The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-19

SANK. nat was the ldSI IA" VI
Mrs Astor until met her aboard the
and the last | saw of the
Mrs. Straus, wife of the millionaire
merchant. refused to leave her hus
hand when the order came for her to
get into a boat, and there were other
similar cases.
one of the wonderful things about
the whole gruesome night was the
oalmness with which the men and wo-
men faced death and the misery they
showed at physical discomforts. It
was freezing cold, one of the most bit
ter nights | can remember, although
| suppose the thermometer did not
sink very much below the freezing
point, but the water felt warm after
heing in the air
Captain on the Bridge.
AS / looked | could see the figure
Of the captain on the bridge. They
tell me that he and the chief engineer
committed suicide by shooting them
selves through the head before the
vessels upend, but | do not believe
this. If ever there was a drawer set
Of officers and men than the Titanic
carried | have never heard of them.
On the after deck there were hun
dreds of people, dumped into small
groups that clustered for a momer
in the lights, and they fell screaming
and shrieking into the sea. They
were clad in scanty clothing, and the
white gowns of the women, but a few
moments walked from sleep. flashed
as they swept down to the water.
Then she sank, sliding down the
lCng incline. out of sight. There was
a horrid swirl that caught our raft
end spun us round and round, until
the women screamed again, and, eX
cept for the stronger swimmers
! around us, we were alone with thf
. few other boats. For a while We bus
led ourselves aiding those we saw Of
heard in the water but the cries fin
/ ally died away and we were in S
ence as well as darkness.
I'VE all knew that our wireless cal
for help had been answered and that
several steamers were on their way
to aid us, but down Their, in thai
black. awful night, with the white
Iidged waves racing by under oui
overloaded raft, the prospect of eyer
coming through the night wa
gloomy, And We were in a bad shape
! ] was in evening dress and so were
most of the women on the raft witt
ne. They were nearly frozen,
Died from Exposure.
ITO make things worse the win
began to rise, driving the seas 0
spray over us and drenChing ever
one to the bone. We were better o.
than those in the boats, for the COY
slant incoming OF the water KEEP
them bailing, whereas our raft 1oa
ed buoyantly. But it was frightfu
Pretty soon | heard one of the FEY
e. men in a nearby boat, we tried t
2 keep as close together as possibl
and managed fairly well, yell out tha
, woman was dead. He was askin
/ instructions from another officer, a 81
| perior, as to what to do, with tn
= body. The reply was to keep it.
t The women on the raft for tn
p most part were brave and calm. b.
7 some of them proved hysterical an
gave a lot of trouble. l heard tn
p was the same with the other raft
5 and boats"
= Suicide DisbeIieved.
S The report that the captain an
J. chief engineer had killed. themselvC
i is disbelieved here, although severt
n Of the survivors concur in the stat
1 ment that the reports of pistols wei
e heard just before the steamer san
e Officials Of the company say tn
n might have been the giving OK Il
S doors within the ship as the watt
t pressure reached them.
l. The list of the prominent men mis-
5 ing is not changed in any respect !
the arrival of the Carpathia, Amor
n them are Col. John Jacob Aston Ma
e Archibald Butt, military aid 10 Il
d President, on his way home after
e special presentation to King 81
d manuel of Italy; William r. Stea
the journalist; Isldor Straus, the me
r. chant and philanthropist of this cit
I and his wife; George Widener, g,
e Of p. A. Widener of Philadelph
d traction king of the Pennsylyar
Il city; President J. b. Thayer Of Il
n Pennsylvania railroad, and nthe
n The Titanic carried 234O persons
passengers and crew.
4 Dispatches from Washington
II nounce that the senate committee b
a Continued on page l2)