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

while those cowardly stokers and oth-
ers who falsely said they were able to
man the lifeboats, lay helpless at our
feet.
1--WE could see the big liner not q
great way from us as she sank SLOWLY
at first at the bow. After we had been
in the lifeboats for some time we
heard four explosions from the Titanlc,
and after that she began to sink rapid
ly. She was listing greatly to port as
she sank, and as she ~foundered her
/ stern lifted high in the air. As sne
did so l saw many persons jump into
the sea and disappear in the
The cries from the distressed passeh-
gers who had been left on the snip
and who did not fully realize that they
were lost until after the explosion took
place, we're horrifying. I can't forget
IT. Those walls of distress keep ring
ing in my ears.
"After the stern of the gigantic liner
was lifted high In the air as she turned
her nose toward the bottom of the sea,
which was to provide her resting place.
she soon dropped entirely from sight
That was the end. She didn't make q
ripple. 1t was pathetic in the extreme.
1t was indescribable. I thought OF the
majestic boat on which I had been such
a short time before and that she was
now meeting such a doom in mid
ocean.
81 did not see anything of Mr.. 1smay
on the Titanic before ! left her, neither
did l see him after I was rescued on the
C~arpathia. He must have been among
the first to get away. When he reached
the Carpathia he went to a stateroom
and there he remained during the rest
of the trip. He had a sign on his door,
Don't Knock" Those who inquired
for him were informed he was ill.,
Mr.. Stengel interrupted to add: He
(Mr. Ismay) didn't show himself. IT he
had been a man he would have gone
among his passengers and have offered
them some comfort or solace, such as
he could. He never went near them to
give them any assurance or help of any
kind. There were the wives and chill
dren in utmost distress. helpless and
ignorant of what to do. But lsmay
never went near them. so far as I
know
Mr.. Stengel told his story as follows:
~ was in my stateroom when the
shock came, and. although I did not
anticipate any grave disaster, I was
more concerned when d voice ordered
us to go on deck. I hastily threw on a
few clothes and went with Mrs. Stengel
on deck. There were only a few there
and little excitement at first. No one
thought there was great danger, and
the first inkling / had that something
serious had happened was when l saw
the look on the face of Captain Smith.
Then came an order to put on the life
p~reservers and to lower the boats. 1t
was about midnight.
after Mrs. Stengel had been lowered
! walked toward the bow Of the ship
and saw them lowering the lifeboats.
/ should say it vas about the thir-
teenth BOA hat was cast off. Sir
Cosmo Duff Gordon and the rest of his
party were in the boat. and as they
were about to lower it I saw there was
plenty of room for me and l got in.
There were ten in the boat. half of
whom We're members of the ships
crew.
1--WE had difficulty in lowering the
boat. and it was by the merest chance
that we were not all dumped out into
the sea. as its painter stuck SO We
had to cut il with a knife in order to
loosen the boat and permit ourselves
to be lowered to the water.
"Other boats were not half full.
They did not seem to be filled to more
than half of their capacity. Some were
too confident and others were too
cowardly to forsake the big ship at
that time and enter the small boats.
There were three boats that kept to-
gether all the time until we were res
cusd. One of them had a green light
and ve followed her.
".All OF a sudden we saw a light in
the distance and we rowed toward it,
believing that it was a ship, but when
within 200 feet of it We discovered that
it was an iceberg hat reflected the
Northern lights. Disheartened at this
discovery we changed our curse. All
this time the TitaLic was in sight.
Some OF us believed that dawn would
see us back on her deck. We did not
believe for a minute that she would
sink.
After the four explosions OF her