The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-25

| the oarsmen pulled their pt@ts away
and the chilling waters began TO eche
splash after splash as passengers aho
sailors in life preservers ieapea over
and started swimming away 10 es
cape the expected suction.
Icy Water Brings Death.
Only the hardest OF constitutions
could endure for more than lew mo
ments such numbing oath Inc
first vigorous strokes gave way &c
heartbreaking cries OF Help! heip!
and stiffened forms were seen, the
faces relaxed In death.
Revolver shots were heard IN the
ships last moments The first report
spread among the boats was that Cap
tain Smith had ended his lie with
bullet. Then 1t was said that mate
had shot steward who tried to push
his way upon boat against oroers
None of these tales have been veri
fed. and many OF the crew say the
captain. without preserver ieapeo
In at the last and went down. refusing
cooks offered aid
Last LIfeboat Is Capsized.
The last OF the boats, collapsible
was launched too late to get away
and was overturned by the ships
sinking. Some OF those in it--ali. say
some witnesses-found safety on
raft, or were picked up by lifeboats.
In the Marconi tower. almost to the
last, the loud click OF the sending In
1 CT ri
Who was receiving the message. those
| In the boats did not know, and they
would least of all have supposed that
| a Mediterranean ship in the distant
South Atlantic track would be their
rescuer.
Music Was Sacrament.
AS the screams In the water multi
! piled another sound was heard, strong
at first, then fainter in the distance.
1t was the melody of the hymn.
"l'earer, My God. to Fhee," played by
the string orchestra in the dining
started to sing the words. but grew
silent as they realized that for the
men who played. the music was sac
rament soon to be contaminated by
death. The serene strains OF the
hymn and the frantic cries OF the dy-
inc blended in a symphony OF sorrow.
Titanic Goes to Bottom.
Led by the green light, under the
light Of the stars. the boats drew
away, and the bow, then the quarter,
then the stacks, and at last the stern
of the marvel-ship of few days be-
fore passed beneath the waters. The
great force of the ships sinking was
unaided by any violence OF the ele-
ments, and the suction, not SO great
as had been feared, rocked but mildly
lie group Of boats now quarter OF a
mile distant from 1t.
Sixteen boats were In the forlorn
procession which entered on the terri
BILE hours Of rowing. drifting and sus.
pense. Women wept for lost hus-
bands and sons. Sailors sobbed for
the ship which had been their pride.
Men choked back tears and sought to
comfort the widowed Perhaps, they
said, other boats might have put Off In
another direction toward the last.
They strove, though none too sure
themselves, to convince the women OF
the certainty that rescue ship would
appear.
Carpathla Brings Joy.
Early dawn brought no ship, but not
long after 5 a. m. the Carpathia, far
out OF her path and making 18 knots
al hour instead OF her wonted Is,
showed her single red and black
smokestack upon the horizon. In the
10y OF that moment, the heaviest
griefs were forgotten
Soon atterward, Captain Rostron
and Chief Steward Hugh IS were well
coming the chilled AMI bedraggled
arrivals over the Carpathia's side
Men Praised by Women.
One of the few women able to give
an account of the disaster was Miss
Cornelia Andrews Of Hudson. N. Y.
Miss Andrews said she was in the last
boat to be picked up.
THE behavior of the men," she said,
was wonderful-the most marvellous
| have ever beheld."
did you see any shooting?" she
was asked.
No" she replied, but one officer
did say he would shoot some Of the
steerage who were trying to crowd In.
to the boats Many jumped from the
decks. | saw a boat sink"
Miss Andrews was probably refer
ring to the collapsible boat which
overturned She said that the sinking
OF the ship was attended by noise
such as might be made by the boilers
exploding. She was watching the ship,
she said, and it looked as II 1t blew
up: anyhow. it broke in two.
Henry Stengel of Newark said 1t
was only the forethought OF member
of the boat crew who was quick-wit'
ted enough to snatch up three green
lights that saved a number OF the
lives of those adrift In the tiny lie
boat.
These green lights" he said.
shining through the darkness en-
| abled the other boats crews to keep
| close together in the Ice filled wa.
| ters."
MIR. Stengel put his wife in boat
and then followed He said that early
the next morning. shortly after they
had been picked up, they saw floating
far away a gigantic Iceberg, with two
peaks shining In the morning sun
| This was the berg that sent the II.
tanic to the bottom. he thought.
were required to embark before lower
| Ing boats. thus epdanRering the Opera-