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ALL PRAISE CAPTAIN
SMITH WITHOUT STINT
Titanic Survivors Tell Story Fit for Plot for
a Victor Hugo.
MUSIC TILL THE BOILERS BURST
People Go Mad and . I?*..- Persons Have To Be Shot
Line Blamed for Lack o? Boats.
-;v,c moment the Carpathi*-* w*- tied up in her slip the Rangr'anks were run
-ij* and the survivors rushed ashore. Three women came first, and then a long
!in* cf first., second and third cabin passenger?*. It was hard to tel) one from
the other, wrapped and muffled as they were ?n blankets, ?ug?* and a'niost any
I thai vould serve for clothing. Many of them were in bad condition, and
th?"?-?* were carried down the gangways on litters and placed in the many hospital
imbalances in waiting. Others were grasped in the arms of waiting relatives or
friend?" Itld then hurried to automobiles and taxicabs and they r-ped away from
the ptr, all anxious to leave behind them the ship and the waterfront which *r
,r ..,].?? 'h*?t-n of ?he awful night thev passed last Sundav.
There ????ere not many who would talk, bu? those who could be go? to My
._.....,?- all gave unstinted praise to Captain E. I. Smith, the c?omm*uidet of ?he
Titanic, and the other officer?-, who kept men at bav while wnrn<*n were getting
m?n the lifeboats, and at last went down into the deep with ?he ?-hip they served.
The terror and hardship of the sinking of the ship were on every tongue. It
?,-,. not ?mtil those rescued from the Titanic came ashore that N?ew York really
learned --'hat happened when the giant liner crashed ?nto the ?.-"eh-erc Al-nost
gyejtj nan und woman rould tell a story that would have furnished a Victo!
Huge with a plot. Thev told how the band was plaving anH tbe lights were
Ki-rnng t.]* th? hr?,ia,r?i burs?. Then the people went ?oad and many persona
Had *o be shot down.
Condemnation and blame wer? placed on ?be White Stti Lin? by many ol
_r vivota,
"If there had been enough boats"?? they said.
Other?, when thev learned that ?he Cunard Line ha-? eviden*!*-" held barW
Wireleei message!? from the Carpathia, were indignant, a?, thev fell that f*om*
-count o? the ocean tragedy should have accompanied the bar' Hat of ra?"-*en
-??r?. an?i the few personal messages that were flashed ashore
MRS, PAUL SCHABERT.
Amone the f.rst passengers off the boat
WOS M: I Paul Schaben, of Derbv. Conn.
- - Mid __M had stateroom No. M on the
? side and that she sailed with her
r, Philip, who was saved. In telling
how she and her brother were saved she
II was or.iv becaUM she refused to
him When asked about Mrs. Isidor
traue, Mrs. Schaber, said
Btraui declared that she world no?
r?er husband, who had a stateroom
? ma and to whom i spok? frequently.
'?dine arm tn arm as the
? left She would not forsake her
ref'ised she Hung to him,
??? lown aim in arm with the
Mr? Sehabert In telling h?tt story, said:
u a terrible ?yneriene?, hut north
ro_r:g through. ? was awaken'd by the
-hock of the ccllis'on and -.vent out on
deck iherej was no groa? excitement ar_
? of their roomi
- had ha]
? fro'?? th< bridge or fren *nme.
? ? * era came *'"? cry, I e?dles ?rsl
tw myatg the drei Inkling we had that ?he
?
.-...? ?.. hoi rlfj * c ?order that
wogien muet I a\" their huaband
nd thai no man was ?<? ?_" In
.... i refused to lei ?? my brother
tnd remained on deck until the next to
raa leaving. They looked aronnd
_ thai I ?M the only woman, t told ;
that ' would nol ??-> ?ntboul pat)
broth-? ind thon lh< i t?x>k m? and mj
? ?? I thua him.
'?We left tti" ?hip about twenty-five min
?>ik Ht
'about i ?:.'. .' At t .'?'?" n
? ? .aurpathla put In an
* we wen picked up We
. . mile awny fre m the
ihlp when she went down, and the steward
that had given me the nrst warning thai
: ? down with all
?
\ . '. ?, . . . -. -.. t was the most re
i ,i ,.- ".,?,! se-_i t i ? ad ev< -
Ml the 1 ghta wore '
,; ...... playlnf sa If
... .... . rl
EMILO PORTALUPPI.
-, -? ? ? it i". one of lh<
i who lives in .\'-,<?
r ? the nlgl.r of Hie 15th
\'a. it. : ?-..i ?? ,r ...:.| I . had K'?n?- i?. bed,
xx-^.n '-'I'll',' nly the? wai a tren?- i
..) from hla berth and ran
t. .?. ?? | afterward the
total dart
F-olk>wln*f his arrira! on 'he de. v.. which j
o utter confusion, ?me ??f t'.ie boilers
mi th< Tltai exploded ?nd the treat ship
, .,., |y around fi orti the
firce ol ' he explosion.
' taluppl then heard In the darkneaa tin
rre'.ir- ? ,\ ehlldn I? ? ere I., h?
Il? ?i and dropped
a\ra?- I I when
efK Hat feboal ?had lefl her sid?' the word
war pasaed around among those w-aiting
.?i?|v on? chance and that
??a. ??? lump -a -? I went down.
dropping .?nd jumping all
him and he followed sttortly after?
