The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-04-26

iapsible. The boats that were lowered
on the port aide OF the ship touched
the water without capsizing Some Of
Tho others lowered to starboard. In.
Guiding one collapslble. we're cRpslzed
All hands on the collapsible boats that
practically went TO pieces we're res
cucd by he other boats.
Sixteen boats In all got away safely
II was even then the general impress
sion that the ship was alright and
there Ia no doubt that that was the
belief Of even some Of the oticefs.
A. the lowering Of the b1ats the ON
GERS experimenting It we're armed
with royolyers. but there was no ne
ressity for using them az there was
nothing In the nature OF panic and
no man made an EFFORT TO get into
boat while the women and children
were being put aboard.
Begin TO Jump Into Sea.
As tho ship began to settle 10 star.
board. hccllng at an angle Of nearly
forty.fyo degrees. those who had be
lieyed II was all right to stick by the
ship began to have doubt and few
Jumped into the sea These were FOL
lowed Immediately by others and In
few minutes there we're scores swim
ming around Nearly all Of them
wore life preberyers.
ono man who had Pomeranian
dog leaped overheard with II and strik'
Ing piece Of wreckage was badly
stunned. Hs recovered after few
minutes and swan toward ono Of the
lifeboats and was taken aboard. Most
Of the men who were aboard the Car
pathin. barring the members Of the
crew who had manned the boats. had
Jumped into the sea Ms the Titanic was
settling.
Ship Breaks In Two.
Under instructions from officers and
men In charge. the llfeboata were
rowed considerable distance from
tho ship itself IA order to get away
from the possible suction that would
follow the laundering. The marvellous
thing about the disappearance was 10
little suction as TO be hardly appre'
ciablc from the point whore the boats
were floating
There was ample time to launch all
boats before the Titanic went down.
aa IL was two hours aud twenty min.
utcs nflout
So confident were all hands that u,
/ had not sustained mortal wound
that II was not until i2.i5 a. m" or
thirty i've minutes after the berg was
encountered. that the boats were low
cred Hundreds of the crew and q
large majority OF the officers, lnclud
INK Captain Smith. stuck to the ship
to the last.
u was evident after there were rev
crul explosions. which doubtless were
tho boilers blowing mp. that It had but
a few minutes moro OF life.
The ship broke In half amidship and
almost simultaneously the after hall
and tho forward half sank, tho for
ward half vanishing bow first and the
other half stern first
Sinks With Little Furry.
Tho sinking ship made much less
commotion than the Mortified watch
cra In tho lifoboats had expected
They We're close enough to the broken
vessel TO see clearly the most grew
some details Of the laundering. Al
the spectators agree that the shat
tered sections ~ the ship went dowr
so quietly as TO excite wonder
Some uf the rescued were scantlll
clad aud suffered exceedingly from
tho cold. but the majority Of then
were prepared for the emergency. II
tho darkness aboard the ship tina
came shortly after the collision II Wal
Impossible for those Ia the boats Il
distinguish the Identity OF any OF th'
persons who loapcd into the sea. II Il
believed that nearly an cabin passen
gers who had not gone overheard i'm
modlatoly after tho boats wcr'
launched vanished with tho oincer
and crew
Had Time TO Dress,
Some ~ the stewards who formc,
part of the lifCboat crow say that MI
or the ship hlt tho berg the maIorlt
NJ the cabin passengers went back 4
their statcroomS and that II was nee
csaaTy TO rout them out and In som
instances force life prcscryers upo
them. All agree that the engines a
tho ship were stopped immedintol
after she had made the inercctuo
turn 90 clear the berg
The llfchoats' crew were made up q
, stewards. stokCrs, coal trlmmers an
ordinary scamcn II Ia said that N
r davits were equipped with new col
r trlyancc for the swift launching OF IN
, boats. but that the machinery was =
, complicated and the men so unfami
, lar with II that they had trouble I
, managing H.
Describes Death Of Butt,
' Among the first OF tho passenger
l to leave the pier were washingto
I Dodge. his wife, and his seNen.yea