I have never talked much about it at all. I always kept it to myself. Clayton often said, "My, if I were like you, I'd make a fortune, because I could go on telling my story." He was just joking, but he was right. I have always been shy about it.

Now, I can't tell you much more, because mother didn't talk about it very much. You can understand that. I guess it brought back memories that she didn't want to remember. She had to go through quite a lot, didn't she?

She was stuck in that bunk, and they were all thinking they were going to be lost, until this Walter Young thought about the sand bar. *

[Walter Young was the purser, who knew the coast very well. He recommended a spot where Captain English could run the ship aground. All 92 crew and passengers were saved.]

After the interview, as I was leaving, Rev. Menchions remarked that it was an emotional event in his mother-in-law's life. He recalled sitting with her one day when Newfoundland writer Cassie Brown was on the radio, recounting the event. As Mrs. Batten listened, tears flowed freely down her cheeks. - G. Cranford