The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-27

IC0LAE4 AGN III
of last week, 745 persons. mostly women,
sick in heart and body, wrote into the
annals of maritime history the loss OF
the biggest steamship ever built.
They were the survivors Of the White
Star Liner Titanic which sank. bow
foremost, with 1895 souls aboard, her
Captain at the bridge. her colors flying
and her band playing "Nearer. Ny God
to Thee" in 1000 fathoms of water OF
the Banks of Newfoundland under star.
lit skies at 2:20 a. m, Monday.
With one voice they told Of the splen-
did heroism Of those who remained be-
hind to find a watery grave that they
might live.
Captain Smith died, they said, as q
gallant sailor should. after having first
placed all the women who would go
aboard the lifeboats. There were many
who stayed behind to die in their hus-
bands arms.
From their narratives stand out in
bold relief the following facts:
The Titanic was making 81 knots (26
miles, an hour when she struck the
iceberg.
No one at first thought she would
sink.
She remained aloas more than two
hours.
The iceberg ripped open her hull be-
low the water line.
Instant panic was averted by Captain
Smiths terse appeal to his crew: "Be
British. my menl"
A small number OF steerage passengers
tried to rush for the hfeboats and were
held back by the crew and other passen-
gers.
The Titanic turned her nose for the
bottom when the last lifeboat was less
than q hundred yards away. reared her
stern high in the air and trembled for a
moment before seeking the bottom.
There were two explosions when the
in-rushing waters reached her boilers.
In Lifeboats
When she sank there was silence; a
moment later the cries and applications
of the dying rose in chnrns indescribable
over the spot where she went down.
For hours the survivors rowed in life
boats over a calm sea in bitter cold until
the Oarpathia picked them up.
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the last were Colonel John Jacob Asior
and Major Archibald Butt. President
Taft's military aide; Benjamin Guggen-
helm. Jacques Futrelle, George Wldener.
Henry B. Harris and cores Of other well
known persons. Isador Straus was
among them, also Mrs. Strsus. who re-
fused to leave her husband behind when
she had the chance to ave herself.
Butt a Hero
Major Butt is reported to have been
one of the heroes. With an iron bar in
his hand, he is said to have stood at the
steerage passage and defended the
women and children from the maddened.
stricken men in that part of the ship.
Astor Dies BraOey
Colonel Aston also is said to have met
his fate bravely, after seeing his bride
to a lifeboat. drawing aside to watch
other women step TO safety, and await
ing his own fate.
1t was only because the maximum
capacity of the steamers ~lifeboats was
barely a third the complement Of the
ship in crew and passengers that hun
dreds of ~despairing passengers had to be
left to their fate.
Lmay Makes Denial
]. Bruce Ismay. Managing Director Of
the White Star Line. who was one OF
the few prominent men who escaped
with their lives, is said by some pas
sengers to have been one of the first to
get into the lifeboats, but this is denied
by Ismay himself. Stunned by the inn
mensity of the tragedy, he had little to
say except that he had heard of the in
vestigation which the United States
Senate had begun. He expressed his
full willingness to assist the COMMITTEES
in its inquiry. He agreed to appear be-
fore the Committee in this city to-day.
Stories of SurDiUors
The survivors of the Titanic, still suf-
fering from exhaustion, arrived in New
York last night, releasing at the NOM
ent she locked a serious of narratives so
long and numerous hat many are yet
untold. The world had clamored for
several days in vain by wireless for
more than the faintest outline of what
had really happened.
The surviving passengers are unani.
nous that "the unbelievable" happened.
The voyage had been pleasant and I'M
avonfful axoaDf for The feat se -aa hair.