W-A I :1
POItalUppI had -trappe] h Ufe preserver
fcro'itd i im .-? did ail the real of the pas?
senger?.. a?)?i w.f, Its aid and by holding on
"' at ? i i.. drifted around in the
?????.Ar f. - M..,, hours. He waa thffn seen by
one of th" Tttanlc'a lifeboats tl._' bad got
ten safely av ?- from ; ? at? an? r ;.n-i
Picked un There were thirty.five other
?Mopi" ?? ?}r h,.,lf irhen he w;.s hauled
?boarA
MRS, ROBERT CORNELL
Magistrate Robert Cornell went to I ?
Pier to tne-t bis wif* and her two sisters.
M. Broun and Mrs. E. Appleron.
ft' Bayalde, Long Island. Mrs. Appleton
?ep met by her son-in-law. Charlea
?"?'Jth^e ol No. MS? Park avenue, who ac
^m?52*ed ber to Bayside. where her hus
?>"_**-1_L---.ilolMly 111.
^"hen the magistrate was seen at hta
home. No. ?v.i Lexington avenue, and
' a^ether Mrs Corn?" or ?ttO. Brown
?eujd d* rib? . r -xt-n noes, ba reptt? ?
My God gentlemen, dont a:k her to
Ma aoa? i mrtu t.aiit f0r her to-morrow. '
Mrs. Cornell ?hen broke In ?
Gentlemen. I m all r'gl.?. I am feeling
*???. but I arn fterrOM "
Magi.v?rate Ccrnell, however, -could not
? Ho?* PU wife to t_?.lk further, saying he
*ould give a Etatement out to-day if asked
' o.
Pierre Maerschal. a friend of the family
?no alto a aurvlvor, went to Bayide with
tOgO. Appltton.
At the magistrate's home there wat. a
constant stream of friends, wlihmg to con
?rmtulate the rescued, and acores of con?
gratulatory messages were received
MRS. DICKINSON.
Kra. Dickinson, wife of the Bishop of
ti?* W"1 ,he *'u the ?Ttt w?"?<-n in
^ne tint boat.
nZ^" !n the b0,Lt four hour? h*t?re. being
Mbgg up by tha Carpathia." she said **I
J" ln b?A *? the time the crash came I
?o| up and dressed and went buck to bed
?** assured that there was no danger.
rJil^*I* few P**,?n?<?"?? en deck whan I
yjTy? there. There was little or no pan_
mo buabaad was also saved, thank Clod!"
DR? WASHINGTON DODGE.
Dr. W?*u!Unt>tOfl Dodg-. Ar?-?***--?r et Bon
Francisco who, wttk Ml ?t?? and 'on
Washington, jr , ware among tho?.?
?i-i the Titsnlc clipq??-??r. sa?d be -?jw an
officer of th? vessel thoot and kill two men
*?.'ho were first cabin pasaeng the?
tried to crowd Into a !!f? oaf when thejr
had been crdered to stand back
Then tha ofll<*-er, hM Di D
"tOra?Bd th? plltO] CT. hlmSel? -.--*
dreppin? dead or? 'he deck "
There -?ere ?-.?hers who wen Bhol (M
said.
When th? Titanic tank, Tr Po-ls-?
he sau- Cclon?-*' John Jacob Altor and M .
jor Archibald But? or th? * I
talr* ?Smith "--as <*-n the hr;*lL->
He said there W4U no pen!-- ?hen th?
Ant struck, although tha Impact ?
rfble.
Mrs I-ddor Btrana c?9**M havi v''*"- ? ?
he declared, but she refused I '? I"
husband
Dr. Dodsc had tl la to
ence: ?
My wife and son won taken off In oi
of the first boats to be lowered I wai
one of three men separate?l from h!
Ily to aga?n be reunlt?ad on th< arpathla
"Although ?here was no pai e when ?l ?
ship first struck, there irai afterward
?.. be in a lifeboat waa when
a boat had all but 'fs complement an?l
mostly wnm*n, ?he calls of ?h? oflloera f?-?r
other I*.omen brought none, an?-) J wna
pushed ?pto ??!?- boat alona with my ?
steward We both ueeO oari
"The Titanl?- waa ?*i ? Held of let
c??**-,-? ;n i food rat? of " "-'i when ?'-?** ' It,
?A*hi-"h Mi?'- at 11 40 i- ?? ?*"???-?
sengers, especially th women wen
"Th'-re waa ,-? ?rush on d?s? '? I peered ov?
th? starboard aid? of th?
- ?hi- 1,.,??
"The offlc-era r?saaaur??d the p
all of whom r?"t on life preaervei
"t the women w?tre In their nl lelolh?
w, re i ?Id the boal would i
? ? nr man? h ?Ufa.
v. h? n, howei er It wai
Itnmlnenl danaer, the boats -.< ? ?
\\ atom Brat a as 11.
K-v ord? * from I ' ?
The men wei ? ? nd back. 1 he
?>r*v?'".?i dreo theli pi tols when .
? ,r i he men made a nu h for th?
