The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-20
CAP TAIN ORDERED
EACH FOR HIMSELF
But in Struggle for Lie EIc
Refused to Be
Saved.
GOES BACK FROM RAFT
He Rescucs Child, and Returns to
GOES BACK FROM RAFT
He Rescues Child, and Returns to
What Is Lett OF His
Ship.

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
New York. April IA great many
the sailors rescued from the Tt
tanic who are waiting in port to be
taken back to England tomorrow by
the steamer Lapland, agreed to-day
that Captain Smith gave the general
order: Every man for himself" just
before the Titanic made her final
plunge. Captain Smith did not re-
sort to this measure until all the IT,
,anic's bonts had cleared the ship,
and until the bridge Of the Titanic
itself was awash
Ono laen who told OF this fact was
Alfred While. greaser for tho
pumps in the engine room. When the
tilt of the great ship had become
| alarming, that was about 40 a. NJ.
which was when the first apprehen-
sion was felt by those below, he had
hecn sent above by one OF the en-
gineers to find OUT how serious was
the situation He made his way up
through the escape funnel. EIc found
Captain Smith standing on the bridge
knee deep In water. All the boats
| had swung away from the steamers
side and wero standing by.
Every man for himself" said the
| captain. according to White.
| The latter slid down some loose boat
| tails, dropped into tho water and was
| picked up by boat. lie says that
| the same order was sent to the en-
| CINE room just before he went over.
| a fireman, John McGann, said that
the word for every man to save him
| self came as he was standing on the
I partly submerged bridge not far from
| the captain. All the bonts haAl left
then. he said.
Several of the Titancs crew told OF
seeing Captain Smith holding IL Very
young child as he stood on the bridge
J Just before the snip sank. Another
Of the crew. "McCiann." was near him
holding another child. Both men
! lcapcd into the sea and made for a
raft nearby. which was nothing but
| one of the two collapsi.le lifeboats
| that failed To. open. McGann aud the
| child were picked up. Captain smith
reached tho same raft and handed
over the child in his arms. But he
| himself refused to be taken on. He
! fell back and the last seen OF him by
! members OF tnc crew, lie was making
| for what was left OF the Titanic.
| It was the impression of the chief
stokcr aboard the litanic, who re-
fused to give his name, that the rea-
son the forward bulkhcads gave way
was because of n bunker fire whic.t.
was discovered between the second
and third sections of the bunkers an
hour after the Titanic left Southamp-
ton. 1t was not until Saturday that
| the fire was put out. and this by dig
Eing out the coal in that part. The
c.lief stoker believes that If the sup
! port to the bulkhead in the form OF
| conl had not been removed that par
! ticular bulkhcad would have been able
/ To Withstand the water pressure.
| The chief stokcr was also the au-
| thority for tIc statement that there
Z was but one of the sixteen lifehoats,
! which was equipped with blue lam
tern. the signal of distress. Various
| members of the crew agreed that the
| lights of several vessels supposed To
be ishing smacks were seen when tie
| boats first put off from the Titanic
| In some cases the crews of the life
| boats tried TO overhaul these smacks
| by rowing. They met with no sue
cess, of course, but more than one or
those who We're talked with to-day
! expressed tac opinion that these
smacks might have come TO the res
cue, had a number OF blue lights been
| displayed