The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-19

the Titanic:
 The voyage from Queenstown had been quite uneventful; very fine weather was experienced and the sea was quite calm The wind had been very cold, particularly the last day; in fact, after dinner on Sunday even ing, it was almost too cold to be out on deck at all l had been in my berth for about 10 minutes when, at about 11;15 pm, felt a slight jar and then soon after second one, but not sufficiently large to cause any anxi- ety. However. the engines stopped immediately afterward and my first thought was, She's lost a propeller. went up on the top (boaD deck in a dressing gown and found only a few people there who had come up simi- larly to inquire why we had stopped, but there was no sort of anxiety III the minds of any of us.
 We saw through the smoking room window game of cards going on and went in to inquire if they knew any thing; it seems they felt more of the jar and, looking through the window, had seen a huge iceberg go by close to the side of the boat They thought we had just grazed it with a glancing blow, and that the engines had been stopped to see if any damage had been done. No one, of course, had any con ception that she had been pierced be- low by part of the submerged ice berg. The game went on without any thought of disaster and I retired to my cabin to read until we went on again. I never saw any of the players or the oiilookers again. A little later hearing people going upstairs, went out again and found everyone wanting to know why the engines had stopped, No doubt many were awakened from sleep by the sudden stopping of a VI bration to which they become accus- toned during the four days we had been on board. Naturally, with such powerful engines as the Titanic car ried, the vibration was very notice ah all the time and the sudden stop ping had something the same effect as the stopping of loud ticking grandfather's clock in room.
 "On going on deck again saw that there was an undoubted list down. wards fron stern to bows, but know ing nothing of what had happehed. concluded some of the front compart- ments had filled and weighed her down. went down again to put on warmer clothing and as dressed heard an order shouted:
 Call for Life Belts.
 "tAll passengers on deck with life belts onl'
 We all walked slowly up with them tied on over our clothing, but even then presumed this was wise pre- caution the captain was taking and that we should return in short time and retire to bed. There was total absence of any panic or any expres' sions of alarm. and suppose this can be accounted for by the exceed ingly calm night and the absence ei any signs of the accident. The shin was absolutely still. and except for 3 gentle tilt downward, which 1 don't think one person in 10 would have noticed, at that time, no signs of the approaching disaster were visible. But in few moments we saw the covers lifted from the boats and the crews allotted to them standing by and curl ing up the ropes Which were to lower them by the pulley blocks into the water
 i've then began to realize it was more StilObS Alidn liuu bNCAi otRRtSNN and my first thought was to go down and get more clothing and some mon ey, but seeing people pouring up the stairs decided it was better to cause no confusion to people eoI~'ng up by doing so. Presently we heard the or der: All men stand back away from the boats and ladies retire to next deck below. the smoking room deck or B deck The men all stood away and remained in absolute silence, lean ing against the railings of the decf or pacing slowly up and down. The boats were swung out and lowered from A deck When they were to tho