The Green Forest tribune., 1912-12-13
Great Disaster Pictured by w. I,
 Stead in 1886.
Enormous Loss of Life Predicted by the Distinguished English Jour- naist In His Own News
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London.-An investigator, searching for material for biography of w. T.. Stead, the Englishman who went down with the Titanic, has discovered strange prediction of his own doom made by MT. Stead in the Pail Mall Gazette on March 22, 1886.
 This article, written by MT. Stead, was headed, How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid-Atlantic.
 The article appeared couple of days after the Oregon was lost, and purported to give a description of the scene of horror that ensued on the then biggest Atlantic liner, when at last the passengers realized the ship was doomed. In a footnote, Stead wrote:
 This is exactly what might take place and what will take place If the liners are sent to sea short of boats"
 Here are some extracts from Steads grim prediction:
 From below there came queer sucking sound, with an occasional long gurgle, and I saw that the ship seemed to hang as the seas met her.
 "The boats were made fast to stand heavy weather, and only skilled sail ors could launch them.
 q calculated that, by loading all the eight boats down to the waters s edge and by packing the children along the bottom boards, we might accommodate 300 people. We were carrying 916 altogether.
 "A loud crack, followed by wallow- ing noise like a thunder, rendered all other sounds insignificant and captain who was going out to New York, said: The bulkhead's gone. We must take our chance The ship stopped nearly dead, and began to tremble curiously, but it was only the river of water pouring aft, and We soon saw the firemen driven up like rats from a burrow. Stand by the boats
 The order was given, and the boat swain's call rose in long. tremulous screech. One of the starboard boats was successfully launched, and the officer stood, revolver in hand 'Wo- men first here. Thompson, you will steer her Take four men and no more The young English lady was lowered down, although she clung to her father and begged him to let her stay. No, darling. goodbye. Be hap py,' he said, and then stood composed ly amid the hurly-burly"
 By an extraordinary coincidence Stead describes the girl as "a dark beauty, about eighteen years of age" One could almost fancy that he saw as in a glass darkly the then yet unborn Mrs. John Jacob Astor.
 At last only one light boat re- mained, and still there were over 700 Of us damned in the narrow space left by the awful list. The captain has dropped his hands-he could do no more. One sailor said: We've stood it long enough, Tom Let's have our turn
 And he. with three sturdy Swedes, managed to get at the davits They were just in time, for the steamer be- gan to sway as they f1oated, and they were all but swamped by the charge and leap of crowd who flung them selves into the water. Then l was left with great multitude. whose agonized clamor stunned me
 T felt a mighty convulsive move ment, then the sea seemed to flash down on me in one mass, as if the wall of water fell from high crag. Then l heard humming noise in my ears, and with gasp I was up amid blackened, wriggling sheet of drown ing creatures.
 "A boat came past me and I struck out Justify, I raised myself to the gunwale Shall hit his fingers? said