The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-23
THE SHIP
FROM STEM TO STERN
AS IT STRUCK ICEBERG.

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graphic story as he came from the
Carpathia.
Il was eating when the boat struck
the iceberg he said There vi.
an awful shock that made the boat
rembl from stem to stern did
not realize for some time what had
happened. No one seemed to know
the extent of the accident. We vera
told that an iceberg had been struck
by the ship. | felt the boat rise. aud
it seemed to me that she was riding
over the ice. | ran out on deck and
then | could see ice. 1t was a VERT
able sea Of ice and the boat was
rocking over it. | should say that
parts Of the iceberg We're eighty feet
high, but it had broken into sections
probably by our ship.
Il jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one Of the boats.
never expected to see land again.
waited on board the boat until tina
lights went out. 1t seemed t. mo
that the discipline on board was
wonderful
The Last Man Saved.
Col. Archibald Oracle. L. s
the last man saved. went down With
the vessel. but was picked up. Tia
was met tonight by his daughter.
who had arrived from Washington.
and his S~on-in-laW. Paul II. Fabricus.
Colonel Oracle told a remarkable,
story of personal hardship. and ir-
MED emphatically the reports th4t
there had been any panic on board.
He praised in the highest terms tho
behavior of both the passengers uui
crew. and paid a high tribute 10 the
heroisn Of the women passengers.
The Sacrifice Of Mrs. Straus.
Mrs. Isidor Strauss" he said. went
tn her death haf2 I1So She uynul1 not
desert her husband. Although he
pleaded with her to take her place
in the boat. she steadfastiy refused.
and when the ship settled at tn.
head. the two were engulfed in the
wave that swept her"
Colonel Oracle told Of how he was
driven to the topmost deck when tn,
ship settled. and was the sole survi-
vor after the wave that swept her
Just before her final plunge had
passed.
Il Jumped with the wave" he said.
lust as | often have jumped with the
breakers at the seashore. BY great
good fortune | managed to grasp the
brass railing on the deck above, AMI
hung on by might and main. When
the ship plunged down | was forced
TO let go. and | was swirled around
and around for what seemed to be
an interminable time. Eventually.
came TO the surface. to find the sea
a mass OF tangled w~reckage.
LUCKILY. ] was unhurt and. casting
ABOUT. managed to seize a wooden
grating floating nearby. When | had
recovered my breath | discovered =
larger canvas and cork life raft.
which had ttoated up. A man. whose
name I'D not learn. was struggling
toward it from some wreckage =
winch he had chung. I cast off and
helped him to get on IA the raft. and
we then began the work Of rescuiug
those h had Jumped into the So
and We're foundering in the water.
Thirty on a Raft.
Nhen dawn broke there were
thirty Of us on the raft. standing
knee deep in the icy water. and afr4It
7" moYe lest the creaky craft p- over
turned Several u~nfortunatee be-
humbfd and half dead, besoueht H.
20 say IS them, and one or two made.
an eHort TO reach us. but We h4l
- warn them away. Had We mad
any effort TO save them, We all might
nave persisted.
Picked To BY Carpathia.
The hours that elapsed before We
were picked up by the Carp4fmt
we're the longest and most terrible,
mat | ever spent. Practically With
oHt any sensation OF feeling because
o. the icy water. We were a}tnoe,
dropping from fatigue. W. wer-
aIlali 70 turn around to look to So
whether We We're seen BIZ passing
tralt. ana when some one. who 49,
i7'lhS aStern. passed the word that
something that looked like a steamer
was coming up, one of the nj be-
came hvsterical under the strain. Tie
rest OF us. too, were nearing the
breaking point