Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
DANGER NOT SEEN
1ILLLAST MOMENT
Londoner Among Rescued Says Pas
sengers at First Believed Ac-
cident Trivial.
CALL TO DECKS FIRST WARNING
Asserts Men Stood by Calmly az
Women Were Put in
Boats.

New York, April 1S.-Following is
the account of Mr. Beasey of London:
''The voyage from Queenstown had
been qite uneventful; very fine
weather was experienced ard the sea
was quite calm. The wind had been
westerly to southWesterly the whole
way, but very cold. particularly the
last day. In fact, after dinner on Sun
day evening it was almost too cold to
be out on deck at ALL
Il had been in my berth for about
ten minutes VIXEN at about Ills P. NJ.
I felt a slight jar and then soon after
a second one, but not sufficiently large
to cause any anxiety to anyone, NV
ever nervous they may have been
However, the engines stopped i'm
mediately afterwards and my first
thought was-'She has lost propeller
I went up on the top (boat) deck in a
dressing gown, and found only lew
people there, who had come up sim
Harry to inquire why we had stopped.
but there was no sort Of anxiety in the
minds of any one.
NONE KNEW DANGER.
We saw through the smoking room
window a game Of cards going on and
went in to inquire if they knew any
thing; it seems they felt mere OF the
Jar, and looking through the window
1ios'S
to the side of the boat. They thought
we had just grazed it with glanclns
blow. and the engines had been stopped
to see if any damage had been done.
No one, of course, had any conception
that she had been pierced below by
part of the submerged iceberg. me
game went on without any thought Of
disaster and I retired to my cabin to
read until we went on again.
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the onlookers again.
WONDER AT STOPPING.
"A little later, hearing people goina
upstairs | went out again and found
every one wanting to know why the
engines had stopped. No doubt many
were awakened from sleep by the sud
den stopping of d vibration to which
thew had become accustomed during
the four days We had been on board.
NATURALLY, with such powerful en-
gines as the Titanic carried, the vibra-
ton was very noticeable all the time.
and the sudden stopping had some
thing the same effect as the stopping
of q loud ticking grandfather CLOCK
In &. room.
ION going on deck again I saw that
there was an undoubted list downward
from stern to bows, but, knowing
nothing of what had happened, con-
Guided some of the front compartments
had filled and weighed Ter down. l
went down again to put on warmer
clothing and as | dressed heard an or
der shouted:
ORDER ALL ON DECK.
"All passengers on deck with life
belts on
I'VE all walked slowly up with them
tied over our clothing, but even then
presumed this was a wise precautloIi
the captain was taking and that we
should return in a short time and re-
tire to bed. There was total absence
of any Panic CT any expressions OF
alarm. and / suppose this can be &C
counted for by the exceedingly calm
night and the absence of any signs OF
the accident. The ship was absolutely
still, and. except for a gentle tilt down
ward which | don't think one person
in ten would have noticed at that Tune
no signs of the approaching disaster
were visible.