Annie Cook was a survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
I have been given permission to use this information from Peter.
Annie Emma Jane Cook, nee Rampling. She was born 19 January 1871 in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk, England, to George Henry, a billposter born 2 November 1839 at Lowestoft, and Elizabeth Ann (nee Bland; b. 1837 at Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk, England) Rampling. Her parents had married 8 November 1864 at Walpole-St. Andrew in Norfolk, England. Annie Rampling was christened 27 August 1871 in Lowestoft. In 1881, she was 10 years old and lived with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, 15, Louisa Kathleen, 14, and George Thomas, 12, at High Street in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She married George Ernest Cook, a letterpress printer born at Lowestoft about 1869, in the last quarter of 1891 in Yorkshire. They had three known children; Reginald Ernest, b. 18 February 1893 (d. 1977), b. February 1902, and Ronald, b. May 1907. In 1901, they lived in Winton, near Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Cooke family came to Canada in 1910. She was one of the few women to survive the sinking and returned to Toronto shortly after the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia, 26 February 1964.
Montreal, May 30. – Mrs. Cook, a member of the Salvation Army party, the only woman from the Vancouver contingent saved, said that Capt. Kendall was greatly upset to think that while so many passengers were lost he should be saved.
‘To think,’ said Capt. Kendall to her, ‘that I should be saved and so many lost – that is my regret,’ and the captain wept.
‘Capt. Kendall enquired very kindly afte us,’ said Mrs. Cook, ‘and did all he could to make us comfortable.’ As soon as she heard the crash Mrs Cook went up the steps, when some one clutched hold of her and pulled her back. It was a man and she cried out, ‘Oh, don’t pull me down,’ and he replied, ‘I won’t pull you down, Missus.’
‘I got up to the top,’ continued Mrs. Cook. ‘I hung on to the side of the ship and I prayed to God to help me. I went to the end where the boats were and saw them lower them. Three or four of the boats turned upside down when they were put into the water. I hung on to the railing and begged some men in one of the boats to help me and they did. They got hold of me and pulled me into the boat. Some one in the water got hold of me before this, apparently wishing to hold on to me, and afterwards when I was taken into the boat I found myself in water up to my knees. I could not say whether any effort was made to arouse the passengers. The shock itself awoke me. I was the last but one of the passengers to be drawn into the boat in which I was. When the boat commenced to slide over I looked for a life-preserver, but found that the members of the crew had taken every one of them from the promenade deck for themselves, so I went back to my cabin and took the life preserver that was on top of the wardrobe. The majority of the passengers did not seem to know that there were life-preservers in their cabins, and although they were easily accassable (sic), they were not conspicuous, and many could not find them in the confusion, although they looked.’
Mrs. Cook was completely broken down as a result of her experience. As a friend, the wife of one of the Salvation Army officers, stepped on board the sleeper today, Mrs. Cook flung her arms about her neck and both women burst into a flood of passionate tears.
It was only with many pauses that Mrs. Cook could tell the little she could of the disaster. ‘The deck was so slippery,’ she said, between the tears. ‘It was so slippery we could not stand. It seemed to be on end. I hardly remember anything. I know that by some means I got into a lifeboat that is all.” (The Province, 30 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Added by Trevor Baxter (48403329)
I have been given permission to use this information from Peter.
Annie Emma Jane Cook, nee Rampling. She was born 19 January 1871 in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk, England, to George Henry, a billposter born 2 November 1839 at Lowestoft, and Elizabeth Ann (nee Bland; b. 1837 at Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk, England) Rampling. Her parents had married 8 November 1864 at Walpole-St. Andrew in Norfolk, England. Annie Rampling was christened 27 August 1871 in Lowestoft. In 1881, she was 10 years old and lived with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, 15, Louisa Kathleen, 14, and George Thomas, 12, at High Street in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She married George Ernest Cook, a letterpress printer born at Lowestoft about 1869, in the last quarter of 1891 in Yorkshire. They had three known children; Reginald Ernest, b. 18 February 1893 (d. 1977), b. February 1902, and Ronald, b. May 1907. In 1901, they lived in Winton, near Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Cooke family came to Canada in 1910. She was one of the few women to survive the sinking and returned to Toronto shortly after the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia, 26 February 1964.
