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Show MM RELATES m OF DISASTER She Saw No Ice in Vi-1 Vi-1 f cimty of Place Where diM Titanic Sank. gWJOHT TO RETURN SKg for More in Lifeboat, 5Sut Passengers Prevented Rescue of Victims. fcd thcrr. until the very moment the r bun! ir' prow ,n l!r "K 'f ' , end for ltd final plunge, SmSIi o -tory of Mr8 waltov && o - r.f the Furvlvors. whoee hua-fiM'peS.r.! hua-fiM'peS.r.! Mr,. Curl,, .tor,- waa Ifv d-.area that , , r.,.-. n. the .loom--. Bhip Tifr ,tr , mled rhn order ' fcjp would not fink, at least for many mjired Husbands Doomed. 'PUlEw "ft "ntl' a" lhe boat" wero ,ff Kiill the hu-,e leviathan act-ja.ly "" , In Die "''-'-1 that th !nir ' r''"iz"' 'ha' lr ..... It t en that "to blast with horror the ears of K-orV Mr. Clark reports that 4ttkKaw nu W f .il-ont the scene of tho T-.'ifteK It, M -"lark was taken 'TJl rrn 1 about was head ins ,tWBthe rV4.!:.l- v.mmI with tho pnrpr.se vKtrc n ftfteer additional paasengera by Kr t h Tit.v.:- plunged ut of eight. Et of tie women In th boat, according "Rri flnrk '"i their hepl to prevent mRp - from fbwlng back to the ship I Ki of thf.m evf-n :-!ng far a to MK themrlvea on th rowers and try-Impede try-Impede the Others Including IffllB Jebrt .lie-'- Astor Mra. Clark and L'Hayc inflated upon returning for K passeniters Ms Thrilling Story. life- Clark ? I IIKmt husband and I boarded the Tl-f Tl-f flBSfc it Southampton, somewhat de-Ke(i de-Ke(i w that place Er tic nn ,l' had de- SSwed the Tltanl i I ' in Ol- Htinr with nr.. !:.! ' ..wsel. All the Bay over we hud most beautiful and aatfllfJ weather, h, f.n.-t up t" the time CtUHnht accident ti.e sea had been like Haai'. We h'..l fen no Ice anv-fnwre, anv-fnwre, nor were wc aware of the HMKetf' .if I. the after- Boon of tim i l.i mil v. JK& had retired to my stateroom irpBout 11." S nday, when the lHtanl" slru e Iceber There I Mi nn Bhock from the Impart that HQ BP riy WHV ft:,r,le'1 mo Tlowevcr. U3 MU a'jmetiili'c had occurred out Hf the orrllnari- nrd y-'-lcd oit of my -HBlliroom porthole, and il seemed to tUlHt iB&t w were passlntr another B, but thlx may na e been Ice in naar vlrinlf It nr 'ir-d my curl-m curl-m enotifh. howover, tr prompt me Hp out nn the prorr.ena.do deok. rtK"r ,ne 'trinkiiiir r- Is ''.rated .PjIiB where I knew m husband was Mth aon.e friends. Tliore r.-ai abso- teh' no exclterr.er.t at tl:at time. y husband, peelnp rne jM tie door T.HTtrie grnoklnp mm our to IlHk apparenth ,?nd -M that thev hod also fn a slight Mk. but had paM no attention to It. , aurfl hv the offirers of the Bt that all wa'- well that some im JAd baen atnioX hut that we were ,n.B(h' w.i mi.-' vrvthlns JWM'entlv h-i i r e.-i .ir,n in be way 'jttjMlrit the wa: ,t rnnipart- Pti. and oven-bndv assumed that 'JHr-r' w'a-"' " nnv kind " wT'ned or, d'-.-k fiftAen or twenty . .f"1".. conversing with other peo-aWBvnI peo-aWBvnI Jr'V husband r--titrned to the P, iv '00m Fiom tnls It can be B,lhX ,tTc- w-'s nr. rnnlc on board A1iKnat llmf-- Some few minutes 1 returned to tnv xtateroom and ctV . v'in ,x"' ' : a man com-SyK"P com-SyK"P with n 1 1 f,. p.reerver around 1 asked him the reason and If were uirniod. and he replied that V( PMaengrers had been ordered K1! lP deck with life preservers. JUitr rttuiT,,., h the smoklnp 111 . VL &M 'V1,1 ",v husband that we jm ben i... r r,, K5rS'T an'J v-'f' v. turned to our -t.-tt.--V, too,: off nl: ovenlncr dresa KrJ PlLi"1 n" '"""dlnary suit and vftnfc vTea r "Id likewise. Jm: Z . h "s h'-.tvv over.-..;, .v.. "ZJM JUl als'' I'-f1'1 preerv- 1 Mo m ' 't1' vnl'hl9 wp rould MKi ' huahnnd , w that pVKn0J'd he.-ome epr, rated. a then went to the main deck. fn '' nn ", crr.pt had been m, ma,n ,hp boats, and d!potr,Mne nKaVennH 1 Hr"A"- the crew and Er?Li V- ,; ,n'r r-revalled ST',Kfi- : ' nccrs Wo con- 'i ,ri Sroii;.;, on the derk. I re- t was rV-RRi r Mr Astor. my hus- jrvmmll''' ' tn orn- ?--lR0"''n1 ad said that while MbBiV u "!nr,r '-r the safety of K f . ' ''' t Lev. cwins ntf'?W"n!;at,,i with and was 1K l-d better hP nt aboard 1IM ,77n,y' I'h suffb-ient of the I KfllWlr. 'i.1-,h"m Prepared to leav I . rbans. Hn hour HT "ruck the iccberr. . -JBltr,." . " no rush for ttmi two or three 1 bttr- '':'"rl Wit i y;; ?; -;-n n The re,! Kh 1 , " ,, r n train r r'- M t?;'' ''r' was im- ve'BT that ,-. w.