Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-04-26
Sees Huge Iceberg.

e. q. Taylor of Philadelphia said:
! was awakened at 1910 o'clock, by
my watch, by a dull, grinding crash that
rocked the boat but was not sufficiently
hard to throw me from my BERTH. | knew
instantly that we had struck something's
but was not frightened. We had plenty
of time to dress, for when the ship struck
1t was 1910. and she did not sink until
2:3o by my time. ! saw the Iceberg we
struck and 1t was fully 30 feet high, above
the water. 1t seemed to me that when wo
struck it we passed over part of II and
under part, as II below the floor and CELL
ing of room. Everybody rushed to tho
decks following the impact, or so le
seemed; but 1t did not at first appear as
If we were facing a horrible danger, and
those not fully dressed retired to attire
themselves to face the cold, which was
terrible. The sea was as smooth as glass,
and there was little trouble so far as Q
could see, In launching the llfeboats when
the word was given but that we were
sinking. The rule In loading the boats
was ''women first" and ! can say posi-
lively that we thought all the women on
board were in the boats first At last,
when not a woman was to be seen on
the decks, the officers ordered the men
to the boats. dropped into one contaln-
ing Mrs. Astor and several other women,
whose names do not know. We were
four and one-iialf hours In the boat be-
fore the Carpathia picked us up, suffer-
ing Intensely from the horror of what we
had Just gone through, the thoughts OF
those who had gone down, and from the
cold that bit Into our flesh like knife.
And I can say with assurance that all
of the llfeboats from the ship were ac-
counted for and do not believe ever 500
persons have been saved from the wreck,
Calls Butt and Astor Heroes.
Mrs. Churchill Candee of Washing
ton said:
The action of the men on the Titanic
was noble. They stood back In every In
stance that noticed and gave the wo-
men and children the first chance to gef
away safely. Particularly heroic was tho
conduct of lsldor Straus, Major Archibald
Butt, John Jacob Astor and Henry 3.
Harris. They formed a group. Most OF
the passengers we're on the stern of the
titanic, for the leak was forward and
II was knows that lf she sank 1t would
be bow first.
An officer of the Titanic ordered Mrs.
Straus into boat. She said: "a Will
not leave my husband. We've been to-
gether all these years and III not leave
him now"
II brought tears to our eyes to wit
ness her great devotion for her husband.
Mr. Harris insisted that his wife get
Into a llfeboat. She refused at first, but
was hnally forced Into the boat.
AS we put away observed Mrs. Straus
waving her handkerchief at us. The IT,
tanlc was then settling Her stern was
out of the water and she was doing down
bow first, There must have been 14oo
persons gathered together on the Stern.
saw Colonel Astor helping get tho
women and children Into the boats. Then
he went below, remeinlng there several
minutes. believe he was searching for
more women and children. Finally ha
came back again. He was on deck when
the Titanic sank, believe, for when
last saw him he was still aiding In the
work of rescue.
Major Butt was one of Gods noblemen.
saw him working desperately 10 get
the women and children Into boats.
What need can there be OF recountlnu
the heroic deeds performed by these men
who remained on the Tltanlc7 To dwell
upon them only slelSens the heart wltla
the realization Of how they perIshed.