Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-24
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teries going and this gave us little
light. Captain Smith was the biggest
hero l ever saw. He stood on the
bridge and shouted through a mega
phone irving to make himself heard
The crew obeyed his orders as quickly
as could be expected. Five minutes
after the crash everybody seemed to
have gone insane. Men and women
fought bit and scratched 10 be in line
for the lifeboats. / got black eye
and n cut chin in the hght. Then Cap
tain Smith seemed to get some order
and the passengers were sent to fore
and aft on the big boat"
There was q friEhtful pounding
noise throughout I saw men praying
also struggling to get TO the rail.
PRAYERS and cries followed. Women
who had been IN the music room.
where a concert had been in progress,
were still dressed In evening apparel
and wore diamonds. Other women
had Just got to their hunks and were
in night attire. All rushed with one
object. to get to the boats. Captaih
Smith remained on the bridge trying
TO make himself heard. He was still
shouting when last saw him. AS the
passengers got into the life boats |
women were thrown in and they did !
net move, and an officer jumped in TO !
command The boats were swung .
from their dAvits and let down into the |
water. Hundreds. it seems, did not
wait for the boats They saw there
was no chance and they jumped over
board"
None Dreamed OF Danger.
DR. Henry W. Frauenthal, 7S3 Lex
ington avenue, New York. also De
clared all OF the women on board the
Titanic were thought to have been
safely in the boats before the order OF
the men to take them came.
When the ship first struck, he
said, none OF US dreamed Of the dan
ger we faced. All who had been asleep
after the first rush into the eabinways
and to the decks returned to their
cabins. to dress.
But when the word came that we
were sinking and the life0oats were
ordered over the side the panic was
fearful. -
lust now l am so thankful to be
alive that my appreciation OF the
horror is dulled. ! am only afraid
that when recover from the first
shock il will come back to me again
and ! would rather have gone down
with the boat"
Another OF the survivors who would
have embraced death more happil!
than safety was Mrs. A. o. Horveson
whose husband, who was connected
with the Peabody Company. wen
down with the Titanic. With her hus
band, Mrs. Horveson had been II
Bucnos Ayres on a three months
pleasure and business trip, and, Re
turning by way OF England, ha
thought it would be great fun to hel
the Titanic make her maiden trip.
1--WE were so happy" she cried. wit
tears streaming down her face wv
had thought it such lark to CON
back home on the Titanic. But no
there is nothing. nothing left in tn
world. l can't stand It," And, broke
completely down, she hid her face
her hands and could say no more.
Only Baby Left OF Family.
Jane Smith, one Of the Engli
nurses employed by ]. W. Allison.
Ontario, who brought Baby Smi
through the Titanic disaster, car
down the gangplank with the nil
months-old baby boy wrapped in h
arms He WAS all that was left OF
family OF father, mother and two cl
dren The oldest child was a z
three years old.
Miss Smith said: 1T was shortly
fore midnight when l went into
room where the baby was sleeping
see if he was all right. had Just {
ten into the room when ] felt q sli
rasping shock. The machinery 6
denly stopped. ran to Mr.. AllisC
stateroom nearby and awakened
and Mrs. Allison. The three of
went on deck. At first we saw n
ing unusual. Mr.. Allison made i
OF his wife's fears.
I'm a little while the engines v
started again. We thought that ev
thing was all right. We went bs
and in a few minutes an officer C
and told us that the ship was sinh
! grabbed up the baby and went
deck. There found q bedlam of
en- and children and throwing I
fusion. The men were grabbing ,
into the life boats. They had to
many women away from their
hands was suddenly picked up
thrown into life boat We wer,
mediately lowered and two men r,
Us away from the ship.