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Show i Stories of Four or Five of the Survivors of Titanic New York. April 19 H. B. Stephenson, Stephen-son, one of tho survivors and who, it was said, is attached to the Swedish legation at Washington, made tho following fol-lowing statoment "At tho time of tho collision a Mr Woolner and myself wero seated In the cafe. There was only a slight jar and wo thought nothing of it until we heard tho excitement on deck An order was issued for all women to como on declc. Woolner and myself went two decks down and 'saw water rushing in there Jumped Into the Lifeboat A lifeboat waB lowered with several women and children from the steer-ago steer-ago and as it passed where 1 was, 1 jumped In I grabbed an oar and i assisted tho two men in the boat to ' row away from tho steamer. Wo wero about two hundred yards away when tho ship went down. There was hardly any suction Wo were rtlcked 1 up about five hours later, suffering1 j from tho cold " Mrs. George D Wick and daughter, I Natalie, of Youngstown, Ohio, and'tho' Misses Bonnell went to t an uptown hotel. Tho four women wore rain-' coats and were heavily veiled. The husband of Mrs Dick" was lost William F. Bonnell, a cousin of tho party, made the following statement as coming from Mrs. Wicks "When the collision occurred Mrs, Wick and her husband were fn their stateroom. Thev thought tho boiler had exploded. .When they reached the, J deck all was confusion Miss NiiUtflc" fin.l tVtA Hnnoo r5-t i r0 1 li'At n rw A err uuu iiiv tuioov-D uuuuuii n ut w vil uun. The four women entered tho second life boat let down. Mrs Wick said the boat was not launched for an hour after the collision. Mr Wick stood ! at the rail as his wife and daughter were helped into tho boat and waved ' his hand as the party loft the Tl- I tanic The last seen of him he was I standing on the deck waving a faro,-, j well. Mrs Mick said tho party drift- i ed about In the Intense cold for flvo 1 hours before they were picked up. I "I want to say that Mrs. Wick told ' me that If the lifeboats had been launched as soon as the captain knew the extent of the damage, everyone would havo bjeen saved." Wilson Potter of Philadelphia who was at the pier to meet his mother, Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., ono of the survivors, said his mother was unablo i to make any formal statement but said she related the story to him as I follows: I "Sho told me she was In the first I boat with about ten others, and that ' there was plenty of room for forty mere. My mother said she saw Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Astor standing by the rail and that sho called to them to como In the boat, but that they re- I fused saying it was- safer whore they were; that there was no danger. The first three or four boats that were launched wero hardly filled. "1 saw John B. Thayer, Jr , whom I knew on tho pier," continued Mr. Potter, "and he told me that he and bis father jumped overboard and clambered aboard a raft, which overturned. over-turned. That was the last, young Thayer said, that he had scon of his father." Mrs. William B. Stephenson of Haverford, Pa., who 'eft on tho Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania train for survivors, gave out tho following interview: "I ran up on the deck where I met Mr. Thayer. Ho informed mo that an accidont had occurred, but said there was no particular reason for panic. Soon afterward, however, he advised i mo to put on a life preserver, so -I went below. When I came back on deck boats wero already being lowered. low-ered. Mrs. Thayer, Mrs Widener and L wero assisted into ono. j Young Thayer failed to get into any of the boats. He fell oorboard and landed alongside the one wo wero In and drifted away. He was picked up later after having been in the water for a long time. 'it was terribly cold, but uono of us suffered any ill effects. Mr. Thacr was not seen again. What became of blm i do not know, except when we all mot agtin on tho Carpathia, ills absence was noted. I'm sure he wont down on the Titanic " |