? . ? ggw I? ?- kill? 'i an ? Htm ofll? ?
kill?-?! them end hla own life
? i"?.?,s<- personi who remained on (he
?....; did nol b??lleve she would ?Ink ?- * r<
ii? ';? ?.i. but a< *" the Titanic ?rar? ? n< i
and werti down, Ic-on first, her llgl *
,. ? ., ghe sank, i aan Colonel Astor and
Mk???i Archibald Butt standing on the ?le? it
.? i . ?? ?ut down."
I?r. l?A'itr? ?-??liil ?ha? som* of the lifeboats
'? . I; the one m which ill?* ?arlfe and son
were pla?*ed wai so filled with waU
n,;..,?- ,,f i?..- ?Inrilv , lad ?,<.?,n.'-n ?up forced
to alt In the ???? irat?i
Thoo? In ?'" boats were lnatruct?-*d in c?-t
a r?-rtain distance from the liner T ? toi
riiii?- swirl aa ?h? .?-auk could be di tlnctly
heard
Bruce lama**, l.?r. in-it-e said, wt Into
on?- <?f ?h?- last boot??*. Thei*e ?vas h pa?i?
ab'jiu thai Urne. h?.?I manV wonon ?.
jumplna Into tha water.
font "r five p?-rs?ip? were ''uri?*d a? ?-??a.
I >r I ?ode?? said, ?-?ne <-?r two of Whom were
of th?' crew, and trhO ?li"l In the llfebmts
in the presence of the ?aromen Thej were
taken ?bciarrl th?* <'arpaib'a. f-'ninr of the
wotntn i"** ame unconacloui )r?.ii ihock end
ruipoatu?
MRS. F. JOEL SWIFT.
Mr?-. *T. JOOl S?-Mft, M h" ?eut to th.- home
of her ?slater, Mrs. Kurd, a? N"??. 1 Kent ?'I*-!
H?r?-?-t, i-nui .-.h*- ?us taken ?iff ?)??? Titanic
?n Hie BOOond lif????oa?, in which ili?i
twentj-i?-"?r peraona, Inetadlna on? aalloi
and throe **towaJ*"H Bhe Mid it w?M till?
t? r ?-?jld. and the women In ber boal k?-pt
their blood in cireuiafii n i taklni turna
in assisting the men in rowlna ,,lf' boat
?'It was 11:41 P- m. by ni> watch," i-aid
lira. Swift, "wh'ii ?ti? ahlp struck tha Ice*
y,crg. 1 "'''' '?"' f>"' lr?'"*h stock, it
?>d like u crash ?if gtarn*, Th? hip
I t?i strike th? berg a glancing blow,
and piece;* of i?*?? ?aine ?hro.igh th? porte
holes into the eablns. No on. seemed ?o
think the danger was very grea*. and the
stewards came around and f-ild th? r?? *-*,-_s
no danger 8ome of the passengerp ?c-rnt
back to bed. I did. too, but five mlaut?**"1
later, when the engines stopped, I became
neiroua and got up and Art
"It was thirty or for??- minutes before ??-.
realized our danger When ?he terrible mo?
ment came the men acted like heroes. They
gave way for ."nd assisted the women and
children to pl-******--* ?" th'- "t-boats. The
stewards went around handing out and ad
JuatlnB lifebelts on the women Wh??-, oar
boat was lowered we more Inahroetad to
ftecr for the light of a Ashing vetsmA, x\t
nil sed I?. however.
?It was 2:30 a m? according to my
mtet* when the Titanic went Cotm. W|
??re about a mile away a? the time. One
of'the ship's officers bine? told ni that the
Titanic broke in two before ?-he went dot*., ?
MRS.?G?NA STEINER.
Mrs Peglna Steiner, of No. ?130 East 86th
.?re,t a passenger on the Carpathia. gave
?his'description of the Incidents of the Ti
!",".? rescue work which especially struck
h!,r,;,gv ?ixteen of the Tttanlc boats picked
.m*' she said. "It was about 5:30 o'clock
?/Monday morning. The peor women ?ere
,? a frightful rtate from "HS-MOrt and arai
et? an.l all of tbem Wfre holding (c
? that their male, r? .a'ives whom
had left behind had been reacned by
le after the small boats draw eta
the sinking Tlianlc.
"In on. e,f the Titanic l??.-iis a f..?11<?r.
of the Titanic- crew that was manning
'of tli- I.e.;.?.. ?aras <ie;i.i fr?.rn rxpo;?ure
?'?".e are (ticked them up. I_?ter save
those res-.?eil died aboard the farpa
Oh. it was terrible! Four of them. I
told were Bailors, overcome i>? th.- e\pr
"' lhat i- ? I lbl< -liK'it. and three wer?
sengers. They were all burled m
T>i*r<- ?a? r,<? ?er^niony for any of t
th.it 1 saw and We knew of ?heir b
only t'n'i" wo *aw th.- unmistakable
vas sacks dropped int?, the s?..."
Mra Rtelner tr.i.i this st?.rv wh?*n
; from the Carpalhla last night.
In a seml-hyaterlcal state from
clos, association with the Kenn of
Into -vbir-h .-.M ii,? Carpathla -
rown when the ? 'uns
went te-, the rescue of the passengers "'
sunken T:t_n?<\
i_
MRS. U. W. MARVIN.
