The Green Forest tribune., 1912-04-26
AQlsriNG SURVIVORS AeuARD
Carpathia Passengers Tell of Piteous
 Scenes After Wreck.

tentlon to 1t, and went to sleep again. About o'clock I again awakened. 1 noticed that the boat had stopped. I went to the deck. The Carpathia had changed her course. Lifeboats were sighted, and began to arrive-and soon, one by one, they drew up to our side. There were 16 in all, and the transferring of passengers was most pitiful.
 "The adults were assisted in climbing the rope ladders by ropes adjusted to their waists. The little children and babies were hoisted to the deck in bags. Some of the boats were crowded-a few were not half full. This l could not understand.
 Some in Evening Dress.
 Some people were in evening dress, others were in their night clothes and were wrapped in blan- kets. These, with immigrants of all sorts of condition, were hurried in to the salon, indiscriminately, for a hot breakfast. They had been in the open boats for four or five hours in the most biting air I ever experi- eneed
 There were husbands without
 
 ents without children, and children word spoken.
 They seemed to be stunned.
 Immediately after breakfast, di- vine service was held in the saloon.
 "One woman died in a lifeboat, three others died soon after reach ing the Carpathia. Their bodies tr>sO ~y-1 afternoon.
 "None of the rescued had any clothing except what they had on, and relief committee was formed, and our passengers contributed enough for their immediate needs.
 Band Was Playing.
 When her lifeboats pushed away from the Titanic, the steamship was brilliantly lighted, the band was playing, and the captain was stand ing on the bridge giving directions. The bow was well submerged and the keel rose high above the water
 Suddenly the boat seemed to break in two. The next moment ev- erything disappeared. The survivors were so close to the sinking vessel that they feared the lifeboats would be drawn into the vortex.
 ''There were under way prepara- tons for brilliant party to be giv- en on board the next evening.
 "On our way back to New York we steamed along the edge of field of ice which seemed limitless. As far as the eye could see to the north there was no blue water At one tima I pnuntad- 2 ipphproc p
 Jumped Into the Sea.
 E. 2. Taylor of Philadelphia, one of the survivors, jumped into the sea just three minutes before the Iii tanic sank. He told a graphic story as he came from the Carpathia.
 "I was eating when the boat struck the iceberg" he said. There was an awful shock that made the boat tremble from stem to stern. I did not realize for some time what had happened. No one seemed to know the extent of the accident. We were told that an iceberg had been struck by the ship. I felt the boat rise, and 1t seemed to me that she was riding over the ice. I ran out on deck, and then I could see noth- ing but ice, and the boat was rock ing over it. I should say that parts of the iceberg were so feet high, but it had been broken into sections, probably by our ship.
 q jumped into the ocean and was picked up by one of the boats. never expected to see land again. waited on board the boat until the lights went out. It seemed to me that the discipline on board was wonderful"
 Col. Archibald Oracle.
 Col. Archibald Oracle, United States army, the last man saved, went down with the vessel, but was picked up. He was met here by his daughter, who had arrived from Washington, and his son-in-law, Paul P Fabracius. Col. Oracle told . remarkable story of personal hard ship, and denied emphatically the report that there had been any panic on board. He praised in the highest terms tne behavior of both the pas sengers and crew, and gave a high tribute to the heroism of the women passengers.
 Col. Oracle said that despite the warnings of ieebergs, no slowing down of speed was ordered by the commander of the Titanic. There were other warnings, he said.
 Titanic Was Warned.
 'In the "A hours run ending the 14th," he said, :" the ships run was 546 miles, and we were told that the next 24 hours would see even bet ter record posted. No dimunition of speed was indicated in the run. The officers, I am creditably informed, had been advised by wireless from other ships of the presence of ice bergs and dangerous floes in that vii cinity. The sea was as smooth as glass and the weather clear, so that It seems that there was no occasion for fear.
 When the vessel struck" he con- < tinued, ''the passengers We're so lit tle alarmed that they joked over the matter. There was not the slight est indication of panic.
 Some of the fragments of ice had - fallen on the deck, and these were picked up and passed around by some of the facetious ones, who of fered them as mementoes of the oc- 4easion. On the post side glance over the side failed to show any evidence of damage, and the vessel seemed to be on an even keel. James Clych Smith and 1, however, soon found the vessel was listing heavily. A few minutes later the officers or 1arad man and W0man tO don life