The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-26

didn't know of anybody who had
been shot. When the ship struck,
said Mr.. Daniel, no one among the
passengers seemed to feel the slight
est apprehension of danger; in fact,
the officers assured them there was
no danger.
81 was in my room at the time
the ship first struck" he said, "and
there was hardly perceptible shock.
/ went out on deck and looked
about, but everything seemed all
right and | went back, took off my
clothes and went to bed 1t must
have been almost two hours before
word was sent through the ship for
everybody to put on life belts. This
was about 1890, as near as | can
remember. l had undressed and |
rushed upstairs with nothing on but
my bathrobe. Everybody about had
strapped on a life belt 1t was per-
haps an hour and forty-five minutes
that we stood about before the ship
sank. 1.-The lights went out an hour
and a half after she started sink
ing.
81 think there was no preceptible
shock | understood that she had
ripped her port side on the iceberg
from stem to stern. There was per-
feet order. People were standing
about with life belts on. Women
were being helped into the life boats
and there was no sign OF any con-
fusion. All the time the water was
gradually creeping up. There was no
sensation except that you could see
the, surface of the water getting
nearer to you.
81 kept watching the water grad
ually coming up to where | was on
a deck, which was the top prone
made deck | managed to stay there
until the deck was filed with wa
ter"
did anybody get hysterical?" was
asked
'Not until the boats got away" he
replied, "but then, my God, to lis
ten to the screams that | heard for
the next four or five hours, was a
terrible experience. Why, we brought
in on the Carpathia sixteen widows
under twenty-five years of age"
did you see anything of Charles
M. Hayes?"
"The last | saw of him was in the
Turkish bath. / did not see him on
deck. There were thirty-seven in
my boat All of them were women
except Mr.. Ismay and myself and the
crew."
Did Mr.. Ismay jump" he was
asked.
81 really can't discuss that or any
thing about Mr.. Ismay," he replied
"All | can say is that he is terribly
cut up. No, he is not injured"
Mr.. Daniel would not discuss Mr..
Ismay further.
Did you see anything of Mr.. Isl
dore Strauss" Mr.. Daniel was asked.
Both Mr.. Straus and his wife re-
manned on the Titanic. Mrs. Straus
was urged to get into lifebOat, but
she refused to leave her husband.
There were many women whose de,
votion to their husbands was strong,
er than their love of life"
New York, April 19.-There were
ten bridal couples aboard the I'll
tanic, and only one of them was not
separated. This fortunate young
couple, in an interview given on the
pier, said they were the only ones
who did not become separated, all
of which, they maintained, was due
to the fact that there was no panic
at first. The bridegroom, therefore,
was allowed to enter the boat with
his bride The lucky couple got
away from the pier shortly after
their experiences had been told to
| the reporter by man on the pier.
He said he believed they were Mr..
and Mrs. George Harder.
! "The groom" said the reporters
informant, related an incident to
me of man less fortunate than him
self This man, the groom told me,
| just before the panic set in was
standing at the gangway where the
women were being loaded into a
boat and made move as though to
enter the boat. An officer approach
ed and ordered the man away. Not
moving quickly enough to satisfy the
officer, the latter walked to the man
and knocked him down. The man,
instead of falling to the deck, fell
head first into the boat, and, though
n4,,npo1l l,,r tho foil ho coon rouiund