Montreal, May 30. – Mrs. Cook, a member of the Salvation Army party, the only woman from the Vancouver contingent saved, said that Capt. Kendall was greatly upset to think that while so many passengers were lost he should be saved.
‘To think,’ said Capt. Kendall to her, ‘that I should be saved and so many lost – that is my regret,’ and the captain wept.
‘Capt. Kendall enquired very kindly afte us,’ said Mrs. Cook, ‘and did all he could to make us comfortable.’ As soon as she heard the crash Mrs Cook went up the steps, when some one clutched hold of her and pulled her back. It was a man and she cried out, ‘Oh, don’t pull me down,’ and he replied, ‘I won’t pull you down, Missus.’
‘I got up to the top,’ continued Mrs. Cook. ‘I hung on to the side of the ship and I prayed to God to help me. I went to the end where the boats were and saw them lower them. Three or four of the boats turned upside down when they were put into the water. I hung on to the railing and begged some men in one of the boats to help me and they did. They got hold of me and pulled me into the boat. Some one in the water got hold of me before this, apparently wishing to hold on to me, and afterwards when I was taken into the boat I found myself in water up to my knees. I could not say whether any effort was made to arouse the passengers. The shock itself awoke me. I was the last but one of the passengers to be drawn into the boat in which I was. When the boat commenced to slide over I looked for a life-preserver, but found that the members of the crew had taken every one of them from the promenade deck for themselves, so I went back to my cabin and took the life preserver that was on top of the wardrobe. The majority of the passengers did not seem to know that there were life-preservers in their cabins, and although they were easily accassable (sic), they were not conspicuous, and many could not find them in the confusion, although they looked.’
Mrs. Cook was completely broken down as a result of her experience. As a friend, the wife of one of the Salvation Army officers, stepped on board the sleeper today, Mrs. Cook flung her arms about her neck and both women burst into a flood of passionate tears.
It was only with many pauses that Mrs. Cook could tell the little she could of the disaster. ‘The deck was so slippery,’ she said, between the tears. ‘It was so slippery we could not stand. It seemed to be on end. I hardly remember anything. I know that by some means I got into a lifeboat that is all.” (The Province, 30 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Added by Trevor Baxter (48403329)
Annie Cook was a survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
I have been given permission to use this information from Peter.
Annie Emma Jane Cook, nee Rampling. She was born 19 January 1871 in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk, England, to George Henry, a billposter born 2 November 1839 at Lowestoft, and Elizabeth Ann (nee Bland; b. 1837 at Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk, England) Rampling. Her parents had married 8 November 1864 at Walpole-St. Andrew in Norfolk, England. Annie Rampling was christened 27 August 1871 in Lowestoft. In 1881, she was 10 years old and lived with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, 15, Louisa Kathleen, 14, and George Thomas, 12, at High Street in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She married George Ernest Cook, a letterpress printer born at Lowestoft about 1869, in the last quarter of 1891 in Yorkshire. They had three known children; Reginald Ernest, b. 18 February 1893 (d. 1977), b. February 1902, and Ronald, b. May 1907. In 1901, they lived in Winton, near Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Cooke family came to Canada in 1910. She was one of the few women to survive the sinking and returned to Toronto shortly after the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia, 26 February 1964.
Montreal, May 30. – Mrs. Cook, a member of the Salvation Army party, the only woman from the Vancouver contingent saved, said that Capt. Kendall was greatly upset to think that while so many passengers were lost he should be saved.
‘To think,’ said Capt. Kendall to her, ‘that I should be saved and so many lost – that is my regret,’ and the captain wept.
‘Capt. Kendall enquired very kindly afte us,’ said Mrs. Cook, ‘and did all he could to make us comfortable.’ As soon as she heard the crash Mrs Cook went up the steps, when some one clutched hold of her and pulled her back. It was a man and she cried out, ‘Oh, don’t pull me down,’ and he replied, ‘I won’t pull you down, Missus.’