M" T? .v Marvin, '-?f No. m T'""
| Drive, who was on a honeymoon trip,
prostrated ? i?"n i.( reached the pier
hi - husbsnd " ? - lost
"My (Jod, d'.ti t ask me t'?" much,"
-'< Tell me, hav< you an?- news fi
Dan "?? grabbed ma m Ma aima
I kr.ock'd down men t?. ?e?t me in the tw
, .-??- 1 was put .-i ?;?? boat he cried, 'It's
? ??t?!e C|e!. . . ,, g0 gjjfl [?H ?,f;j
little whll I'll put <-.?, a ufa prr
jU'np "O an-! follow : our beat ' As
boat started of! b.- ?>v<n' a kis. at ma
?? ? In our stater. ???-, when the iccM
? ? rred ind * hen _ o rear he.] the d
I we wet. In - - ?
IS "1' tl ( ?!?-? !. I hea'-d .It lee-St
revolvei shot* Be. '-ne bullet **.?s fl
at my ? heek. H = re arc the powder mat
"The?- ? ? ? i,.-, ., .,-.. ,.. tn< b.
and I think I ? must have been .-a.
Dan ard I -aw th? n before we went to
room [?he men a om f saa wert bra
I la ??":?? e-^? when
made for the boat
women.
??I an: ? ? ? ?? ?? e pal
iway fi *? ntanl I think ! is Ma
Butt, whom I knew allghtly, *<?-???
when the; ling tl oats, v.
'a:; Iron wr cr .-' b hla hand b?aal
back the frenzied ? I It I
ling to overcf-wd ?he Ufel
? At thla point Mr?=. Marvin was interrup
her mol rat li
Why, why dldn t you end a metsaga
thai a safe.
Why, ! d'd, mother from the Car,
tbia. )ust ? I i
I ne*. ? ? -"?' Il sobbed ?he mother i
'the two won * a air armi arot
each other ind ?? i I sveral mlnul
tftef =he b.id regali i I I or composure M
Marvin, talking to her mother, said
I don't knon why it was, but for so'
(--?erd in? Carpathla t>
| wouldn't ?ake anv messages telling at
thing about th< wrt ? Wi ware to'd
* nd short ? | our r?"
?that ?.? ai all
Then as :f recalling something that h
entirely slipped her mil ! ir th? Joy
being ashore, she ?????i on? of the most pi
nd, a? the samt time. ? :
-. .] .,;; th( d
--. ? she-- cot . t in the lift
paid a little French eglrl, about live yt
old, waa sh< r ai t"
one she _
Mar tied the 1 during t
live ho feboat, and i
?
m th. n : _ last night _
the Utt rail
Mrs. ] ft omml
?
n is on ? eara i '
and was marri? d kgo by I
};. v. Henri Cought, of the Harlem it
bytertan Church Her tether ln-law, Hem
? Manrln, is i?r. r:?le!it <?f
pjctur. ? ? ? .... v . ?. i ,\c, i.
'i . wedding. whl< h th< brl It ai
f..lem . M>< cted ??
? ?
?
H. BJORNSTON STEFFANSOK
son, of Btockholi
.i ||< ut< ? ml In ''?" trtllli rj Ouai
? loi ....? from - s?rpathli
? ..i v ... . 1rs! t abln pai
the Titanic.
'i a a .king . o ?m "f t he 'i
tatn t 11:48 Hunda] nlgl t a Ith Huf
\\ oolnt r." said Meutei ? l Iteffan o?
..,.??. Ittlng .:?<<.
.a, ln evcnl i ? ?? i ?? ?ra?
.....i a
\ ?...-.i? \?. i ?? a .i
.. -i,, rail I ? tal law ai
. th. top ?!. ?k .
fer myself, I u? no ? ? ??!-. The light
Id not go out ! ? ? thei
.?..-..- ta on ?i * ral i think uw-t ?
' ? i ? e in bed, and I'm sui
most ol : ht ??? en W* r? III ??id? ? ?? .t.
the ' ->i tain, d< llv< r? ?! !?? burr) It.
stewards, foi ? . one ??? put on 11
? h .... i sa* '!?? ? a practica II y n
le si thai tiro? ?Vfter the hr.st scan ?
? i . _? i. ..t het, an
said th. boat ?? ai in Inkabl?. lt s a I ?
i-ji.iv rold, bul perfi l calm TI i ra ira
a brilllantl) clear sky.
"Woolnei ?....i i \?.?i. down t?1 s l?owa
.?..-k. then '*?? Ihojghl we'd w..lk towan
tl.e bow. W< had absolutely ? ?. though
nklna though w< s.??\ itnt the lift
-,.... ? t.. ee . louded s nil women ':,j
? ? .. v .. . ? ? ndlng around t he lift
boats, apparent): reassuring the women
talking with ihero. IVa wenl up forwan
near tlie bridge .?.??i then down to a sul
lowei net k, still looking f?>r th? part <>
ti,, boat thai i ?.?! ?been damaged, whet
suddenly ihert naa a r?ush of water fron
up forward, at?.? in a >aooond wa found o>ir
km ? fi'-i? in watt i
I laid t" \V.?..lli<r, \V?'r) 1^-ttrr (iilnp.
