The Forrest City times., 1912-04-26
VICTIMS 0F SEA HORROR
 WENT DOWN LIKE HEROES

to ooey the ofoer. When they were afoat and had the oars at work the condition of the rapidly settling boat was so much more q sight for alarm for those in the boats than those on board that in common prudence the sailors saw they could do nothing but row from the sinking ship to save. at any rate, some lives They no doubt anticipated that suction from such an enorr ous vessel would be more than usually dangeroes to a crowded boat filled with women
 All this time there was no trace of any disorder or panic or rush to the boats and no scenes of women sobbing hysterically such as one gen orally pictures as happening at such times; every one seemed to realize danger. When if was realized that we might all be presently in the sea with nothing but our life belts to sup port us until We were picked up by passing steamers 1t was extraordinary how calm every one was and how completely self-controlled.
 'One by one the boats were filled with women and children. lowered and rowed away into the night Presently the word went round among the men, The men are to be put in boats on the starboard side wat on the port side and most of the men walked across the deck to see if this was so I remained where was and presently heard the call:
 Any more ladies?' Looking over the side Of the ship. saw the boat, No. 13. swinging level with B deck. half full of ladies. Again the call was repeated; Any more ladies?'
 T saw none come on, and then one of the crew looked up and said: Any ladies on your deck, sir?'
 No I replied
 "'Then you had better jump
 WOMEN HEAvED INTO BOAT.
 T dropped In and fell in the bot tom as they cried: Lower away As the boat began to descend two ladies were pushed hurriedly through the crowd on B deck and heaved over into the boat. and baby of ten months passed down after them. Down we went, the crew calling to those lower ing each end to keep her level-.aft. stern both together'-until we were some ten feet from the water, and here occurred the only anxious mo ment we had during tho whole of our experience from leaving the deck to reaching the Carpathia
 Immediately below our boat was the exhaust of the condensers, a huge stream of water pouring all the time from the ships side just above the water line. It was plain we ought to be smart away from this not to be swamped by 1t when we touched wa ter. We had no officer aboard. nor petty officer or member of the crew to take charge. So one of the stekers shouted: Some one find the pin which releases the boat from the ropes and pull 1t up No one knew where it was. We felt as well as we could on the floor snd sides. but found nothing. @ib iN " oo ihi lO iIohc dl8buS Fo many people-we had sixty or seventy on board.
 Down We went and presently float ed. with our ropes still holding us. the exhaust washing us awey from the side of the vessel and the swell Of the sea urging us back against the side again. The resultant of all these forces was an impetus which carried us parallel to the ships side and di- rectly under boat 14, which had filled rapidly with men and was coming down on us in a way that threatened to submerge our boat.
 sTokER AVERTs GREATER LOSS.
 Stop lowering IA our crew shouted and the crew of No. 14. now only twenty feet above. shouted the same. But the distance to the top was some seventy feet, and the creak- ing pulleys must have deadened all came-fifteen feet. ten feet. five feet and stoker and I reached up and touched her swinging above our heads The next drop would have brought her on our heads, but just before she dropped another stoker sprang to the ropes with his knife.
 One l heard him say: two as his knife cut through the pulley rope. and the next moment the exhaust stream had carried us clear, while boat A dropped into the water Into the space We had the moment before occupied. our gunwales almost touch ing
 We drifted away easily AS the oar. were got out and headed directly away from the ship. The crew seemed to me to be mostly cook. fin white jackets. two 10 an oar. with stoker at the tiller There was a certain amount of shouting from one