Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1912-04-25
Remarkable Heroism Dis.
played by All.
Enforcement of the Rule "Women
First" Sunders Family Ties
Forever-Famous Americans
Show Elements of Strong Man.
hood-Passengers in Lifeboats
Watch Great Steamer Sink.

nurse and was taken in charge by
Mai. Arthur Peuchen.
The admiration felt by passengers
and crew for the matchlessly appoint
ed vessel was translated, in those
first few moments, into confidence
which, for some, proved deadly.
Llfeboats Are Lacking.
In the loading OF the first boat. re-
strictions OF sex were not made, and
II seemed to the men who piled in be-
side the women that there would be
boats enough for all. But the ships
officers knew better than this. and as
the spreading fear caused an earnest
advance toward the suspended craft
the order. Women first!" was heard.
and the men were pushed aside.
To the scenes OF the next two hours
on those decks and In the waters be-
low, such adjectives as dramatic"
and tragic" do but poor justice. With
the knowledge of deadly peril gaining
greater power each moment over
t,ose men and women, the nobility
Of the greater part. both among cabin
passengers, officers. crew and steer
age. asserted itself.
Straus Held Back by Guard.
Isidor Straus, supporting his wife
on her way to llfeboat. was held
back by an inexorable guard. Another
officer strove TO help her 10 a seat OF
safety, but she brushed away his arm
and clung to her husband. crying. Il
will not go without you"
Another woman took her place. and
her form, clinging to her husband s,
became part Of picture now drawn
ipdelibly in many minds. Neither wife
nor husband. so far as anyone knows
reached place OF safety.
, Astor and Wife Part.
Colonel Astor, holding his wifes
arm, stood decorously aside as the
officers spoke to him. and Mrs. Astor
and her maid were ushered to seats
| Mrs. Henry u. Harris parted in like
manner from her husband. saw him
last at the rail, beside Colonel Asror.
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 MIN come! There Is room!"
cried Mrs. Emil Taussig as the men
o. the White Star line motioned to
4 b,ehopd ~ Ioaya bar Il uac u,{t n
diff ficulty that he released her hold to
permit her to be led to her place.
George d. Widener. who had been
in Captain Smiths company few
moments after the crash. was an
other whose wife was parted from
/ i'm and lowered. moment later. to
the surface OF the calm sea.
Butt, Hays and Stead Lost.
OF Major Archie Butt, iavorite
with his fellow tourists; OF Charles NJ
Hays, president OF the Grand Trunk;
OF Benjamin Guggenheim. and OF VII
liam T. Stead. no one seems to know
whether they tarried too long in theiI
! staterooms or whether they forebore
t. approach the fast filling boats
None OF them was In the throng
which, weary hours afterward. reached
the Carpathia.
Pistols Check Steeraee Men.
simultaneously on the upper deck:
or the ship the ropes creaked with the
lowering of boats. and as they reached
the water these in the boats saw
what those on the decks could no
see-that the Titanic was listing rap
idly to starboard. and that her sterr
was rising Mt portentious angle. a
rush OF steerage men toward th'
boats was checked by officers witt
revolvers In hand.
Some Of the boats. crowded too ful
to give rowers a chance. drifted for
time. None had provisions or water
there was a lack OF covering from The
icy air, and the only lights were th'
still undimmed arcs and incandescent'
of the settling ship, save for one o
the first boats. There a steward. WHIT
explained 10 the passengers that b.
had been shipwrecked twice before
appeared carrying three oranges and ;
green light.
Green Lantern as Savior.
That green light. many OF the sur
vivors say. was 10 the shipwrecket
hundreds as the pillar OF fire by night
Long after the ship had disappeared
and while confusing false light
danced about the boats. the green ian
tern kept them together en- the cours
which led them to the Carpathia.