Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-19

\ Of sardines. The compartments were
closed Immediately as far as possible
under the circumstances.
Thrilling Experience.
THE interval between the COLI
sion and the sinking of the ship was
two hours and twenty two minutes,
timed by my watch which lay open on
the dresser. The watch stopped at
2:22 a. m. when | Jumped into the
water, I was awakened in my cabin
at midnight
After sinking with the ship, it ap-
, peared TO me as if it were propelled
by some great force through the
water This might have been occa-
stoned by explosions under the water.
!, recall l was most fearful of being
, boiled to death The second officer
who was on the top deck told me that
he had a similar experience, Innu-
!, merabe thoughts of a personal ma
ture went through my brain.
i. Again and again | prayed for de
!, livewnce, although | felt sure that
, the end had come. My greatest diff
, Guilty was in holding my breath until
, came to the surface.
Sea Strewn With Dead and Dying.
Il reached the surfac after a time
, that seemed unending. There was
nothing in sight save the ice, which
dotted the ocean, and a large field of
Wreckage. There were dying men and
} women all about me, groaning and cry
ing piteously.
) The second officer and j. B. Thay
) er, Jr, who were swimming near. told
me that just before my head appeared
above the water one of the Titanic's
tunnels separated and fell apart near
me, scattering the bodies in the water.
Il saw wreckage everywhere. All
that came within my reach | clung to.
A great crate-like block of wood float
ed within my grasp and | grabbed it.
1t seemed to be sufficiently large to
keep me afloat. At this moment how
ever, ! saw an overturned boat short
, distance away and swan to it. |
, caught the arm of a man who grasped
, it, threw my leg over the boat and
, rested it,
{ 'On this raft, it was really a collap-
i. sible boat, chat was called d raft, there
{ already were lying more than twenty
{ men who seemed to belong to the Tt
5 tanics crew. Two men, one in the
5 bow, the other in the stern, propelled
. us through the wreckage with pieces
5 of wood which answered for oars.
50 The First Law.
..'Presently the raft became so full
that it seemed she would sink if more
came aboard and the crew for self
preservation, had to refuse to permit
others to climb aboard. This was
) at once the most pathetic and the
! most horrible scene of all The piteous
! cries of those around us, still ring in
' my ears. | will remember them to
! my dying day.
Good Luck and God Bless YOU
' Hold on to what you have, old boy"
' we shouted to each man who tried
: to. get aboard One more of you
, aboard would sink is all" And many
' whom we refused answered, as they
went to their death, Good luck and
God bless you
Breathed Forgotten Prayers.
, "All the time we were buoyed and
q sustained by hope for rescue. We saw
:. lights in all directions, particularly in
9 front where green lights shone and
" later that the lights and the rockets
came from one of the Titanic's life
:. boats
c And so we passed the night with
6 the waves washing over us and the
raft buried deep in the water, under
. our feet.
Lords Prayer in Unison.
did we pray? Pray?" Men who
+ seemed to have forgotten long ago
, how to address their Creator recalled
G the prayers of their childhood and
,. murmured them over and over again
We said the Lords prayer again and
{. again together.
Long before light we stood in col
h umns, two deep, back to back, balan
, cling ourselves, fearful to move lest
=. the delicate balance should be dis
turbed and all of is thrown again into
j., the water. The hand of God seemed
a to have soothed the sea and it was
k calm.
=, When Daylight Came.
c. 'An age seemed to have passed
n when we first saw the twinkling lights
W Of the Carpatha. We recognized he
e as our rescuer. The Marcon oper
e ator, one of the thirty-fve on thu
e. raft confirmed our hopes by sayns
that he knew it was the Carpathia
lie While we looked some one Whispered
Is that there was also a ship behind US
p We dared not turn about to look 81
at fearful were we that we would dis
turb the balance.
"The second officer finally ordere'
ell one man to look behind. The slipping
D. of one man would have meant tn
u death, probably of all of us. The mai
Il who looked passed the word tha
D. there was no ship behind
to when the day broke, four of tn
Titanic's life boats were seen on ou
le port side. The second officer blew hi