“Bert Greenaway, one of the bandsmen, had taken time to put on his trousers and a sweater and tennis shoes. He put the sweater on a woman on deck. He couldn’t swim ten strokes, he told me. He slid down over the side of the ship into a life-boat, being saved without even getting wet or his tennis shoes dirty. Every Salvation Army husband who had his wife with him went down into the water with her, and not one was saved without his wife.”
SUNDAY SERVICES IN TORONTO
There was much sorrow in the hearts of those who attended the three services held Sunday, May 31st, in the Salvation Army Temple in Toronto. Many pitiful scenes were witnessed, when those who had lost dear friends and comrades broke down; and it was with tender faces and gentle words that the brave soldier lassies went about doing their utmost to bring hope and peace into hearts dark with despair.
The meetings were in charge of Colonel Chandler and Colonel Brengle, who came to Toronto on Saturday with Colonel French of Chicago to convey the sympathy of the Army in the United States to those who suffered bereavement in the loss of the Empress of Ireland. Colonel Brengle was the principal speaker at each service.
When Colonel Chandler introduced Colonel Brengle at the morning service, he clasped him in his arms and kissed him. Before his sermon the colonel spoke a few words of condolence to the sorrowing audience, which filled the large assembly hall to overflowing. Proceeding to his discourse, Colonel Brengle spoke feelingly of the beautiful lives that had been, in God’s good pleasure, lost to the world.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “STORSTAD”
The Norwegian collier which sent the “Empress of Ireland” to the bottom, showing her crumpled bow plates caused by the collision. The ship was placed under arrest by the Canadian Government immediately upon her arrival at Montreal.
