The new era., 1912-04-25
erosity and helpfulness OF the Carpa-
thia's passengers"

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Mrs. Louis Mansfield Ogden OF Man
haitian described how she felt when
she heard the Carpathia's whistle
sounding early In the morning. Mrs.
Ogden asked her husband If there was
a fog. Mr.. Ogden had left the state
room, however. and did not explain
until some ten minutes later. The
ship had then slowed down perceptt-
bly,. and Mrs. Ogden was pretty nerv-
ous.
Then her husband returned and told
her that there had been a great acci-
dent and that the Carpathla was going
to help.
The passengers are asked to keep
TO their rooms." he said. There isn't
any need OF being frightened. There's
bene no fire on our boat. but there
has been an accident to the Titanic"
Mrs. Ogden thought that an acct.
dent to the Titanic was quite too
ridiculous to think OF and in that she
shared the impression which. SO she
learned afterward. was current upop
the Titanic after the latter had struck.
, Mrs. Ogden dressed hastily and went
o. deck.
Boats Filled With Survivors.
II saw there on the bosom OF the
ocean," she said. "a boat full OF wo-
men and children. ! suppose there
must have been sailors there. too. but
did not see them. There were only
one or two women In evening dress.
but most OF them were clad IN FUR
coats over their kimonos or night
gowns. They had on their evening
slippers and silk stockings. Some OF
them wore hats.
Far In the distance were two or
three other black specks which we
made out also to be boats. AS day
light grew we made out more and
more boats. three on one side OF our
ship and five on the other. Still later
we picked up more.
Here ond there on the oceans surf.
ace among the field OF ice were hits
OF wreckage from the broken Titanic.
and there were In sight many bergs
eighty and ninety feet high. The pas
sengers OF the Titanic were taken
aboard the Carpathia boatioad by
boatload up sea ladders.
Most Women Hoisted Aboard.
The women most OF them. were
hoisted to the decks OF the Carpathia
in swings. but lew were hardy
enough to climb aboard by the sea
ladders. The ocean all this time was
calm as n lake and 1t was not ditii-
cult task to take the excess passen-
gers aboard.
Some OF the women helped out In
the rowing In the iiieboats them.
selves"
Jumped Into a Small Boat.
Abraham Hyman. n steerage passen.
ger from Manchester. England. won
his safety by leaving the s;eeraSc
and going into the first cabin.
Il got alongside OF n boat he said.
"and they lowered II. full OF passcn.
gers. Just crowded in beside the
man at the tiller. They could have
taken Is more. people IN our boat.
There was no .ominotion In the hfst
cabin. I heard that man was shot
In u panic In the stccrase. When our
boat got into the water It driIted I'M
der the exhaust OF The Titanic and we
were nearly swamrcd. We rowed OF
for about hall n mile and then saw
the lights on the Titanic sink gradu.
ally out Of sight. As the boat sank
the lights went down. one after an
other
IIyman said h" heard OF one man
who had been sitting on pile OF deck
chairs when the lasi explosion came
who was blown on with the deck
chairs The man was found In the
ocean on tn. deck chairs.
Boiler Blast Split Vessel.
Mrs. r.. ". Carter left the Carpa.
,hia terribly shaken by her experience.
She WAS met ai the pier by Albert B.
Ashiorth Mrs Carter could not talk
Cl the collision and the wreck. but
Mr.. Ash.ortk said that what had I'm
prcssed her was the last boiler eSplo.
sion
Mrs Carter said that the shock OF
the collision waa nothing said Mr..
Ashiorih, but the last boiler explo-
sion tore the ship TO pieces. She was
In the last boat OF
What impressed u. Taylor OF Phila.
dc,phia most was the lack OF excite
meut when the ship struck. lie said
he was on deck when the Titanic hi,
the iceberg and that he did not see
any iceberg ana did not think that
ANYBODY else did. MIR. Taylor said
that lie saw Mr.. Ismay get into boat
fifteen minutes before the Titanic
sank.
Then came an oiIicer.'' said Mr..
Taylor, "aud said; This boat ~ Tor
women only. and MIR Ismay got out
witbou, raising any disturbance