Evening journal., 1912-04-20

tney ndO StluCk an lCeucih. one uti-
ricd back to the cabin. woke Miss
Bentham who was asleep. and sne
and Miss Bentham dressed warmly
She put on two coats. and was thank
ful afterwards when they were in C. G
lifeboats near the icy water They
reused Mrs. Renauf. who was so ner-
vous and hysterical that they had ia
dress her. Going up on deck, they
met the men I'm the party. Ono OF
the men had been in the smoking
room. and saw the great. shadowy
iceberg sweep past the window
when they struck zone young man
IN the party. who had been asleep
was sure they were playing a joke
on him when they told him TO get
up. that an accident had happened
He had 10 be hauled out fOrcibly by
the others" she said.
Told There Was No Danger"
"They told us at first that there was
no danger whatever" said Miss Rugg.
but after awhile we began TO realize
that there was. Many people at first
refused to believe in any danger. ara
objected 10 being made to leave their
siaterooms."
The three women were then told
20 20 over and stand over near one of
the lifoboats with the other women,
and they never saw the men of the
party again. Miss Rueg said that their
stateroom was amidships was one
reason why they had not felt any vio-
lent shock when the collision happens
ed The boat was so huge. that the
wreck was very different story In
different parts of the boat.
She said f'All we could see was the
deck around our own lifebOat and the
neigbboring boat The lights remain
cd burning until after we left the
ship. but i think they went out before
the Titanic sank" She said her boat,
which bore the figure mo. 12' painted
on il was the second from the last
launched, but there was a great deal
of difficulty in lowering II. and she
feels certain i'm her own mind that II
was the very last boat to touch the
water and leave the ship. She says;
"Thcre was so much confusion that
ii was hard to tell Just the order IN
which the boats went"
Stewardesses Disguised.
One incident remained with her as
very pathetic. She said "A steward
css, one that was very popular with
the passengers, stepped into the boat
with us. The officers ordered her
back to the deck, saying Passengers
first" The woman made no protest
but quietly withdrew This steward
loss was i'm uniform Miss Rugg said
-Four or FIVE other stewardesses ol
the shin hid their uniforms under
cloaks, so as so appear like passen'
gers. and so were saved
Miss Rugg said. 1--WE knew the shiT
was sinking before they LETT Wher
This became evident, and the lifeboati
were getting scarce, and it was newt
able that hundreds could not be tnkei
off In them. Miss Rugg corrohorate'
all the stories of panic that have beel
told. She said. "The Americans am
English kept their heads far bette
than those of other nationality, n
matter whether they were first sec
ond or third class passengers. IN
horror of the scenes following coul
not be described. the screaming AM
STRUGGLING The life-boats were low
cred to deck level to put in the pas
sengers, but the passengers had TO g
over the edge of the rail to get in
Frantic men loaped on top of th
women and children and were pulle'
out by officers, and men passenger
who were bravely helping. There wa
splendid heroism I'm tho midst OF tn
panic. I saw shots fred by the off
cors, but could not say for certai
whether they killed anybody. On
man jumped in twice INTO our boai
An officer fred at him, as he wa
struggling 10 got In. and he droppc
back. but do not know whether h
was hit
Stood Eight Hours.
Miss Rugg said "As soon as IN
lifeboat was lowered II could easil
be seen how fast the Titanic was Sc
Ting" She said. I'VE had TO stan
up I'm the lifeboat. IL was so crowdo
II was SO filled that we could not eve
move. / had forgotten one foot up q
"A projection and il was some tin
before. with the help OF another pa
songer, I could get il down. ! clur
10 mast Others clung TO eat
other, or were kept up by the crow
u was about half past twelve at mig
when We left the ship. and about eig
o'clock in the morning when we we
taken ON board the Carpathia.' Mi
Rugs said, There was a lamp
the boat. but the boat was too crow
cd to get at it Toward the end
the night the sky grew cloudy and
was very dark. II was icy cold. al
many had little clothing on but the
night-clothes. but the closely mass
bodies kept them from freezing. The
might have been ships biscuit stor
N the boats. as is usually the cai
but it would have been impossible
get at them. We had neither fol
nor drink during the long yigil," sa
Miss Ruug.
Miss Rugg added "It was a gre
relief 10 get away from the shi
aud leave the scenes of horror on q
deck. il was getting so unbearab
As We left the Titanic, and look
toward her. we saw the great ship Ii
heavily over to one side, and all d
masses of people ON board went ro
ing over with her TO the other sid
screaming terribly
Heard BAND Playing.
Miss Rust said: "The order W