Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-04-25
CAPTAIN OF RESCUE
SHIP FILES REP0RE
EVERY LIFE BOAT ACCOINTEIss
FOR, SAYS ROSTRON-CAR,-~
PATHIA SAILS FOR EU--
ROPE

New York, April 2O.-Less than
twenty-four hours after the Cunard
! line steamer Carpathia came in as a
. rescue ship with 745 survivors Of the
Titanic disaster she sailed again late
yesterday for the Mediterranean
cruise originally started upon,
last week. Just before the liner SAIL :
ed H. S. Bride, the second Marconi /
wireless operator of the Titanic, :.
| whose legs were crushed on life
boat, was carried off on the should
! ers of the ships officers to St. VIM
| cents hospital.
Captain A. H. Rostrom of the Car
| pathia addressed an official report
| giving his account of the captains
rescue work to the general manager
of the Cunard line, Liverpool. The.
| report read:
II beg to report that at 1885 a .m,,
Monday, 18th inst, was informed OF
| urgent message from Titanic with her
i position. l Immediately ordered shlpa
turned around and put her in course~
| for that position, we being then fifty
eight S 52-E'T' from her. Had heads
| of all departments called and issued
| what l considered the necessary Or
| ders to be in preparation for any
emergency.
cat 2:40 am. saw flare half s.
point on port bow. Taking this for
| granted to be ship, shortly after we
sighted our first iceberg, l previous
| ly had lookouts doubled, knowing
that Titanic had struck ice and SO"
took every care and precaution. We
| soon found ourselves in a fIelGI Sf
bergs, large and small, and had to-
alter course several times to clear
bergs. Weather, fine and clear,
light airs on sea, beautifully cleac
night, though dark.
! All Boats Accounted For
| I'VE stopped at am, thus do,
| ing distance in three hours and a.
half, picking up at 4:10 am. the
| first boat, in charge Of officer, and
heard the Titanic had foundered. At
! $3.50 am. last boat picked up. All
| survivors aboard and all boats ac--
| counted for, viz: Fifteen lifeIGnts5,
| one boat abandoned, two Ber1hon'
boats alongside (saw one floating
! lotion upward among wreckage'
| and, according to the secola' officer
| (senior officer saved), one Belthor.
f, Loat had not been launched, it hav~-
irg got jamm@d, making sixteen life.
| bt ats accounted for.
by the time We had cleared first
toat it was breaking day, I'd
could see all within area Of four
miles. We also saw that re were
surrounded by icebergs, large and
small, and three miles to the north
west of us huge field Of drift ice
of large and small bergs in it, the.
ice field trending from northwest
! round west and south to southeast
| as far as we could see either way.
cat s am. the Leyland S. S. Cali
fornia came up. gave him the prin-
cipal news and asked him to search
and I would proceed to New York; at
$3.50 proceeded full speed while re-
searching over vicinity Of disaster
and while we we're getting people e.
board gave orders to get spare
hands along and swing in all our
boats, disconnect the fall and hoist
up as many Titanic boats as possible
in our davits. We got thirteen life
hoats-six on forward deck and sew
en- in the davits.
AFTER getting all survivors aboard
and while searching I got clergy
! man to offer short prayer Of thank
| fulness for those saved, and also a
short burial service for those lost in
the saloon.
Before deciding definitely where:
to make for. conferred with Mr.
Ismay, and, though he told me to do
what thought best, I informed him..
taking everything into considerations
! considered New York best knew.
We should require clean blankets;s
provisions and clean linen, eve0esifi'
We went to the Azores, % most
passengers saved were womsGr and
children and they were hysterfcs1. Not
knoNinE4what medical attention they
might require, ] thought best'ta co.