The Washington times., 1912-04-19

en-. l saw no nghtlng, but heard tell
of It.
Il came back and heard Phillips CIV
ing the Carpathia fuller directions.
Phillips told me to put on my clothes.
Until that moment I forgot that l was
II went to my cabin and dressed. I
brought an overcoat to Phillips. 1t
was very cold. ! slipped the overcoat
upon him while he worked.
send me to the captain with little mes
sages. They were merely telling how
the Carpathia was coming our way and
gave her speed.
Il noticed as I came back from one
trip that they were putting off wom-
en- and children in lifeboats. l no
ticed that the list forward was in
creasing.
! "Phiiiips told me the wireless was
growing weaker. The captain came
and told us our engine rooms were
taking water and that the dynamos
might not last much longer. We sent
IT went out on deck and looked
around. The water was pretty close
up to the boat deck. There was a
great scramble aft. and how poor
Phillips worked through 1t I don't
know.
"He was a brave man. learned to
love him that night and I suddenly
felt for him a great reverence to see
work while everybody else was rag
ing about. I will never live to forget
the work of Phillips for the last
awful fifteen minutes.
Got Out Life Belt.
"I thought 1t was about time to
look about and see II there was any
thing detached that would float I
remembered that every member OF the
crew had q special life belt and
ought to know where it was I re-
memnered % mine was under my bunk:
how cold the water was.
Il remembered l had some boots and
| put those on, and an extra jacket, and
cut there still sending away, giving the
Carpathia details of just how we were
doing
We picked up the Olympic and told
her we were sinking by the head and
were about all down. AS Phillips was
sending the message I strapped his life
belt to his back. I had already put on
his overcoat.
st wondered If could get him into
MS boots. He suggested. with a sort of
laugh, that look out and see II all the
people were off in the boats, or IL any
boats were left, or how things were.
II saw a collapsible boat near a fun
mel and went over to it. Twelve men
were trying to boost it down to the
boat deck. They were having an awful
time. 1t was the last boat left. 1
looked at it longingly few minutes.
went. They all started to scramble in
on the boat deck. and walked back
to Phillips. said the last raft had
Then came the captains voice:
You can do no more. Abandon your
cabin. Now it's every man for himself
You look out for yourselves. / release
you. That's the way of it at this kind
mo iT1on
II looked out. The boat deck was
awash. Phillips clung on, sending and
sending. He clung on for about ten
minutes or maybe fifteen minutes after
water was then coming into our cabin.
While he worked something hap
pened hate to tell about. / was back
In my room getting Phillips money for
a stoker, or somebody from below
decks, leaning over Phillips from be-
hind. He was too busy to notice what
the man was doing: The man was slip
He was big man, too. AS you can
see, 1 am very small. 1 don't know
what 1t was I got hold of. remem-
bered in a, fash the way Phillips had
belt In place because he was too busy
to do 1t.
II knew that man from below decks
had his own life belt and should have
II suddenly felt passion not to let
that man die a decent sailors death.
wished he might have stretched rope
or walked plank. did my duty. I
hope ] finished him. 1 don't know. We
left him on the cabin floor of the wire
less room, and he was not moving.
Band Plays In Ragtime.
From aft came the tunes of the
band. 1t was a rag-time tune. I
don't know what Then there was
Autumn Phillips ran aft and that
was the last / ever saw of him.
81 went to the place l had seen
the collapsible boat on the boat deck,
and to my surprise saw the boat
and the men still trying to push IT
OF. 1 guess there wasn't a sailor in
the crowd. They couldn't do II.
went up to them and was just lending
a hand when a large wave came
awash of the deck.
The big wave carried the boat on
had hold OF an oarlock and went
on With It The next I knew I was
"But that was not all. ! was In the