Frightened passengers flung themselves
on to the deck as the ship lurched forward. Some crew members managed to jump on
to the rocks and they took ropes with them. Some passengers managed to clamber
along these ropes and get on to Lambay.Others
were not so lucky.A number of young
women tried to go along the ropes, but they couldn’t hold on, and they fell to
their death. The ship’s doctor’s name was Cunningham. He jumped on to a
rope, and at the same time, he was holding his child by its clothes in his
teeth. He was halfway to shore when the ship lurched forward, and he was thrown
up in the air. He managed to make his way back to the edge of the ship, and his
wife was beside him. Another wave came, and all three were drowned.
Frightened passengers flung themselves
on to the deck as the ship lurched forward. Some crew members managed to jump on
to the rocks and they took ropes with them. Some passengers managed to clamber
along these ropes and get on to Lambay.