‘I got up to the top,’ continued Mrs. Cook. ‘I hung on to the side of the ship and I prayed to God to help me. I went to the end where the boats were and saw them lower them. Three or four of the boats turned upside down when they were put into the water. I hung on to the railing and begged some men in one of the boats to help me and they did. They got hold of me and pulled me into the boat. Some one in the water got hold of me before this, apparently wishing to hold on to me, and afterwards when I was taken into the boat I found myself in water up to my knees. I could not say whether any effort was made to arouse the passengers. The shock itself awoke me. I was the last but one of the passengers to be drawn into the boat in which I was. When the boat commenced to slide over I looked for a life-preserver, but found that the members of the crew had taken every one of them from the promenade deck for themselves, so I went back to my cabin and took the life preserver that was on top of the wardrobe. The majority of the passengers did not seem to know that there were life-preservers in their cabins, and although they were easily accassable (sic), they were not conspicuous, and many could not find them in the confusion, although they looked.’
Mrs. Cook was completely broken down as a result of her experience. As a friend, the wife of one of the Salvation Army officers, stepped on board the sleeper today, Mrs. Cook flung her arms about her neck and both women burst into a flood of passionate tears.
It was only with many pauses that Mrs. Cook could tell the little she could of the disaster. ‘The deck was so slippery,’ she said, between the tears. ‘It was so slippery we could not stand. It seemed to be on end. I hardly remember anything. I know that by some means I got into a lifeboat that is all.” (The Province, 30 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Added by Trevor Baxter (48403329)
I have been given permission to use this information from Peter.
Annie Emma Jane Cook, nee Rampling. She was born 19 January 1871 in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk, England, to George Henry, a billposter born 2 November 1839 at Lowestoft, and Elizabeth Ann (nee Bland; b. 1837 at Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk, England) Rampling. Her parents had married 8 November 1864 at Walpole-St. Andrew in Norfolk, England. Annie Rampling was christened 27 August 1871 in Lowestoft. In 1881, she was 10 years old and lived with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, 15, Louisa Kathleen, 14, and George Thomas, 12, at High Street in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She married George Ernest Cook, a letterpress printer born at Lowestoft about 1869, in the last quarter of 1891 in Yorkshire. They had three known children; Reginald Ernest, b. 18 February 1893 (d. 1977), b. February 1902, and Ronald, b. May 1907. In 1901, they lived in Winton, near Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Cooke family came to Canada in 1910. She was one of the few women to survive the sinking and returned to Toronto shortly after the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia, 26 February 1964.
Montreal, May 30. – Mrs. Cook, a member of the Salvation Army party, the only woman from the Vancouver contingent saved, said that Capt. Kendall was greatly upset to think that while so many passengers were lost he should be saved.
‘To think,’ said Capt. Kendall to her, ‘that I should be saved and so many lost – that is my regret,’ and the captain wept.
‘Capt. Kendall enquired very kindly afte us,’ said Mrs. Cook, ‘and did all he could to make us comfortable.’ As soon as she heard the crash Mrs Cook went up the steps, when some one clutched hold of her and pulled her back. It was a man and she cried out, ‘Oh, don’t pull me down,’ and he replied, ‘I won’t pull you down, Missus.’
‘I got up to the top,’ continued Mrs. Cook. ‘I hung on to the side of the ship and I prayed to God to help me. I went to the end where the boats were and saw them lower them. Three or four of the boats turned upside down when they were put into the water. I hung on to the railing and begged some men in one of the boats to help me and they did. They got hold of me and pulled me into the boat. Some one in the water got hold of me before this, apparently wishing to hold on to me, and afterwards when I was taken into the boat I found myself in water up to my knees. I could not say whether any effort was made to arouse the passengers. The shock itself awoke me. I was the last but one of the passengers to be drawn into the boat in which I was. When the boat commenced to slide over I looked for a life-preserver, but found that the members of the crew had taken every one of them from the promenade deck for themselves, so I went back to my cabin and took the life preserver that was on top of the wardrobe. The majority of the passengers did not seem to know that there were life-preservers in their cabins, and although they were easily accassable (sic), they were not conspicuous, and many could not find them in the confusion, although they looked.’
Mrs. Cook was completely broken down as a result of her experience. As a friend, the wife of one of the Salvation Army officers, stepped on board the sleeper today, Mrs. Cook flung her arms about her neck and both women burst into a flood of passionate tears.
It was only with many pauses that Mrs. Cook could tell the little she could of the disaster. ‘The deck was so slippery,’ she said, between the tears. ‘It was so slippery we could not stand. It seemed to be on end. I hardly remember anything. I know that by some means I got into a lifeboat that is all.” (The Province, 30 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Added by Trevor Baxter (48403329)
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