NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909. 
MANCHESTER COUPLE ON ILL FATED REPUBLIC. 
THE FIRST MARRIAGE. 
At the Baptist church, Manchester, 
unday evening, Rey. ‘Tendote iy. 
PS delivered a very interesting sermon 
“ The First Marriage.’? Mr. Frost 
a for his text Gen. 2: 22,—‘* And 
rought her unto man. Following is 
brief outline of the sermon: 
“We have been very much interested 
1 considering the first two human beings 
hich God created, man and woman, 
dam and Eve. We found that each 
e of these individuals was created in 
fe divine image, and that woman was 
eated in the divine image as well as 
an. I should like to consider these 
jvo individuals as they are related in the 
fst and great fundamental constitution 
the race, the home. 
“Tn bhiet first place, notice the insti- 
ion, when Adam awoke from _his 
Butiful vision and lo, there stood in 
Ss presence, woman, beaotiful and ra- 
ant from the hands of God. Then 
curred the first marriage. There, in 
at beautiful garden stood the two mag- 
| cent specimens of the human race. 
ye wore no elaborate wedding gown. 
je needed no clothing. She was 
bthed in the resplendent garment of 
jnocence. No jewels, diamonds or 
bes hung about her fair white neck; 
‘| veil concealed her face; her beaut 
\sses fell gracefully aonnd her as she 
| od beside Adam. 
“God gave the bride away. God 
ke sned to the loving vows which they 
ye to each other, and God inspired 
\} words of Adam. ‘The two had _ be- 
‘Ine one flesh. “The Heavenly Father 
vi ‘the benediction. Who were the 
nesses? Only the beasts of the field? 
| an see the angels peering over the 
tlements and witnessing this most glo- 
7 1s of all human marriages. I cansee 
i ither personality, something unlovely. 
‘am see hiding behind the trees, the 
v| pter. He came uninvited. He 
“hes often uninvited to our lives. 
came with much interest to see these 
: es which God had made. His 
gns were being formulated even then 
‘lestroy these beautiful creatures. 
| Notice the basis of marriage. This 
| marriage was based upon the plan 
Almighty God. God intended to es- 
th arace in this world. God 
‘ned how this thing should come 
It was also based upon man’s 
God saw that it was not good for 
yt }to be alone. No human being can 
; lop very much by living alone. 
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Mr. and Mrs, Mead Back to Boston after their Terrible Experience and For- 
tunate Rescue from Ocean Disaster. 
Everybody has been reading with deep 
interest the past week of the terrible 
ocean disaster early last Saturday morn- 
ing when the Italian liner Florida crashed 
into the big liner Republic of the White 
Star Line, and the fortunate rescue 
largely through the use of the Marconi 
wireless system, of the passengers on both 
ships. 
Added interest was given the dis- 
aster locally, from the fact that 
two well known Manchester people, 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Mead, were 
passengers on the Republic, and had left 
home only a few days before for an_ ex- 
tended trip to Europe. 
Mr. and Mrs. Mead are now back to 
Boston and are wee at the Parker 
House, where they will be glad to see 
any of thei Manchester friends at any 
time. They will be there for several 
weeks, though they will undoubtedly sail 
for Blicope again a little later. 
Bereft of all their belongings, except 
parts of their wearing apparel, and their 
money, which was in the shape of 
American Express order checks, Mr. 
and Mrs. Mead arrived in New: York 
just before noon Monday, where they 
were met by George S. Sinnicks, who 
with Mrs. Sinnicks had seen them off on 
Friday afternoon. They came on to 
Boston Monday night. 
Tuesday the editor cf the Breeze 
called at the Parker House and Mr. 
Mead related his experiences. We pre- 
sent the interview substantially as told by 
Mr. Mead, minus some of the most 
harrowing details, and  unpleasantries 
while on the Italian liner. Mr. Mead 
said: 
‘“We were in our berths when the 
collision took place, but not asleep. 
“A little before 4 0 clock, finding the 
room rather stuffy, I got up and_ partly 
opened the door for ventilation. I was 
fully awake at the time of the accident. 
We heard whistling from our vessel and 
from some otber vessel nearby for some 
moments before it occurred. 
“As I heard those other whistles 
growing nearer and nearer I realized 
that the ship was in danger, but I did 
not say anything. Suddenly the whistle 
sounded again right outside the port hole, 
as it seemed. ‘Then there was a crash 
just astern of us. We were in state- 
room No. 78, only four rooms forward 
of the rooms where the Florida’s bow 
struck us. 
“There was a grinding as if the en- 
tire ship were crumbling. She listed 
and heeled far over from the shock. 
We crawled out of our berths and turned 
on the electric light. I cried to my wife 
to hurry and make ready to go on deck. 
We said very little, but we both had the 
thought that the vessel might go down 
before we could reach the open air. 
My wife put on her waist and my_bath- 
robe, which was handy. I put on my 
shoes and stockings and climbed into my 
Coat and trousers. 
‘‘Even as we were doing so the elec- 
tric light suddenly flickered and then 
went out, telling us that the engines 
were out of commission. We threw 
open the door then and looked into the 
corridor. It was dark everywhere, but 
there was a sound of people rushing to- 
ward the companionways. There was 
little other noise and no outcry. The 
people behaved themselves quietly. 
“‘T told my wife to take hold of my 
hand and hang on for dear life; then [ 
started to find the way above decks. 
We were on an-upper deck and _ better 
suited than many of the passengers for 
escape. A stewand, it must have been, 
posted in the hall, directed us ‘This way 
out,’ and pushed me by the shoulder, as 
it was too dark to see. Soon we were 
on deck, huddled together with hun- 
dreds of our fellow-passengers, shivering 
and ill dressed, but orderly in their be- 
havior and showing perfect self com- 
mand. 
“Tt seemed as if we must stand there 
helpless an endless time. We did not 
know at what moment the ship might go 
down. ‘The hours that followed were 
perhaps the most trying of the whole ex- 
perience. Cold and wet added to. our 
distress. 
‘“The officers and crew were all at 
their posts doing excellent work. The 
captain prepared the boats and had it an- 
nounced that the ship was not yet sink- 
ing, and that the boats would be filled 
when necessary from the gangway on 
the port side and from the davits on the 
starboard. 
‘“‘T asked an officer whether there 
would be time for me to get down to 
my stateroom and pick up a few of our 
things. We were too thinly clad to 
stand the weather. Hetold me that [ 
must go down at my own risk. 
“Nevertheless, I determined to go. 
It was possible to see vaguely about the 
