sinking. The water was nearly up to my waist. I bad given up all hope and was clasping my hands in prayer when a rope fell right into them. As T clung to it the Vivienne went down beneath my feet. 1 was hauled to the. side of the Olenelg, which towered high above me. The coolies pulled me halfway «)) and then stopped. I found afterwards that they were not strong enough and had to go'for aid. I clung on. My arms seemed as if they were being dragged from their sockets, and the strain was so great on my neck and shoulders that i could hardly breathe. For live minutes 1 must have been in that awful position. It seemed much longer. Weighted with my ordinary clothes T must have let go, but I was only in my night attire, and managed to hold on until, with the help of an engineer, the coolies dragged me on board.''