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Show Story of Newspaper 1 Man Aboard the l M Carpathia k J (By Carlos F. Hurd, Post-Dispatch 1H Reporter, Who Arrived on the Car- IM pathia Thursday Night. Copyright M 1912, by Pulitzer Publishing Com- & pany the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ,1 All rights Reserved. -M Now York, April 19. Seventeen & hundred and twenty-six lives -weri MM lost on tho Titanic, which struck, an, $ Iceberg at 11:45 p. m. Sunday, and U wore at the ocean's bottom two hourt H and thirty-five minutes later. Of tha gfl Tltanlc's 341 cabin passengers, 21i' 4JI were saved; 154 of them wero women cSTl and childrcm; and ot tha 262 second mil cabin passengers, 115 wero sa.ved, 101 3MB of them womerL and. children. 'By Of tho th'ird. class passengers, SOO ') in number, 13G wero saved, S3 ol JJH whom wero women nnd children. Ol vll 985 officers and crew 199, including Wfl 22 women, wero rescned. vH Bulkheads Delay Sinking. cS Tho bulkhead system, though, prob- -H abjy working, -prevailed 'cutty to delay '8j the ship's sinking. Tho position of .'B the ship's wound, on tfrfr tyhqard' B quarter, admitted icy water -SUf jfefl caused the boilers to explode, and SH these. explosions broke the ship-in two. H Harold Cotton, the Marconi oper- - ator of the Carpathia, did not go to bed at hie UBual time Sunday night, and as a result caught the first mes- iH sage of the Titanic's plight. He had H been relaying messages to the Titanic H on Sunday night, and shortly after 11 ' o'clock bade the Titanic operator good Vb night. Just as ho was about to take viB tho receiver off his head the "C. Q. '1 D." call sounded. VM This was followed by the words, lLm "We've hit something; come at once." H Cotton at once communicated with the Carpathian officers and her course . was at onco changed In tho direction) ''JmjM of the Titanic at full speed of eight- V eon knots for the full dlstanco of six- 1m ty miles intervening between tho twa . ships. ' Boforo Cotton could make a reply H to tho C. Q. D. the Titanic said: 4H "I am afraid we aro gone." LWt Cotton sent word of the coming oC ' MMM tho Carpathia, No further communi- tmMM cation was had with the doomed ship. ) Going at Top Speed. iflH The Titanic's speed of twenty-threa mMM knots an hour never was slackened, Hj and sho was going at that speed when 'SSj she struck. ' 'BH "The Titanic was 1,799 miles from Wfl York, speeding for a maiden voyage luvj record. The night was stailit, tho sea VBJ glassy. Lights were out in most of JHB the staterooms and only two or three Hfl congenial groups remained In tho pub ' ABJ lie rooms. BBJ In tho crow's nest' or lookout, and .' :9BJ on tho bridge, officers and members 1 BBJ of tho crew were at their places jBBJ awaiting relict at midnight from their H two hours' watch. ,BBj At 11:45 camo the 6Udden sound of -sYj two guns, warning of Immediate dan- ger. - BvJ The crash against the iceberg, which 'jLL had been sighted at only quarter o! ;Bb a mile, came almost simultaneously nmMU with tho click of tho lovers operated v JmmM by those on the bridge, which stopped iftBj the engines and closed the watertight J doors. VavBl Captain Soon Giving Orders, VBTfl "CapLnln Smith was on the bridgo '-ammm a moment later giving orders for the BBBJ summoning on deck of ail aboard and H for the putting on of lifo prew3rver3 rvSBH and the lowering of the lifeboats, tlnvfl Tho Titanic nad 16 lifeboats and ' 'jBBBj two collapsible boats. All of them 'H got away loaded, except that one o( ;f the colJapBJbleB did not opon properlj tJmkmmM and was used ns a raft. Forty sailon jmm and stewards .who were floating lr wBvJ the water got 'on this raft and wer( 'jpH picked ,up by the different boats. Soint, ,-! others were" floating about on chain -fsBBJ when picked up. .' Every Boat Filled. vfl , Every boat so far as t saw was full J 1 when it was lowered and every boat ; that set out roached the Carpathia. -SBBa The green light of the boat held U3 . together, but thero were other lights. '-J Ono was an oloctric flashlight that i ,-9BBfl gentleman carried in his pocket. VavAvJ Our boat was 400 yards away when -' tho ship went down. The suctiou -, thereby must havo been terrific, but , BVBBJ wc wero only rocked somewhat. ' I heard revolver shots, as everyona BVVVj did. I cannot sav who fired any j. J them. I have onlv told what I know wmmmj and what I shall tell any marine coU" ;mmmj tliat may examine inn. -'BvBVm Compartments aFlled to Close. G. Wlteman of Palmyra, N. J-, ' mmmmj Titanic's barber, was lowering boat .' on deck after the collision and ac -pmmmj Conttuuedyon Paso Seve&) A & -iBtBtBtJ wtjot2Jmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm iHk IF" B n H FV ITV iii 1 ? B ! &M IVr 1 iBUBlly7 (Continued From Page. One) clarcs the officer on the bridge, one of them Second Officer Murdoclc promptly worked the electrical apparatus ap-paratus for closing the watertight compartments. He beljpves the machinery ma-chinery was In some way so damaged l bj the crash that the front compartments compart-ments failed to close tightly, although 1 the rear ones wore secure Blown Off the Ship. f "Whltoraan's manner of escape was J unique. Ho was blown off the ship ( by the second of the two explosions 1 of the boilers and was in the water ') more than two hours before he was ft picked up a rafU "The explosions," Wlteman said, were caused bv the rushing In of the icy water on the boilers. A bundle of deck chairs, roped together, was f blown off the deck with mo, and I lu