...i.i v. both lumped. I sh.ei.i.i s.- a ?
i'iii.i"d ..t i*?-_. t ten feel clear ?>f II.at
When i cama up I found myae|f beside i
?-.'.nvas collapsible boat, and ?Woolner _'_i
rlf.!.t nearby. We both Kratjl>?>d hold ?>f tin
1 b.?,-.t, i.?e.i i'i-t towed along for a few mln
? .n? . I? <? .s t-'t'' ' cold, and It seeim
; ,,. ?i thai wa Ibt leal i">at to e*"m?- awg]
j from tba Titanic.
"Th<- Tltuin? n.? n a ho manned the b<?_i
take in anoti'?ei ,,, ;, ,.
Woolner esnd i clambered in. A se.otif'
later ;. tel man I ?bbed up la the w.tor n
feront of ?the boat, ;?n<i ha war elao draggee
in. We ?'s;-" ??' fouerteen llfeboata, anr
two cai - boat the thr?-.
men brought tl??- gunwales of our boat .-i,,..
to th.: water, but In the v.rrfe.'t calm thai
h?- tl..;ito.! all right
? \\,. ?foi about "". hundred feet awa.
from the Titanl?.. when we *aw all th*
lights g?1 oi]i in a flash.' Thirty second?
later Inert w?aa a roar, and we saw the big
I, and fhc-n plunge
.???.tght down head foremo?t It was quiet
for a moment, and then we saw the peopie
who had bean on the decks bob up, and
?here was the ni?j.? terrible cry that I have
ever heard in my '.tie It aas about twenty
minutes aftet I o clock then We didn't
motion whatever.
1 ...|- about two hours ne, Just rowed
around We rolled badly at times, but l?
? ??em dangerous. Some of the people
didn't have any clothes. There were women
ftom the first and second cabins and from
the steerage In our boat About 4 o'clock
In the morning wa saw lights of a big boat
coning It waa the Carpathla. The wind
wa3 rising then and if was very cold i. or
a time l? looked M t? they wouldn't see us,
but they rtnally did and we were taken
aboard
"So far as I saw, they put the women into
the lifeboats first, but at that time, which
was before Woolner and I started walking
around the Titanic, no one seemed to think
that the big vessel would sink We thought
they were putting the women In the Hfe
toats more to reassure them than anything
"Juat as the vessel settl^ed before the
?'u.al plunge I saw one of the officers shoot,
his revolver into the air twice. There w
a lot of men Jumped Into the sen n.?t
th" last. They ?icfm?! to bob "P j ? I *>-1 <?l
after the Titanic sank and then they W?
down. an?l we n?-ver ?*aw them again.
HupposH the suction drew them down"
StefTanson saJd tl.at he ball ve.l a en
tttauy of ?he Titanic survivors died Wl
aboard ?he ?'arpathla. hut ?li'ln t have a
Idea how many or who they were. 1
treatment acor led the survivors abos
the Carpathia. he said, ?an ll?ie. \ir cai
: al???ar?l in nothing hut ? water soak?-d ?In
] suit. an?l tailors <?n the funarder loan
i.lm an old <"-i? and a mufflci for lila ne?
Among otlur Titanic survivors Who cai
to the Ciotham la.'t night were lime. Vfet
r.-masco and her maid, Mr. and Mrs. Fr*
erl?cfc M. Royt Mrs. ISdward S. Rober
Miss ?;. A. Roberts. Miss I' \V. All?
Misa clara Allen and maid, Mis W,
'lark, of I.??- Angel?*-, and Mrs. Wllllu
B. Mlbey, of Duluth
COL ARCHIBALD GRACIE.
! Colonel Ar?hlbald Gracie, r s. A. ?
Mast niati saved, weir down wi?h the rass?
but ?as picked up- He va? met I
11 Is d3?i?7hter. \? ho had arr|\e.i ?v
I Washington, and his son-in-law, Ppu! I
I Fabr!?~lus. ?Dt-tioftel Cracle told a r?-*nar
I able Story of personal hardship and den!?
emphatically the reports that ?here hi
! be?n any ponte on board. He prals?-?! In tl
highest terms the behavior of both tl
passenger* and crew and paid a high trfl
Ute to the heroism of th.*- women paasei
???r*-.
Ml !?-idor strau*-.'' he said, ' wen?
l her death because she would not dr-s*
; her hoslMutd Although he pleaded wi?
j her to take her place in ?h* boat, she stea?.
fastly ??? I i??*-d. and when the ship Mttl?
SI th< head the two ??ere engulfed by tl
iravi that swept her "
Ion?) i-ra- |< told of how he was dr'.v?
?n th? topmost de,-k when ?he ship settle
and was the so?? survivor after the na<
?ha? swept her Just before her flna! plung
I had paaeed
" Jumped with th? wove." said be ' J'"i
as ] often hare lumped ?rttli the breaket
I a? ?he seashore. By great good fortune
I manage, to grasp the brass, railing on th
, deck above, and I h'tng* on by might an
main "When the ?hip plunged down I wa
forced to let go, ar'j ! was swirled aroun
ind c-'ind for what seemed to be an In
terminable time. "Eventually I came to th
surfs?*-, to find the -."a a mass of tangle
?? reekage.
