The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-04-26

Hays, president OF the GEana rrunR.
or Benjamin Guggenheim. and OF WI
liam T. Stead. no one seems 10 know
whether they tarried too long in their
ststerooms or whether they forebore
70 approach the fast filling boats
None OF them was in the throng
which. weary hours afterward. reached
the Carpathia
Pistols Check Steersge Men.
simultaneously on the upper decks
OF the ship the ropes creaked with the
lowering OF boats, and as they reached
the water those in the boats saw
what those on the decks could not
see-that the Titanic was listing rap
idly 60 starboard. and that her stern
was rising az a portentiOus angle. A
rush OF steerage men toward the
boats was checked by officers with
revolvers in hand.
Some OF the boats, crowded too full
10 give rowers chance, drifted for a
time None had provisions or water.
there was lack OF covering from the
icy air, and the only lights were the
still undimmed ares and incandescents
OF the settling ship save for one OF
the first boats. There "A steward. who
explained 20 the passengers that he
had been shipwreckcd twice before.
appeared carrying three oranges and
green light
Green Lantern as Savior.
That green light. many OF the sur
vivors say. was 10 the shipwracked
hundreds as the pillar OF lire by night.
Long after the ship had disappeared.
and while confusing false lights
danced about the boats. the green Ian
tern kept them together on the course
which led them 10 the Carpathia,
As the end of the Titanic became
manifestly but matter OF moments.
the oarsmen pulled their boats away,
and the chilling waters began 10 echo
splash after splash as passengers and
sailors I'm lie preservers loaped over
and started swimming away to es-
cape the expected suction.
Icy Water Brings Death.
Only the hardest OF constitutions
could endure for more than "A few mo-
ments such numbng bath. The
first vigorous strokes gave way 10
heartbreakng cries OF Help! Help"
and stifrened forms were seen. the
faces relaxed I'm death
Revolver shots were heard In the
ships last moments. The first report
spread among the boats was that Cap.
a no 10 uI "A
bullet Then it was said that "A mate
had shot steward who tried 90 push
his way upon boat against orders.
None OF these tales have been vert
fed, and many OF the crew say the
captain. without a preseryer. leaped
in at the last and went down. refusing
cooks offered aid
Last Lifeboat Is Capsized
The last OF the boats. a colapsible.
was launched too late 10 get away
and was overturned by the ships
sinking Some OF those In it all. say
some witnesses--found safety on "A
raft or were picked up by lifeboats.
I'm the Marconi tower. almost TO the
last, the loud click OF the sending In.
strument was heard over tho waters.
Who was receiving the message. those
In the boats did not know. and they
would least of all have supposed that
a Mediterranean ship In the distant
South Atlantic track would DO their
rescuer.
Music Was a Sacrament.
As tho screams In the water multi
piled another sound was heard strong
at first, then fainter In the distance
II was the melody or the hymn.
Nearer. My God. TO Thee" played by
the string orchestra In the dining
saloon Some or those on the water
started 10 sing the words. but grew
silent as they realized that for the
men who played the music was a sac
rament soon TO be consummated by
death The serene strains OF tho
hymn and the frantic cries OF the dy.
ing blended in a symphony OF sorrow
Titanic Goes 10 Bottom.
Led by the green light. under tho
light Of the stars, the boats drew
away, and the bow. then the quarter.
then the stacks. and at last the stern
OF the maryel-Bhip OF "A few days be
fore passed beneath the waters. The
great force OF the ships sinking was
unaided by any violence of the ele-
ments. and the suction. not 80 great
o. had been feared. rocked but mildly
the group OF boats now quarter OF a
mile distant from g.
Sixteen boats were I'm the rorlorn
procession which entered on the terri.
bic hours OF rowing. drifting and sus.
pcnse Women wept for lost nus
bands and sons. Sailors sobbed FOR
the ship which had been their pride
Men choked back tears and sought TO
comfort the widowed Perhaps. they
said. other boats might have put on In
another direction toward the last
They stroye, though none too sure
themselves. 90 convince the women or
the certainty that a rescue ship would