The evening world., 1912-04-19
PASSENGER USED
| PIPE AS PISTOL
/ TO BLUFF CREW
fililadelphian Tells How He
Fought His Way Into a
& Lifeboat.
ALL N SCRAMBLE.
G.. Fgnola Says Storage
and Cabin Passengers
Struggled Together.
IL HANDS SCRAMBLE.

H1asaAsrhia. who was q passenger on the
4ooaaie. told q thrilling story to-day Of
aght between the male gsrs
- he crow to get into the few remain.
- iffsboa,s Of the White : i!ne.
4see che oms ana children had been
1evessd sver the sides.
f~1Aosordins 10 NgnolA's story the crew
- no attempt TO help any Of tho men
NAAmesu. who fought with their las,
yseth to squeeze into the few boats
- wsre iect. Casse dld not count.
yRW cabin and s,ecrass passenger
phgssd alike. Tho m>n. many Of them,
Nere ofees su'ts. and they fought a. des-
lesAssly ~ the im-uigrants 10 savs their
We.
n tie boat which Ngnoia. after q
tsudAl struggle. manassd 10 gain room,
sosSed only three Of the T~ytanic's pas.
oonGers; the others, numbering forty.
20 were al members Of the crew. In
peeehef boat, said rsnola. there were
esvsn psrsons. and they were all part Of
u crew. II was one Of the hrst boats
. b lowered. and was taken by the
grew. The hrnsicst bluff was tho means
% tSgnoh's salvation. He had made two
otesiDpts TO crawl into i~lfeboats that
vsrs bsang lowered by the dav,ts from
~ worward par, Of tho ahip. but each
<Sno NJ was beaten OF. As Q last re.
~ he took . straiGht-stemmed pipe
frem his pockst n pointing 1, Ike a
rs~ve,ver. and yelling he would shoot.
covered the Others. who allowed him TO
49,.
'ShRoWN FROM CHAIR ~
VA CRASH.
v"rt was sitting In the saloon Of the
4ocond class cabin" said Fignola to-
eAy. 'when tho crash came. II threw
.oe from my chair. rushed out on
: 9ecx and found that we had run into
tcsbsrg.1 II was a perfectly clear
V)oht. Tho stnrs were shining. and !
Mink there was q moor II was abou,
ii.so.
lsn'1 looked around md saw that ire
iprew Of the Titanic was buried fast Into
Ne ICEBERG. which looined up white and
Ohostiy before W.
Immediately after the crash tho pas.
opn(osa, crying out h fear. and hyster!-
P1lf asking each other VITA, was the
4ter. dame piiing up on deck. The
h3pfs tried TO calm every one down.
@rtau everybody that there was no
n3etit:
IrhlSo ship II going down. women
pA&N In terror.
t8mAo" shouted the oficers; this
u &aslnkabls snip
1h60ppearancs Of Capt. Smith on
N1fpw seconds later treasured tho
g8tsAe9 passengers, who sccame
i4er. No one seemed to thing then
a(thsrs was any danger. Capt. Smith.
bwever. ordered all the m passcn.
oDes to 80 below and get their wraps.
B explained that he was going to placc
osm In the boats % tina, they would
ooel sAfsr. and At the same time told
, that other boats had received our
x~trssess message. and that they wore
toeir way TO help us. iloS.
PIT Wal LIS before tina first boa& Res
ayewered. II VA filled with womeH and
ohih1ren and . few Of the crew. whc
0srs ~ the oars. by tho time tho hrs'
boa& was IN the water tho bow Of tn,
y3taAlo had begun to settle. II va,
vesn that the first hint Of the impending
trassdy was given. Tho officers begai
CRY: Women and children ny,"
eorEERAcE PEOPLE ALLOWED
ON DECK.
THE steeragc passengers wero ailowst
on all tho decks. There was no dlstinc
non made anywhere. All men wer,
sgual. Terrible scenes were v1tnesse.
ourinx the launching Of the Ifeboats
. was enough to have broken an,
nan's heart. All the time the rea
tsn'c was settling slowly by the head
very now n then abe shuddere,
poe Our feet. A. the launching O
ea4ty but evenly. She did not lie
Sfthef side.
rsThere were only sixteen boat
un0hed- I counted them. Some sa.
fers we're eighteen. but that 10 no
5ue.hl
'srbe grief Of the men and wome
no we're parted at Tho sides OF IN
ltAhic ~ the officers thrust their wive
pa Daughters into the i!feboats wa
)rytasi In many cases II was nece.sar
2 TIA ,ofncers to force them apart.
~Af !. A. NJ. after the women an
Aidren had been taken on. the oficer
- 4Spukn inc map EVery
by Nave himself! instantly hundred
kstn made for three lifeboats this
ofe being lowered from the bow. Ne
(voAing dress fought with the steel
>p~assengers- II was something no
~. Using my pipe as q pistol
)A6ed my way INTO the last boat.
X"rhere yer several shots nred b
" efacevs. A steward VA shot dsal
NO stokers we're wounded who tri<
Get into the boats with the women.
Tho most terrible part OF the nigi
~ waiting for the CArpathia. We u
n6Geo In the iifsboats. almost fros<
pnh end wstched the great Titan
tadualiy sink. II wa hell. She san
the bow. One BY me ~ NV h
Pstheae lights 30 out - she dipped :
t6w. We could hear the screAa
~ waiting Of those aboard.
Do111oay thsse ~ silence. We looks
~ ,1itaaia ohs haa disappsars
psleso hAAA Grit 10 the bottom. ~
~ sonnAtoed Stunning up 70 Ten mis-
: t>lsse shs aak. Ths sas4nsss
sssssw "sss to shsr posts unit
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