-.men leave UlBp care ,f .. hc rn,in 0Ol"d be Hffiit wax- " ;iN were out fortv"; Mr!' and jgfer. name,' "t", "d a ZfWfc f-o,- ;rl, -arthy- wtln con- Bd aeem"S nnP, "f 0lJr t,arty en tfl'B In nT t!ilt th steam- 10 Leave Husband hr r uahand01 " v' y fu to our ho "J Jk,h Astor. just L Bilaaion i, ? -,.a" "rod. asked L taa reiiiBed ,nran' his wife. HWhusbi nV H i 1 , ' 1 r -1 J'11 n ng Wh m1, r'f them. I Major Bun and oth- era, rendered assistance tn filling the lifeboats with passengers My husband hus-band seemed cool and collected all the time, and told me that he would not leave the ship until all the children chil-dren and women had been cared for. I know from the way he bade me good -bye that ho felt no apprehension apprehen-sion and fully expected to Join me later. There was room for fifteen others In our boat, and these men could have been taken as well as not. 7 he night was clear, although no moon was shining. The stars threw much light, which made the ocean quite plain. There was no Ice to be aeen anywhere Each lifeboat was equipped with lanterns, so by them we were able to see one another, and orders were given to keep together togeth-er as much as possible. We had plenty of provisions. In the way of crackers and bread. In the lifeboats. As we rowed a Way from the ship, which was now listing pretty badly on the port side, !t occurred to some of us that we should return to the steamer, aa wo hud room aboard for flfu-en more, at which proposal many Of the women became hysterical, and endeavored to dissuade ua from doing ao. even going ao far aa to Impede the rowers in their efforta to carry out the plan of the more deliberate and cool. There was a great deal of commotion In our boat then, Insiried on Returning. I cannot say too much for the bravery of Mra. Astor in thie connection con-nection She. among others. Insisted that the boat be returned to the steamer. All this time the lights on board the steamer were gleaming brilliantly, and we could see her looming up silhouetted against the darkness. She was sinking very' fast and as we approached her the Titanic sank, followed by two aJmost simultaneous explosions. There was little or no suction felt as the steamer steam-er went down, owing, perhaps, to the fact that she sank prow foremost. We rowed ab.iiit the scene of the disaster all nlpht. and picked up elslit men out of the . water, two of whom subsequently died of exposure, and one lost his mind. We had nothing noth-ing in the way of stimulants with wbleh to revive these men. but w. rked over them almost all night, the women taking Off their coats and furs to provide warmth for them. I am sure that we saw three or four fishing smack In the vicinity. We knew that they were not other lifeboats, for the reason that lights could he seen nbov. ii.h If ti masts, and the Carpathla had not at that time appeared In sigh'. Some of tho lifeboat were picked up OJT the Carpathla Car-pathla at 4:30 oieck In the morning morn-ing followlnt:, but it was not until about ft :30 o'clock that we were res- rur d. Hear Pitiful Cries. When the Titanic went down and the lights from I h i I disappeared, we could bear all about us the most hearr-rendlng tr.oar.s and crlen for help, of those who had gone w-ith the shin and fsm Up a sain to perish per-ish within our hearlnr In the darkness. dark-ness. I cannot say too much for the noble assistance we received f'."m the crew and passengers aboard the f arpafhlo- Everything possible was done for our comfort, and the care of those who had suffered from exposure. ex-posure. The Carpathln eruiaod about th scene of the wreck for about Hirht hours, but found no bo.ilea or other evidences of the disaster The California came in sight and laid alongside ufe. and on our departure de-parture by .Mgnals promised to remain re-main for forty-eight hours near the scene of the wreck. I wish to say that so far as I could see the discipline maintained on the Titanic after the accident was of the very best, and I saw no brutal conduct or drunkenness. The world cannot help but be bettered by the example of these brave men. who gave their lives that others might live. |
