Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-19

or opening box of sardines. The
compartments were closed Immediate
~ az far as possible under the cir
cumHtances.
'sTho interval between the collision
and the sinking OF the ship was TWO
hours aud twenty minutes, timed BY
my watch which lay open on the
dresser. The watch stopped at 2:22
a. m. when I jumped into the water.
was awakened In my cabin az mid
night.
| After sinking with the ship, u
/ appeared 20 me as II I were pro-
l PEELED by some great force through
/ the water. This might have been cc-
cnaiOnod by explosions under tho VIA
ter. ] recall that ! was most fearful
Of being boiled TO death. The Sec
ond officer who was on the top deck
told mo that he had a similar exper-
ionce. Innumorabie thoughts of n
personal nature flashed through my
brain.
Again and again / prayed for de-
| llverance, although 1 felt sure thnt
tho end had come. Ny greatest diff
Guilty was IN holding my breath lniil
/ came to the surface.
Il reached the surface after a time
that aoomcd unonding. There was
nothing in sight save the ice. which
dotted the ocean, and a large field OF
wreckagc. There were dying men
and women an about me, groanina
and crying piteously.
"The second officer ana J. -. Thay-
or, Jr.. who were swimming near,
told me that just before my head APP
peared above the water one OF the
Titanlc's tunnels separated and fell
apart near me, scattering the bodies
In the water.
Il sRw wreckage everywhere. All
that came within my reach l clnng
to. A great crate-like block Of wood
floated within my grasp and ! gra0-
bed Il. II seemed 10 be sufficiently
large to keep me nfloat,
AT this moment. however. saw
an overturned boat "a short distance
away and swan 10 Il. caught tho
arm OF a man who grasped 81. threw
my leg over the boat and rested On u.
ION this raft--it was really n col
lapslblc boat, that was called raft.
there were lying more than twenty
men who seemed to belong TO tho
Titanic's crew. Two men. one In the
, bow the other in the stern, propelled
us through the wreckage, with pieces
} Of wood which answered for oars.
} presently the raft became 80 full
} that II seemed she would sink II more
} came aboard and the crew. for se's.
} preservation. had to refuse to permit
} others 20 climb aboard. This was a'
once the most pathetic and the most
horrible scene OF all. The pl'eous
cries OF those around us still ring IN
my ears. ] will remember them "a
my dying day.
Hold on to what you have. old
, boy. We shouted 10 each man ssiie
, tried 20 get aboard. One more % ycu
aboard would sink ns all and mans
whom We refused answered As lhes
went 70 their death, Good iick. and
God bless you
"All the time we were buoyed and
, sustained By hope for rescue. We saw
. lights IN all directions. particularly IN
I front, where green lights ahone ard
, rockets were fired la the air.
and 50 we passed the night--W!tf
the waves washing over us anl th'
raft buried deep in the water. under
our feet
ibid we pray2 Men WHO sceinoe
. to have forgotten long ago how Il
. a idscss their Creator recalled th'
prayers OF their childhood. and mur
INJURED them over and over again.
I'VE said the Lords Prayer agaiI
:. and again together.
al Long before light We stood In col
! umns, two deep. back 10 back, bal
= anclng ourselves, fearful 70 move les
! the delicate balance should be dis
! turbed and all OF us thrown again int,
4 the water The hand OF God scenes
TO nave soothed the sea and It wa
!. calm.
q IAN age seemed TO have passe'
r when we first saw the twlnkling light
y OF the Carpathla. We recognized he
Q as our rescuer. The Marconi Operato
+ --one of The thifty-fiVo on the raft
confirmed our hopes by saying tina
8 he knew Il was the Carpathia. Will
y We looked someone whispered tha
q there was also a ship behind US. w
dared not turn about TO look, -
p fearful were we that we would dis
y turb the balance.
"i'hc second officer finally ordere'
ono man to look behind. The SLID
- ping OF Ons man would have mean
, the death, probably. OF all Of u'
a The man who looked passed "a
word that there was no ship belin1
when the day broke. four OF IN
p Tiianic's lifeboats were seen on ou
" pori side The second officer blc'
y his whistle TO call attention 90 ou
"A prooarious condition and the hea
lifob0at, towing another, came 10 hel
"A us.
The transfer. fraught with peri
followed. The second officer was IN
last man Off the raft. just before h
left II. he lifted into the boat "a
II body Of a sailor. who had died Of cot
T. and exposure as we prayed. l. wit
u my RoHgy overcoat heavy with waite
70 pitched head foremost into the boa
~ trying my utmost rot TO disturb III
"a euuiibrlum of the craft. In this boi
10 saw several Of my companions o