River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-04-25
Here | saw the last of John B. Thayer
and George B. Widener of Philadel-
phia."

experiences, Mrs. John Jacob Aston
was declared tonight by Nicholas Bid
die, a trustee of the Aston estate. to,
be in no danger whatever. Her physi-
clans, however, had given orders that
neither Mrs. Astor nor her maid, who
was saved with her. be permitted to-
talk about the disaster"
On landing from the Carpathia, the
young bride. widowed by the Titanic's
sinking, told members Of her family
what she could recall of the circum
stances of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her Side.
OF how Colonel Aston 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. Astor, 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 Starllt.
Mrs. Edgar ]. Meyer of New York
said:
ut was a 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. said was nervous. We
went on deck for a walk. More peo-
pie said the accident was of no inn
portance. It 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 while. An officer
came up and cried: All women into
the lifeboats.'
my husband and discussed 1t and
the officer said: You must obey or
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
"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 a boat, but there
were no sailors aboard. We called to
| the ship that there were no men In
the boat. They sent a sailor down.
can English girl and / rowed four
hours and a half. Then We were
picked up at six o'clock in the morn
ing. We were we'll away from the
steamer when it 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. Marvin of this city,
who was on 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
"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:
otis all right, little girl; you go
and will stay while. I'll put on
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 III. j. Allison OF Mon
treal and their daughter were drowned,
their ten-months-old baby, a boy, and
his nurse were saved. Mrs Allison
was Just about to jump into lifeboat
where the nurse and baby were when
she discovered her husband was not
with her. She went back to look Tor
him and did not return.
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.
II was eating when the boat struck
| tne iceberg" he said. There was an
awful shock that made the boat trem-
| BILE from stem to stern. did not rea-
! lie for some time what had nap
| nened. No one seemed to know the
extent of the accident. We were told
| that an iceberg had been struck by
| the ship.
IT felt the boat rise and 1t seemed
to me that it was riding over the ice.
I ran out on deck and then | could
see the ice 1t was veritable sea Of
ice and the boat was rocking over IT.
should say that parts of the iceberg
were eighty feet high, but it had been
broken into sections, probably by our
ship.
II jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one of the boats. 1
never expected to see land again.
waited on board the boat until the
lights went out 1t seemed to me that
: the discipline on board was wonder
full"
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| ginian, OF the Baltic, the Olympic, the
Partisan and dozen other vessels
within wireless radius of his instru-
ment.
| When all the lifeboats had been