Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-25

sinking, told members Of her family
what she could recall of the circum-
stances of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her Side.
or how Colonel Astor met his death,
she had no definite conception. She
recalled, she thought, that in the con-
fusion as she was about to be put into
one of the boats the colonel was
standing by her side.
After that as Mr.. Biddle recounted
her narrative, she had no clear recol-
lection OF the happenings until the
boats were we'll clear of the sinking
steamer.
Mrs. Aston, 1t appears, left in one
OF the last boats which got away from
the ship. 1t was her belief that all
the women who wished to go had then
been taken off. Her impression was
that the boat she left in had room for
at least fifteen more persons.
Clear and StarIit.
Mrs. Edgar j. Meyer of New York
said:
ut was clear and starlit night.
When the ship struck we were in
our cabin. My husband went out on
the deck to see what was the trouble.
He came back and said we had hit an
iceberg, but that it did not amount
to much. l said was nervous. We
went on deck for walk. More peo-
pie said the accident was Of no i'm
portance. 1t would only delay our ar
rival
Il was afraid and made my husband
promise if there was trouble he would
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck a while. An officer
came up and cried: All women into
the lifeboats.'
MY husband and l discussed it and
the officer said: You must obey or
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
1--WE went down into the cabin and
we decided, on account of our baby, to
part He helped me put on warm
things. | got into boat, but there
We're no sailors aboard We called to
the ship that there were no men in
the boat. They sent sailor down.
IAN English girl and rowed four
hours and half. Then We were
picked up at six o'clock in the morn
ing. We were we'll away from the
steamer when 1t went down, but we
heard the screams Of the people left
on the boat.
There were about seventy widows
on the Carpathia and all were won
derfully brave. The captain of the
Carpathia and the passengers did all
they could for us, Mrs. Harris says
my husband and Mr.. Harris and Mr..
Douglas lowered the last boatload full
of women. All three were perfectly
calm.
Fights to Save Wife.
Mrs. Daniel W,hMarvin of this city,
who was on a honeymoon trip with her
husband, was almost Frustrated when
she reached the dock and learned her
husband had not been picked up by
some other boat.
n. My God, don't ask me too much"
she said; tell me, have you any news
from Dan? He grabbed me in his
arms and knocked down men to get
me into the boat. AS was put in the
boat he cried:
cts all right, little girl; you go
and will stay while. I'll put on a
life preserver and jump off and follow
your boat
"As our boat showed off he threw
kiss at me, and that is the last l
saw of him"
Mr. and Mrs. H. j. Allison Of Mon
treal and their daughter were drowned,
| their ten-months-old baby, boy, and
his nurse were saved. Mrs. Allison
was just about to jump into a lifeboat
where the nurse and baby were when
| she discovered her husband was not
with her. She went back to look for
him and did not return.
Green Lantern Saves Many.
Henry Stengel of Newark said II
was only the forethought of a member
Of the boat crew who was quick-wit
ted enough to snatch up three green
| lights that saved a number of the
| lives of those adrift in the tiny life
boat.
These green lights" he said
shining through the darkness en-
abled the other boats crews to keep
close together in the ice filled wa
| ters."
Mr.. Stengel put his wife in a boat
and then followed. He said that early
the next morning. shortly after they
had been picked up, they saw floating
far away gigantic iceberg, with two
peaks shining in the morning sun
This was the berg that sent the tt
tanic to the bottom, he thought.
Jumped Into Sea; Picked UP.
e. q. Taylor of Philadelphia, one OF
the survivors, jumped into the sea just
three minutes before the boat sank
He told graphic story as he came
from the Carpathia.
II was eating when the boat struck
the iceberg" he said There was ar
awful shock that made the boat trem
Bile from stem to stern. did not rea
| lie for some time what had hap