New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

| ana WIN fnucn CfedklNE as tne new ropes
slipped through the pulley blocks down the
ninety feet which separated them from the
water. An officer in uniform came up as
one boat went down and shouted When
YOU are a1oat row round to the companion
ladder and stand by with the other boats
! for orders"
/ Unable to Obey Orders.
Aye. ave. sir" came up the reply: hut
! don't think any boat was able to obey
! the order When they were aaoat and had
the oars At work the condition II the
| rapidly settling boat was So much more
sight for alarm for those in the boats than
| those on board that I'm common prudence
the sailors saw they could do nothing but
row from the sinking ship 10 save. at any
rate. some lives. They no doubt anticipated
that suction from such an enormous vessel
/ would he more than usually dangerous to
/ = crowded boat mostly filled with women.
"All this time there was no trace OF any
| disorder no panic or rush 10 the boats. and
no scenes of women sobbinR nystericaly.
such as one generally pictures as happen
| ing az such times. Every one seemed to
realize so slowly that there was imminent
danger. When II was realized that We
might all be presently in the sea, with
nothing but life belts 20 support us until
We were picked mp by passing steamers. 1t
was extraordinary how calm every one was
and how completely self-controlled.
"One 10y one the boats were filed with
women and children. lowered and rowed
away into the night. Presently the word
went round among the men, The men are
10 be put In boats on the starboard side
was on the port side and most OF the men
walked across the deck to see n this was
so / remained where I was and presently
heard the call:
Amy more ladies'
Looking over the side OF the ship,
sa the boat. No. 10, swinging level with
deck. half full Of ladies. Again the call
was repeated:
Amy more ladies'"
II saw none come on. and then one of
the crew looked up and said
ANY ladies' on your deck, sir?'
NO. replied.
Then you had better jump
Women Pushed in Boat.
81 dropped In and fell in the bottom,
they cried, Lower away AS the boat be
hurriedIy through the crowd on b deck and
heaved over into the boat and baby OF
ten months passed down after them. Down
we went. the crew calling to those lower
ing which end to keep her level, Bow
Stern Both together until We were some
ten feet from the water, and here occurred
the only anxious moment we had during
the whole Of our experience, from leaving
the deck to reaching the Carpathia
"Immediately below our boat was the
exhaust of the condensers, A huge stream
of water pouring all the time from the
ship's side, just above the waterllne. IL
was plain that we ought To be smart away
fror, this not TO be- swamped by II when
we touched water. We had no officer
aboard. nor any petty officer or member or
the crew to take charge. So one OF the
stokers shouted: Some one find the pm
which releases the boat from the ropes and
mill II up' No one knew where 1t was
we felt as well az we could on the floor
and sides, but found nothing. and 1t was
hard to move among so many people-we
had sixty or seventy on board.
Dawn we went and presently foated
with our ropes still holding us, the exhaust
washing us away from the side of the
vessel.
I'VE drifted away easily as the oars were
pot out and headed directly away from the
shin The crew seemed to me to be mostly
cooks In white Jackets, two to an oar with
q stoker at the tiller.
There was a certain amount of shout
Ing from one end OF the boat to the other
and discussion as to which way We should
10, but finally n was decided to elect the
stoker who was steering captain and for
all to obey his orders. He set to work AT
once to ge. into touch with the other boats
calling TO them and getting as close as
seemed wise, so that when the search
boats came In the morning to look for us
there would be more chance for all to be
rescued by keeping together.
Beautiful Starlight Night.
1T was now about a. m, a beautiful
starlight night with no moon. and 30 not
very light The sea was as calm as a pond.
just a gentle heave as the boat dipped up
and down in the swell; an ideal night. ex-
cept for the bitter cold, for any one who
had to be out in the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean in an open boat, and IL ever there
was a time when such night was needed,
surely 1t was now. with hundreds Of people.
mostly women and children. afoat hundreds
OF miles from land.
LAS we rowed away from the Titanic, We
looked back from time to time to watch
her. and q more striking spectacle II was
not possible for any one TO see, Only the