Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

E 7 EVER in maritime history ha,
E# \ there been II Sadder scene
M Il than was witnessed Thurs
H day night when the Cunart
steamer Carpatha came to her dock at
TO her pier in New York bearing the sur
no Viyors Of the passengers and crew OF
sa the lost Titanic. OF these there were
w but a pitiful G62 left, or less than one
V third of those aboard the worlds great.
n est unsuitable" floating palace MANY
u OF the survivors were i'll, some Of them
dangerously so. others were in a state
or nervous collapse from the shock.
and still others were reported on the
verge Of insanity. Among them were
newly made widows while many, per
haps a majority. had been torn from
lOved ones in the last black hour be-
fore the gigantic liner had gone down.
I Mrs. candse's Graphic Story.
Mrs Churchill Candee of Washing.
ton gave the following account Of the
disaster:
Il retired to my cabin shortly after
IL and had barely entered it when
there were two terrific shocks, one i'm
mediately following the other ! was
thrown to the floor and as soon as pos
6ible ran out into the companionway
There met some passengers and went
up to the main deck. As we were pass
ing through the saloon passenger ran
through with cake Of ice and called
out. Ice--ice from the iceberg!" There
rb;. was absolutely no excitement, and the
matter was not regarded seriously. al
fhnmUh Vyoa
v the smOkestacks, the others appar
ne 1tly being silent.
sas GSThe night was clear and cold and it
,o,,'s1,arGled incredible that anything seri-
1uo1ed in dad happened However. the or
Mediate buiOn came to go down and put on
,e opinions wraps and life preservers and
Gorge ( to the deck. We learned then
wholesale entire bottom had dropped
PAY lnS' he ship and the fires of at
-,C',i;t,- Tree Of the boilers had dropped
ossihle lie ocean. The order soon came
% t;iSs to the lifebOats l was in one
OF the first that was lowered There
was no disorder or confusion. ana all
of the women and children passengers +
in the first. second and third cabin .
were treated alike
"The order was Immediately given
to launch the boats. and both on the
port and Starboard sides the orders
were carried out in an admirable man
ner Only one collapsible boat was
Broken, but otherwise all the other
Hfeboats were safely launched. BY
this ONE the last boat cleared the ship
-rty h,d sunk TO the level of he second
ihere Only two hours had elapsed.
HiaJoie was settling fast at this time
,,;it down. At the last she was poised
,e,era1 ebout thirty seconds with her stern
,nsiness of the wafer then slipped gradu-
ne conn into oblivion. There was no sue
icnity, whatever when she went down,
latHraiough there were horrible sounds Of
.hese helosioas. cries. etc. Up to this time
action of the men had been very
Outrageous
Last Seen of Colonel Astor.
~ColOuel Astor was last seen stand
qog on the top deck. All women and
children were taken off except those
who refused to leave. Mrs Isilor
Straus refused to leave her husband
and Went down.
'.Fhe scenes after the boat went
down were terrific. The people in the
water struggled and fought Many
were picked up by the boats, although
ahe boat ! was in did not pick up any
IRE captain was seen uduSluS 10
raft for some minutes and then slipped
OF
sThe next morning we found we
we're in an ice field that they say was
from fifty to a hundred miles in
'RcRgtb. The iceberg we ran into WIS
clearly to be seen. 1t had two enor-
.mous peaks and it appeared to be very
huge The quartermaster, who was ul
Ghe bridge at the time of the accident
and who was at the helm Of our life
Boat said they were making full speed
Wnd although the night was clear they
haa absolutely no ilea of any danger
qhe first they knew of the proximity
Of the iceberg was when the crash q,
came. They were under orders to :
make $40 knots. Early the next mora ;,
ing we were taken up by the Carpa- :
ahia." II
Saw No Evidences of cowardies. "
'erne crash came at 11:4O" said one t
woman "The lights of the Ttanic Il
went out at 2:2O o'clock. l saw no eFi.
dences Of cowardice.' S
women and children. frightened by s
ahe prospect Of being set adrift upon v
ehe dark and ice strewn ocean, refused n
IN enter the lifeboats." said another Of o
ahe rescued passengers. "Some of the lC
Boats were launched with only fifteen n
lortwenty on board them. although they
ssuld have held seventy-fve" o
Passengers Shot by Officers n Z