The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-19

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II was said lac, r,ob TINT most of the
mon nasseng or. NJ tho Titanic who
w,rs hr,S,yb, hore last night iun,ped
from tho .,nking .h,n and w,re hauled
into the ,ifcboats A few managed TO
And n placo IN tho hoo,. when they werc
lowered ona NJ ,ho.. va. I pruce
ys,rav tho MANAGING a,rec,or ~ tho
white star i.Ine some of those that
,,,,nn.d d..cr,hca ,bc,r exner,ence nv
,,,ny nm, Tho r,,an,,, sar rn .lou,,v ana
oasi,v and tho, ,hor. u.. M .nc,,op
Once in the water, they were buoyed
up by the lifebelts until they could get
to the boats. There was no suction
when the ship foundered one OF the re-
markahle features of the accident.
The hand Played Hymns.
One ot the things mat uneer erateiuuS
IN the minds OF the SURVIVORS was the
music that hoated to them over the waters
as the Tltanhc slowly nlled ana settled
The band was playing solemn tunes 10
the straining ears of the people III the
boats came 'irst "hen we meet Beyond
and later when the great amp had sa9ged
stii' deeper IN the wa'er the pann piayeo
soft'y Nearer. My Zoo. 70 lnee' ~
fan'c SURVIVORS who paused long enough
last night on tho pier to sketch brl"ny
what they could OF the horrors ot that
night said that they never wou'h forget
the playing OF the band.
In the small boats the NOISE q! expio-
sions in the Titanic lust before she sank
was clearly audible. The explosions
were loud and the listeners Thought at
once that the boilers mad blown up Aiter
the fourth explosion the ship sank
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81 tha;r r,;s,or,un. Sore bec,me hvs.
,,r;,al .rd cr;.d sh,;,,y O,hc,s wore
restrained hy the soi,orr and other men
fo,u from ,eap;pu IN their feet The cold
w,s cruo, because so many If tho women
were thinly dressed The men did their
lest to relieve that by Offering their coats
sever,I man took ofr their shirts gave
tbem IN woman and sat half naked in the
cold
I, was getting more light nv then
and the face OF the ocean was he. n
ming To show objects OF dread and pl,v.
Corpses f,osted near. so MANY OF the
messengers soid. and II was sometimes
difficult to row without striking the
bodies. At that time there wer, .tlll
some alive in the water. and few
of those who had been injured but who
were clinginv to furniture or p,,n.s
were p.cked IN.
Moving Just enough to keep head
way. the Carpathia approa ched the feet
~ boats and came to a stop before get
ting in among them. Then Capt. Rcs-
iron with all prcparatio made waited
until the men manning the boats could
get them to his ship. In some Of the
boats women were Juggling at the oars
Mrs. Fred Joel Smith wls one Of these
and she labored for fye hours. Some of
the passengers said that they saw the
hands os Mrs Astor. Mrs. John Is.
Thayer and Mrs. George u. Widener
red and torn from the oars.
II did not take long for the Carpathia
10 pick up the survivors. Some Of
her of'iccrs and hcr passengers who
talked about the work of rescuing the
Titanic's people said that there were
sixteen of the Titanics boats afoar
, when the Carpathia got up, but that
two were abandoned after their pas
senRers had been taken out. and that
two others which carried the purser.
the doctor and another officer of the
Whittier star liner cnpsized.
Four Of the Titanlc's passengers died
Just as help came to them. Two died
as they we're being helped over the
sid" and two others just as they were
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