The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-25

find the seat q mass of tangled
wreckage."
Thirty on Raft.
Luckily l was unhurt, and, cast
ing about, managed to sieZe a wood
en- grating floating nearby. When |
had recovered my breath I discovered
a large life raft which had floated
up. A man, hose name / did
learn, was struggling toward ii from
some wreckage to which he had
chung. l cast off and helped him to
get onto the raft, and We then be-
gan the work of rescuing those who
had jumped into the sea and foun-
! dered in the water.
when dawn broke, there were 80
of us on the raft, ankle deep in the
| icy water and afraid to move lest
the ranky craft be overturned. Sew
eral unfortunates benumbed and
half dead, besought us to save them,
and one or two made an effort to
reach us; but we had to warn them
away. Had we made any effort to
save them we all might have perish
ed.
/ Terrible Hours.
| "The hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpathia
We're the longest and most terrible
that l ever spent. Practically with
out any sensation of feeling because
of the icy water, we were almost
dropping from fatigue. We were
afraid to turn around to look to see
whether we We're seen by passing
craft, when someone who was facing
astern passed the word that some
thing that looked like a steamer was
coming up. One of the men became
hysterical under the strain. The rest
of us, too, were nearing the break
ing point.
that any men were fired upon, and
declared that only once was a re-
lvolver discharged. This was for the
purpose of intimidating some steer
age passengers" he said, "who had
; tumbled into boat before it was
prepared for launching. This shot
was fired in the air, and when the
foreigners We're told that the neXt
would be directed at them they
promptly returned to the deck. There
was no confusion and no panic"
When the Ship Struck.
Contrary to the general eXpecta
ton, there was no j2rring impac
when the vessel struck,saccording tt
the army officer. He was in hi
berth when the vessel smashed into
; the submerged portion of the BERG
l and was aroused by the jar. HI
5 looked at his watch, he said, ant
D found it was just midnight. The shil
l sank at 1922 a. M, for his watcl
!. stopped at that hour.
f Before / RETIRED" said Col. Grac
: ie, q had a long chat with Chas. H
4 Hayes, president of the Grand Trunl
1 railroad One of the last things Mr
f Hayes said was this: The White Star
4 the Cunard and the Hamburg-Ameri
a can lines are devoting their atten
tion and ingenuity vying with eacl
|, other to enter into the supremacy il
e luxuriant ships and in making spec
: records. The time will soon com
e when this will be checked by som
y appalling disaster Poor fellow!
d few hours later he was dead"
Astor's Conduct Praised.
"The conduct of Col. John Jaco
Astor was deserving of the highes
> praise Col. Oracle declared. "Th
g millionaire New Yorker" he sait
: devoted all his energy to saving hi
1t young bride, nee Force, of New Yorl
who was in delicate health
d "Col. Astor helped us in our effort
h to get her in the boat. j lifted he
y into the boat and, as she took he
O place, Col. Astor requested permi:
k sion of the second officer to go wit
d her for her own protection.
n mo, SIR replied the officer. NC
S man shall go on a boat until th
It women are all off, Col. Astor the
e.. inquired the number of the boa
o which was being lowered away, an
~ o1ld hara rnannt tho c1ua m ming {