Luck!!?- i waa unhurt **r.d cas?!ng about
managed to seire a wooden grating floatinj
near by When ! had recovered my brea?l
j j d'.sco'-?red a Iarg?r canvas and cork life
raft whleh had floated up. A man -? hos<
- r did BOI learn was ??r'ieel'pg towan
It ?r.,n?, ?-m? n??-- | ?;*? ?o ?* hi?-h he ha?
rlum t east oft and helped him to g\
? * ? --ait and we then began the worl
of rescuing those -?-ho hrd lumped lnt<
-??-a arid ?-??-re floundering In the water
< ?.., dawn broke there were thirty oi
Ctfl the ratt, sff-.ndl-.? kr?-' deep In th?
water and afraid fo mc??> les? th?
cranky craft bo overturn.? d Baverai * n
fortun?les, I enumbed end ? sit dead bo
SOUfhl us to s?*?e ?h-m. and one or tw<
ma?fSe an effort to reach us, bul we had tr
warn ?h*m away. Had we made any effort
??? save them w? all mlt?ht have perlai ed
"The ho'ir? thai elapaed before ??> w?r*
: p!??ked up b] the Carpathia were 'he long
? i ?-.d mos? terrible thai i ever ipenl
i Practlcalh- w't?--"i? an?- sen?JOtlon of fe?-;.
i lag ?bocauae of the l?c* srat? : sn n were ai
? dropping from fatlg-ie We ???.er?'
I ??. turn aroii'id to look to see whether
w? wer?- seen by passing craft, and when
v.ti?* one who wa? faring astern poseed the
word thai ??"?mrthina. tl ?' ?oked like a
r ws "ling ?ip on? of tl
terical nnder ?he strain Tha n il
? ? ?.???? riearingtto broking point"
. iioael Grade denied with emphasis that
"-n were flr?-?! upon ai d declared tha?
only onee was s ?revolver discharp.?i
*T'il? -?.??? for ?he p'irpo?.? of Intlmldatlna
? L-- . ? ?? i gera," be said, "who
1 H-l n:m?)led Into a boa? before It was p <
? ? fired i.n
nd wl en th?- foreigners were told
thai ?'i0 nest would be directed at
they prompt!? returned loth? deck
. ,. afusi?n an?i no rani ?
Contran to th? gen? ?i statement ?
was no Jarring t??pac? when th? ?? -? '
struck, according to the army officer h>
?*?-. In his berth when II ?
in??> th? submerged portion ?-r th? berg -?n.i
.,, aro -i * ?'" |ai He looked -*
watch, he aold, and found It was just mid?
night. The si lp Band " Ith him at
f,.r ins watch stopped a? thai tour.
"Bet?rt i r.-t!i-??i," Mid ? olonel Orocie?
i ? ,,i ?, lonf i hot with Ch iries M liayi.
presiden! o? the Grand Trunk Railroad
..' ? ? ? a Mi Hays Mid was
The VThlte Btar, ?'?? Cuiulfd and ?he
, Hamb I ire detrotlng their
attention and Ingenuity In ?rylna one wiih
jthe other to attain th? supreinacy in luxuri?
|ous ships ait'i "i making speed re?co<rdi The
!tiiiie will .n oonx when ?ins win be
, heck? I ? appalling - I Poor
fellow, ;i ?ex? hi.'ir?. later h? wai dead!"
? ?
G. H. HAVEM.
\ giaphk ,i?'<iiiiit of the 4 i was
I furnished by O. H Haven, of Annapolis,
I wh?? said thai the ??"iiisi???i was not h<t*ad?
Ion, but thai hn attempt apparentlj had
i.?ii m i?l? tu fini a?iv from tl? Iceberg, |
VOUNGEST SURVIVOR'S
NURSE TELLS STORY
The youngest 6'irvivor of the Titanic.
Travers Allison, eleven months old, was
taken to the Hotel Manhattan last night
by his nurse and the two maids, who were
saved with him In a party of six. The
bal.y was the youngest of two children of
H. J. Allison, of the banking firm of John?
son. MeConnell & Allison, of Montreal,
Canada, and Mrs. Bessie Allison, both of
whom were drowned with their older child.
I-oraine. a girl of three and one-half years.
Mr. Allison was connected with several
corporations In Montreal, including the
Montreal Street ?Railway Company and the
Canada Light and Power Company. The
baby, cooing and laughing, apparently none
the worse physically for the terrible ex?
perience he had been through, was met
with the nurse and maids by J. Wesley
Allison, a cousin of the dead banker, who
Is a director of the New York Central Rall
p.nd.
George B. Allison and Percy W. Allison,
brothers of the Montreal hanker who lost
his life, were also at the Hotel Manhattan,
but they were in no condition to go to the
pier to meet their nephew, the only sur?
vivor, of the family.
' The nurse to the child said that It waa
the hurried launching of the lifeboat in
which they were cast adrift that was re?
sponsible for the death of Mrs. Allison and
the child Loralne. ?
Mrs. Allison stood at the rail waiting to
be taken on the lifeboat, when, without
notice, it waa lowered and she was left
standing with her elder child and husband.
It was the last lifeboat on which she had
a possible chance to leave the stnklng
ship.
