Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-24

was heard and the men were pushed
aside.
"To the scene of the next two
hours on those decks and in the wa
ters below such adjectives as 'dra-
matte and tragic do but poor JUS
tice. With the knowledge of deadly
peril gaining greater power each
moment over these men and wo-
men, the nobility of the greater part,
both among cabin passengers, OFF,
GERS, crew and steerage, asserted it.
self.
"lsidor Strauss, supporting his
wife on her way to lifeboat, was
held back by an inexorable guard.
Another officer strove to help her to
a seat Of safety, but she brushed
away his arm and clung to her hus-
bands, crying, 4 will not go with
out YOU
Another woman took her place
nd hc~ form. clinine TO her hus-
H1ud y, became part OF 4 picture now
dgawu jnGciOly IN many wiuds. Ncl-
tu'v vic nor husband, 80 Tar as any
gfn Knows I>arhGd a place nt safety.
Col. Astor, holding his young
wife's arm, stood decorously aside
as the officers spoke to him, and Mrs.
Astor and her maid were ushered to
seats. Mrs. Henry B. Harris parted
in like manner from her husband,
saw him last at the rail beside Col.
Astor.
"Walter NJ. Clark, Of Los Angeles,
nephew OF the Montana Senator,
joined the line Of men as his young
wife, sobbing, was placed in one Of
the craft. Let him come. There is
room,' cried Mrs. Emil Taussig, as
the men Of the White Star Line mo-
toned to her husband to leave her.
1t was with difficulty that he releas-
ed her hold to permit her to be led to
her place.
"Of Major Archie Butt, a favorite
with his fellow tourists Of Chas. NJ.
Hays, president Of the Grand Trunk;
of Benz. Guggenheimer and of VIM.
II. Stead, no one seems to know
whether they tarried too long in
their staterooms or for ore to ap-
proach the fast filling boats None
Of them was in the throng which,
weary hours afterward, reached the
Carpathia.
simultaneously, those in the
boats saw what those on the decks
could not see--that the Titanic was
listing rapidly to starboard, and that
her stern was rising at a portentious
angle. a rush Of steerage men to-
wards the boats was checked by Off
GERS with rcvolvers.
Some OF the boats, crowded too
full to give those chance, drifted
Tor a time. None had provisions or
water; there was lack OF covering
from the icy air, and the only lights
were the still undimmed ares and in
candesccnts Of the settling ship, save
for one Of the boats. Then a stew
ard appeared carrying three orange
and one green light That green
light, many OF the survivors saw.
was to the shipwreckcd hundreds nc
the pillar of fire by night. Long af-
ter the ship had disappeared, and
while confusing false lights danced
about the boats, the green lantern
kept them together on the course
which led them to the Carpathia.
AS the end Of the Titanic became
manifestly but a matter Of moments.
the oarSmcn pulled their boats awav
and the chilling waters began to
echo splash after splash as the pas
sengerS and sailors in life prcserv-
ers leaped over and started swim
ming away - escape the expected
suction.
"Only the hardest of constitutions
could endure for more than few
moments such numbing bath. The
flrst vigorous strokes gave way to