The Washington times., 1912-04-19
the balance is putting it too mildly by

the balance is putting 1t too mildly by
far.
And then somebody looked back, and
there-there was a big searchlight burn
ing on the Prov of a great liner. That
light was the most beautiful sight
shall ever see. Distress was turned to
hope as we put directly about and
rowed hard for an hour toward the
vessel At the end OF that time we
were alongside OF the Carpathia. II
wasn't long before they let down little
wooden seat about two feet long and
a foot wide. Men on the, deck held the
ends of the cables to which this seat
was attached. The lifeboat was bobbing
up and down on the waves and 1t was
pretty hard to stand up, In 1t long
enough to climb out to the seat but
you can wager we all did II.
AS soon as we got on deck we were
rolled in blankets and given brandy
and water. And nothing have l ever
tasted was quite so good as that
brandy and water. ..,,
BY 10 o'clock the Carpathia had picked
up all the sixteen lifeboa Is containing the
survivors. In addition to the people
who had got into the lifeboats I'm the
first place there were several others in
them. These men had been picked up
as they We're swimming They were
very weakened from the exposure, and
four Of them died on the Carpathia.
These men were w. II. Waite and
Abraham Hornner, passengers, and S.
c.. sievert, steward. and T.. Lyons.
and Stripes and buried off the Car
pathia Monday, returning to the sea
from which they had been so vainiy
rescued. ... .
After we had picked up all the life
boats we steamed again about the scene
of the disaster. In among the CLASSY
towering peaks of Ice we: threaded our
way, seeing a bit of wreckage here and
hxt'c nr n UlnVn there
But no more boats, and at noon we
turned toward Ambrose lightship-and
home!
confusion Women were torn with grief,
the worst kind of grief-the grief of un-
certainty.
"Oh, If I only knew whether my hus-
band has been saved or not" was the
ail-night cry of more than one sorrow
stricken wife. often times they fell
upon their knees and prayed for the
safe recovery of their loved ones. And
1t was only the hope that they would
finally find them here on land when
they arrived that kept most of the
women as sane as they are
What they will do. now that they
know that as they themselves watched
the Titanic's life being blotted out,
thev watched also the life of their own
loved ones being snuffed out by the
same hard sea.
Got Every Concession.
The distress OF the Titanic survivors
obtained for them every concession from
the passengers Of the Carpathia. Wom-
en- and men alike gave up their state
rooms to us and slept on the floors of
the library and smoking room. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor was given one of the
best rooms in the cabin, and she never
emerged from it during the trip. 1t is
said she was very i'll from grief and
exposure.
Everyone on the Carpathia was kind
ness itself. Captain Rostron, the sur
geon, the stewards, everyone could not
do enough for us.
The final shock was given us all
Thursday night, as we came up the
bay. 1t was then that We learned how
very near we all came to not being
rescued at all.
The wireless operator on the Car
pathia, Harold Bride told us during the
evening that he had closed his instru-
ments Sunday night and had started to
go to bed when something came over
him. telling him to open 1t up again.
The minute he did, he gathered in the
cry for help with which the Titanic was
rendlng the air, and of course the Car
she made that sixty intervening miles,
her captain told me with his own lips,
In faster time than she made on her
speed breaking voyage, through ice
fields, too.
And II is a great wonder to me-" Cap-
tain ROstron said, that we ourselves
d d!dn't split on one of them-those most
treacherous, most deadly enemies OF
those who 20 down to the sea In Ships.