"We were all. In bed when the Titanic
struck," said the nurse, "but we did not
get up, for we never for a moment thouKht
there was any danger. Then a little later
we were told we had better get up. and I
hurriedly dressed the baby. We went up
on deck, and there were not one-quarter
enough lifeboats. We got info the lifeboat
just like the others, and we thought It was
just a precaution, n?"?t because there was
any danger. In about an hour there was
a tremendous explosion, and the steamship
seemed Just to fall apart. We were In the
lifeboat five and a half hours before we
were picked up."
i which struck the Titani? a glancing bio?
| stripping off th? keel.
"There were six others at the table wti
i me." he ?aid. "and all were lost. Noboc
seemed to realize the danger, and mar
passengers refused to go Into the lifeboat
I went relucrantly Into Xo. In. There we
sixteen lifeboats and four collapsible boat
two of which, I understand, were swamp?.
?'Several persons died In the l'feboa
from exposure and dropped into the s?
before the Carpathia was sighted. The coi
dition of scores of survivors was terrlbl
Many suffered from fright, exposure an
froren feet.
| "The collision took place at 11.45 o'cloc
and the r?tanla went down two and a ha
honra later. Few desired to go into th
[small boats, apnarently believing It to b
a lot of excitement. After the last bo.
? left the Titanic there was some stampedinj
I I saw several hundred jump from the lir.ei
I Several women refused to go Into lifeboat!
1 among them Mrs. Straus, who insisted o
remaining with her husband.
?'Before sinking the Titanic broke lnt
pieces The officers refused to let men ge
into the boats. Henry B. Harris wa
P'.shed back when attempting to go into :
lifeboat '?
m
DR, J. F. KEMP.
The story of how Captain Smith, com
r.ianding the Titanic, was washed from th
bridge of the distressed steamer, fougr.
beir.it rescued by one of the lifeboats and
finally, after being dragged in, jumpe?
overboard and swam back to the ship tha
was his charge, to die on her bridge, wa
told by Dr J F. Kemp, registrar of th?
University of the Philippines, who was i
passenger on the Carpathia and got th?
story from one of the survivors of t..e Tl
tanlc.
Dr. Kemp ?aid that he was in hla rooB
on the ? arpainia at il:3.. o'clock Surdaj
night when he noticed that the ergi. i
stopped. He went out to find the trouL.1?
and was Informed that a m.-ssape of dis?
tress had been received from the Titani?:
a?.?i tiit the Carpathla w_s turning I ? gc
to her aealstan ? '''he anreleea operator
- .li.rut to go to s>ep wehen the m
waa received, Dr. Kemp said, and _v.
... Her the signal might bava found
Th.- ?Carpathla reached the scene of the
disaster at -it our :. o'clock in the morning.
The boats of tha Titani?? wer? In a field of
Ice that Btretch?sd OUI for a mile. By h:30
till tha survive- ? ate M board the
??.;_.
Some w-re in \ery good condition and
perfectly ciad, Dr. Kemp s:?i?l. There were
a few who e. i not have mucb clothing, bat
moot were attired sufficiently to bava with
it.i the chill of the Icy air.
boats <.f tha Titani.-, Dr.
Kemp laid, was Ailed with ste.k.-rs.
Mrs. .1 ?'t.n Jacob Aster appeared to be in
good ? mdltlon and was able to walk to
b>?r r?."tn ?without amistan. ? Dr. Kemp
skid. Bhe did not appear on board later.
bul th.-re was nothing said by any of the
.stars te. Indicate ?he had te. i.e
taken care of i<y the physicians There
were not many parson? ill among th?> sur
|vtvora, I" Kemp sgld, A few steerage
ngers of th? Titanic had pneumonia
end others suffei ??' from frost bites.
? ? ? i1-- ' around the i ? na
ol the dlsast? ?, and four b rtit -. a I
? up i.n?l later buried. During the return
I voyagi four peieona died on board tii?.
?thia I? waa understood. Dr. Kemp
said that ? ? i ? ra alters.
A dtSSCllption of the disaster given to
Dr Kemp !?'> a male survivor reported the
nlpht as very clear. There had been no
Indication ?.f keberga and the one that
?.rove.I fatal must have loomed tip very
?ie|ei.-nlv. The passengers took the mat
tar very quietly. They were persuaded to
take the boats, thl'iklng there was no dan?
ger that the slip would sink and that they
might be able to return to It in the morn?
ing.
Captain imlth was r,n ? r brida:?? Dr.,
Kemp quoted his Informant as saying. A
wave washed him into the icy water, uni
one of the lifeboats tried to rescue him
He fought, but finally was pulled Into th?
boat. He then J'.mped overboard an?.
swam back to the Titanic, where he was
again seen on the bridge and must hav?
did at his post.
Of the thirty widows on the Carpathia
nearly all thought their husbands had beer
saved in some other manner. Dr
Kemp said, and they were confidently ex?
pecting to get some news from them or
reaching New York.
MRS. EDGAR J. MEYER.
Mrs. Edgar J. Meyer, of No. 158 West
6Sth street, whose husband was among
those lost tn the disaster, had only the
highest respect to pay for the men on board
the Titanic, including the officers and crew.
She was picked up from a lifeboat by the
Carpathia. After the first shock she and
her husband ran to the lifeboats. She said :
"I tried and tried to get Edgar to come
into the lifeboat with me, and pleaded to be
allowed to stay behind and wait until he
cou'd leave, he not caring to leave before
all the women had been saved. Mr. Meyer
finally persuaded me to leave him, remind?
ing me of our one-year-old child at home.