struck my back, Injuring my spine, j; Jbut It served as a temporary raft. Took a Dip Forward. "The crow and passengers had faith In the bulkhead system to save the ship and wo were lowering a collopsi- ble boat, alL confident the ship would get through, when she took a terrific dip forward and the water rushed up and swept ovor the deck and Into the engine room. "The bow wont clean down nnd I caught the pile of chairs as 1 was washed up against the rail. Then came the explosions and blew mo fif-teon fif-teon foot After tho wator had filled the forward for-ward compartments the ones at the stern could not save her. They did not delay the ship's going down If it waB not for the compartments hard-1 hard-1 any one could have got away. Water Too Cold for Swimming. "Tho wator was too cold for me to swim and I was hardly more than 100 feet away when the ship went down. The suction was not what one would oxpect and only rocked the water around me. I was picked up after two hours I have done with tho sea " To most of the passengers tho mlu- night craBh against Uie mountain did not spem of terrific forco. Many were so little dlbturbed by it that they hesitated hes-itated to dress and put on life preservers, pre-servers, even when summoned by l thundering knocks and shouts of tho " stewards. Bridge players in the smok ing room kept on with their game. Hesitated to Enter Boats. Once on the deck many hesitated - to enter tho swinging lifeboats. The ' glassy sea, the starlit sky, tho alv Eonco, In the first few moments, of ( excitement, gao them tho idea that there was only some slight mishap lhat those who got Into tho boats aould have a chilly half hour below, md might later be laughed at. "Was there confusion apparent o the Titanic when jou looked back?" "I did not Ece an," Mr Ismay replied re-plied "All I saw was the green light the last time I looked " "After ou left Captain Smith on the bridge did you see him again " "I did not." "Did you have any message from him." "None." "How many wireless operators wero there on the T(tanic?."s Two Wlrcloss Operators. "I presume there were two," saicL Sir. Ismay. ''One Is always on watch." -j "Did they survive?" ' ' "I have been told one Id, but I do not know whether It is true " . "Were any of the crow enlisted men in the English navy 7" ' "I do not know " Mr Ismay said he would have known if there had been an explo sion on board, but that thero had been' none. In response to a question the witness wit-ness estimated the speed of the ship when she Ftruck at 21 knots Senator Smith asked tho witness if he had anything to do with selecting the crew for his lrfeboat. ,, "I did not," was the snappy reply. No Rafts Aboard. , "Were, there 'any rafts ' aboard the shlp?" "No rafts vero on. board because I presumo they are not regarded as suitable.! the witness snid. "Can ypu tell us " Senator Smith asked, ''nrii thing about tho Inspection certificate that was issued for the Titanic Ti-tanic before she sailed?" "I know that the government inspection in-spection was thoiough, or the boat could nover havo sailed " "Do Jou know whether the Titanic had Its proper number of lifeboats'" "Yes, she had, I think there were twenty boats altogether." j "Do you know whether the boat you were In was a Titanic lifeboat or one I that had been taken from some White Star "ship?" i. Was a New Lifeboat. "I dfd nol notice the nanio on the oar or Die boat, but I am sure it was a new lifeboat"." s Tui.nlng'to (ho construction of tho ship, Mx. fsruay declared tho ship was specially constructed so that with any Up of the larger compartments full oOvftter; she .till would float. "If tho ship liadjfitruck head on she probably .would )$ Moat today," Itu added, t , i v , V ' Mpld an v f tho' 'collapsible boats sink?,; - ' &i? , , rv; -4 '(So sir' I , " " , ' "Did vou attempt fo interfere 'with the working, of tho wireless 6n the Carpathian Not Out of HIe Room. "The captain probably will tell you T was not out of mi' room from tho thho I got fnto It nntil last night," Was the lepV- As a final question to his examination, examina-tion, Mr Ismay Was asked what he had on when he got into tho lifeboat, life-boat, "A pair of slippers, a pair of pajamas, paja-mas, a suit of clothes and an overcoat," over-coat," he replied Mr. Ismay was asked to hold himself him-self In loadlrfess during the da for anothor call before the commlttoe. Senator Smith announced it -was desired de-sired to hear the Captain o& tho Car-pnthla Car-pnthla In the meantime. Captain Rostran Questioned. Captain Rostron of tho Carpathln followed Mr. Ismoy. Ho told Mr, Smith that he had been capt2ln of tho Carpathln since' last, January, but that he had been a seaman 20 years "What daj did you last sail from New York with the Carpathia?" asked Senator Smith. "April 14." said Captain Rostron, "bound for Gibraltar." "How many passengers did you have9" "I think 130 first-class, 50 second-.clasB second-.clasB and about 5-13 third-class passengers. pas-sengers. Tells Hla tory. "Tell the committee all that happened hap-pened after you left 'New York." "We backed out of tho dock at noon Thursday Up to Sunday midnight we had fine, clear weather. At 12:33 Monday morning 1 was informed of the uigent distress signal fio the Titanic," "By whom 7" ' The wireless operator and first officer. Tho message was that tho Titanic was In Immediate danger I gave order to trun the ship around as soon as the Titanic had given her" position I set a courso to pick up the Titanic which was 58 miles west of my position " oo |