The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-26
THE BAND PLAYED
NEARER MY GOD
By Carlos f. Hurd PostDlspatch
Reporter. Who Arrived on the
Carpathia.)

New York, April ls.-seventeen
hundred and twenty-six lives were lost
on the Titanic. which struck an ice
berg at 11:45 p. m. Sunday. and were
at the oceans bottom two hours and
thirty-fiye minutes after OF the
TItanic's 341 first cabin passengers,
212 we're saved; l54 OF them were wo-
men and children. and OF the e62 sec
ond cabin passengers 1l5 were saved,
i02 Of them women and children
or the third class passengers, 500
in number, 1876 were saved SO Of
whom were women and children. OF
9S5 officers aud crew 1919, including %
women, were rescued
No survivor can question the cour-
age OF the crew. hundreds OF whom
gave their lives with a herolsm which
eqaled, but could not exceed that OF
John Jacob Astor, Henry 3. Harris,
Jacques Futrelle and others in the long
list of first cabin passengers.
The bulkhead system, though prob
ably working. prevailed only to de.
lay the ships sinking The position
Of the ships wound on the starboard
quarter admitted Icy water, which.
caused the boilers to explode and these
explosions broke the ship in two
Boats Lowered.
The crash against the iceberg, which
had been sighted at only quarter of
mile, came almost simultaneously
with the click Of the levers operated
from the bridge which stopped the
engines and closed the air-tight doors.
Captain Smith was on the bridge
moment later. He summoned all on
board to put on life preseryers and
ordered the life boats lowered. The,
FIRST boat had more male passengers,
as they were the first to reach the
deck.
When. the rush of frightened men
and women and crying children to
the decks began, the women first"
rule was enforced Officers drew re
yolvers, but in most cases there was
no use for them.
Revolver shots heard shortly before
the Titanic went down caused many
rumors, one that Captain Smith had
shot himself, another that First on
Ger Murdock had ended his life. but
members Of the crew discredited these
rumors.
Captain Smith was last seen on the
bridge Just before the ship sank, leap
ing only after the decks had been
washed away. What became of the
men with life preseryers, was the
1uestion asked BY many since The dis.
aster Many of those with life pre-
servers We're seen TO go down despite
the preseryers. and dead bodies foated /
on the surface rs the last boats moved
away
ships Band Played.
II is stated positively the ships
itring band gathered in the saloon
rear the end. and played, Nearer My
iod, to Thee"
Mrs. Isidor Straus refused to leave 3
er husbands side and both perished I
Dgether.
Harold Cotton. the Marcoal opera i
lr of the Carpathia, did not go 70 ID
ed at his usua ltime Sunday night, 1
ad as i result eausht the first mes d
age AZ the Titanie's plight He had i
cen relaying messages to the Titanic t
h Sunday night and shortly after j
clock bade the Titanic operator good
light. Just as he was about to take
he receiver OF his head the c. @. d. !
all sounded This WAS followed oy !
he words. We've hit something IS
ONE at once +
Cotton at once communicated with ,
be Caraathia's officers and her course i
vas at once changed in the direction I
4 The Titanic at fan speed Of eigh-
cen fncts fer tae tun distance OF ,
-xty ships
Before Cotton could make a reply Il
o the c. Q. D., the Titanics I'm ,
Ifraid Ne are gone" Cotton sent wara !
i the eoming OF the carpathia. No !
urther communication was had With +,
BE doomed shin
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