I entered the lifeboat and watched until the
Titanic sank, but for only a short time did
I see my husband standing beside the rail
and assisting other women into boats in
which he might have been saved."
Mrs. Meyer, who is a daughter of the
late Andrew Saks, was In an exhausted con?
dition. She said since the death of her
husband she had had little or no sleep. Mr.
Meyer was vice-presl_ent of the Braden
Copper Company, of this city.
HUGH WOOLNER.
After reaching his hotel, the Woleott.
Hugh Woolner, son of Thorn .a Wo.l
ner, a Scotch sculptor, had to take to his
bed. Through a friend, Edward S. de Le
Gundo. he told his story.
'Aftr-' the crash," Mr. Wooln?r said. "I
ran on to the too deck. I saw Isidor Straui
Dear me. He was urged to get into a boat
almost filled with women. He refused,
saying: 'The women first.' His wife then
threw her arms about his neck.
"There were two shots that I hearvl fired
by the officers, but only to maintain order.
It is absurd to think that Captain Smith
committed suicide.
"When the last boat waa be'.ng lowered
1 Jumped into it. When the boat stru k
the water a sailor and myself grabh??.i th?
oars and pulled aw.iv from the Titanio. Wa
saw a man whom I rec? gnized as a m- m
i- ..f the Swedish diplomatic eorps tloan
dering In th? water. We pulled him In. A
few feet away we saw a fat man floating,
ard him we also rescued.
'The boat was then almost tlus'.i with
the water. I looked toward the vessel and
saw Captain Smith assisting a little girl on
a raft. The next I knew the Titanic had
plunged to the bottom.
?There were moans and groans and cries !
I_
a??**?
1 Matfieson
' "Silent Six.'" Jt
Built for those who ute th* battra
Look at the Mnl'ir.on?
tbe most perfectly
??pulnted car.
Broadway at ?'-?nd street.
from where she sank for what seemed sev?
eral minutes. Then all was quiet. Two
hours or so later, when the Carpathia ar?
rived, there was noihing to 'ndicate where
the ritan!'- ??ent down."
THOMAS WHITELY.
Thomas Whltely. an Intelligent yo??ng
fellow of twenty-one, with light hair and
blue eyes, who was a waiter in the fir-?
saloon, taken to St. Vincent's Hospital with
a fractured right leg and numerous bruises,
told the following story of the disaster;
"I had turned in. My quarters were on
the E deck, which le five decks down. 1
was awakened ..bout 11.30 p. m. I did not
feel any ?-hock, but a shipmate of mine
took me by ?he shoulder and ?said to get out
I said : 'Is It 5 :30 o"clock already*"* He said I
'No ; we've hit a berg.'
"I looked out of the port, the sea mas
like glass and I did not believe him. ?
looked on deck and found It covered with
Ice. Stokehole No II began to fill with
water at once. All the watertight doors
were closed. They had to be opened again
to let men go down and draw the fires to
prevent an explosion. One fellow, I don't
know who it was, went down with aoout
twenty others and drew all the fires.
"The order came : 'All hands above decks
with lifebelts I* The deck was crowded
The second officer was gatting boat No. 1
ready He asked me to give him a hand.
I helped fill the boats. Thtv were crowded
with women and children. There were two
collapsible boats on each side In addition
to the regular lifeboats. At the order of
the second officer we get the collapsible
boat on the port side ready and No. 1 on
the starboard followed. The collapsible boat
| No. 2 on the starboard Jammed. I got my
leg caught in one of the ropes. The second
offeer was hacking at the rope with s,
knife. I was being dragged around the
deck by that rope, when I looked up and
saw the boat flHed with people turning end
up on the davits. The boat overturned like
that." He waved his hand to show Just
how it happened
"In some way I got overboard myself
md found something to hold on to?an o**,k
dresser about the size of this hospital bed.
I wasn't more than sixty feet from the
Titanic when she went down. I vas aft
and could see her big stern rise up In air
as she went down bow firs?. I saw all the
machinery drop ?out of her.
"I was in the water about half an hour
and could hear the cries of thousands of
people, it seemed. Then I drifted near a
I boat wrong side up. About thirty men
were clinging to it. They refused to let
me get en. Some one tried to hit me with
an oar. but I scrambled on to her. A?
S:K) o'clock In the morning we were taken
aboard the Carpathia.
"There was a hi* of panic when it first
happened. The officers had to use their
revolvers. The chief officer shot one man?
I didn't see this, but three others dl?l?and
th?-n he rhot hlm*-e!?? But everybody be?
haved splendidly, especially the firemen.
"It was a black berg we struck, and
though the night was clear it was impos?
sible to see one of that color. I saw an?
other like It when drifting on the over?
turned lifeboat.
"The berg the Titanic hit was on the
starboard bow, and they were doing twen?
ty-five knots, trying to break the record
to New York.
"Phillips, the first Marconi operator, stuck
to his post till the last. He was on the
overturned lifeboat with me and was dead
when they took him aboard the Carpathia
They tried to revive him with brar?!
nil that, but It was too late. There were
four burials at sea on the Carpathia?one
sailor, two firemen and Phllllrs."
Andrew Alexander
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