Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-19
Reports of Captains and Engineers
 Suicides.
"NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE"
Titanic's String Band Played Hymn in
 Face of Death

race Of Death
 New York, April 18.-How the Titanic sank is told by Charles Hurd, a staff correspondent of the Evening World, who was a passenger on the Carpathia and who tonight furnished that paper with his account. He praises highly the courage of the crew, hundreds of whom gave their lives with @ heroism which equaled but could not exceed that of John Jacob AstOr, Henry B. Harris, Jcaques Fuetrelle and others in the long list of first cabin passengers.
 Titanio's Boilers Exploded
 L was the explosion of the boilers, according to MT. Hurd's account, which finally finished the Titanic's career. The bulkhea1 system, though probably working, prevailed only to delay the ships sinking. The position of the ships wound on the starboard quarter admitted icy water, according to Hurd's story, which caused the boilers to explode, and these explosions broke the ship in two. The ships string band gathered in the saloon near the end, the narrative says, and played Nearer, My God, to Thee The ac- count continues:
 "T'he crash against the Iceberg, which had been sighted at only a guar ter mile distant, came almost simulta- neously with the click of the levers operated from the bridge which stop ped the engines and closed the water tight doors Captain Smith was on the bridge a moment later. summoned all on board to put on life preservers and ordered the lifeboats lowered.
 "Women First" Rule Enforced.
 l.. .1 i sengers, as the men were first to reach l the deck. When the rush of frighten- ed men and women and crying chil- | dren to the decks began the women first rule was vigorously enforced. Officers drew reyOlvers, but in most cases there was no use for them. Re volver shots heard shortly before the i Titanic went down caused many ru- mors, one that Capatin Smith had shot himself, another that First Officer | Murdocl1 had ended his life, but mem ! bers of the crew discredit these ru- mOrs.
 Captain Smith Leaped Into Sea. Captain Smith was seen on the | bridge just before&he ship sank, leap- | ing only after the decks had been | washed away. What became of the men with the life preservers was Q | question asked by many since the dis l aster
 ! Many of those with life preservers were seen to go down despite the pre- | servers. and dead bodies floated on the ! surface as the last boats moved away | Mrs. Isador Straus refused to leave l her husband and both perished to- ] gether.
 A Fortunate Circumstance. Harold Cotton, Marconi operator or ! the Carpathia, did not go to bed al | his usual time Sunday night and as i result caught the first message of stht l Titanic's plight, which was responsi- l ble for saving the hundreds of rescued l who were landed in New York tonight | It was testified to by several survivors l that the Titanic was going 23 knots ar l hour when she dashed into the ice i berg
 The Morning World tomorrow vii publish MT. Hurd's story in detail IT addition to the foregoing. MT. HurC says in part:
 Facts which have established by Inquiries on the Carpathia as positive. l ly as they could be established in view of the silence of the few surviving off1- cers are:
 That the Titanic's officers l1nev l several hours before the crash of tht ] possible nearness of the icebergs.
 That the Titanic's speed, nearly 2;