Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19

boilers we knew, however, that she
was doomed. AS her lights disappeared
we knew there was absolutely no hope
And then for the first did those who
had remained on board realize that
they were doomed. The cries of dis
tress that waited forth on that Won
derfully calm and starry night were
filed with anguish and woe. 1t was
awful. awful
After four hours or more we learned
of the approach of a ship by rocket
in the distance. Words fail to describe
he feeling in the heart when the
thought of rescue came after the har-
rowing thoughts of the doom of the
lost liner. 1t sent a thrill through me
that shall never forget. [ thought
of my wife. l wondered. | feared lest
she should have persisted with the cold
before help arrived. And then ] thought
if only we could all live until that
ship should reach our side. Day be-
gan to break. The sea was not SO
calm. The wind was rising and we had
to fight choppy ave
when the lights of the Carpathia
came in view we knew we were saved.
[ jollied the crew and we encouraged
one another. Help was coming. 1t was
about three hours after I boarded the
Carpathia that the last boatload was
received. No one in the world can
imagine my joy as / helped my wife,
who had had a narrowing experience
on another small boat. safely aboard
the ~Carpathta.a
II never in my life saw a cooler or
calmer man than Colonel Astor was at
the time he was facing death.
There were many horrible scenes
and one of those that i'm pressed me
so that I win never forget 1t was when
I saw a boatload of women lowered
over the side of the Titanic only to go
to the bottom.
Just as our boat was pulling away
from the Titanic, this boat was low
cred with women who thought they
We're being saved. To our horror.
though. as soon as the boat touched
the water it began TO fill. and then it
was discovered that the plugs had been
left out OF the bottom. and within a
few moments the little craft was filled
and disappeared from sight.
1T was nothing short of murder for
the White Star line to have had such
slight lifeboat equipment and to have
a boat in any such condition.
we strnck the iceberg on the side
where my berth was, and, as a matter
Of fact, there was no terrific impact.
There was scarcely a perceptible shock.
Il first knew of it when a member
Of the crew notified ME to go on deck
at once. The lights were all burning
brilliantly on decl5, and men and
women were proceeding in an orderly
manner from the cabins to the deck.
There was excitement among the
women. but no panic.
81 think there was no question what
ever but that the captain of the I'll
tanic, acting under orders from some
person higher up was proceeding from
sixty TO seventy miles out Of his course
to make time. We were making about
twenty knots when we struck. =.
Just previous to the collision there
was a perceptible drop in the tempera-
ture and anyone yersed in such mat
terss Mould have realized Immediately
the danger"
George W~hiteman, of Palmyra, Bur
lington county, ship barber on the tt
tanic, was blown off n Of the upper
decks by the force of the second ex-
plosion. landed in the icy water and
chung to a bundle Of campchairs, which
kept him afoat for two hours.