Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-04-25
VIYORS OF TIT ANIC
DISASTER TEL | STORY

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when the boat struck, drew q revolver
and killed himself.
The boat was running twenty;thres
knots an hour and ran into d light
haze Just before she struck.
The boat ran up onto the submerged
part Of the berg and broke her back,
SO the compartment doors could not
be closed u. Il. 5Ss
Bruce fsmay, the managing director,
jumped into the fourth boat and took
charge Of It.
There was no panic among the Sec
ond cabin or steerage passengers, but
the men on the first cabin Hew into a
rage and some were shot to prevent
them from crowding the women from
the boats.
Captain Smith stood on the bridge
till the boat sank, then jumped into
the sea. s.
The berg which the boat hit was
ninety feet high above the water.
John Jacob Astor placed his wife in
a life boat, then stepped back, stood at
attention and saluted the boat as 1t.
was lowered. He was calm and col
lected and not afraid to die. II.
Astor and Butt.
Dr.. Washington Dode says Astor
and Major Butt went down together,
with their arms about each others
shoulders. Dode says not all Of the
boats were filled, as many thought
there was no danger. &
In the gymnasium the stewards were
riding bicycles around and others
were playing handball as the boat
sank.
Mrs. Astor was taken to the family
home and is not in critical condi.
ton.
The death Of President G.. NJ. Hays
Of the Grand Trunk railroad, is con
firmed. Il 4, II 35
Arm in arm on the deck, Isador
Strauss, the millionaire New York
merchant and his wife. calmly went
down with the ship.
Major Butt had charge Of placing
the women in the boats on one part
OF the ship, and Howard Case in al
other. Many passengers assert there
was a little panic at first.
Wireless operator Jack Phillips
stuck to his key till a party of crazed
men tried to take his life belt. Il
fierce fight followed as the ship sank.
Jumped Into the Sea,
Il. q. Taylor of Philadelphia, one OF
the survivors, jumped into the sea just
three minutes before the Titanic sank.
He said he was eating when the boat
struck the iceberg. There was an aw-
full shock that made the boat tremble
from stem to stern. He felt the boat
rise and It seemed to be riding over
the Ice. The boat was rocking in the
ice. He jumped into the ocean and
was picked up by one of the boats. He
never expected to see land again. He
waited aboard the Titanic until tho
lights went out. The discipline aboard
was wonderful.
At Full Speed. 8
All accounts agree that on the night
of the disaster the vessel was appar-
entity going at the usual rate Of from
81 to 25 knots an hour.
Quartermaster Moody, who was at
the helm. said the officers were under
orders to keep speed up in the hope Of
making record passage. These or
Sders were being carried out III the face
of the knowledge OF the steamers Of
ficers that in the vicinity great ice
5bergs were sweeping down from the
north. 4 Il
That very afternoon, according to
the record Of the photographic once,
the Titanic had q relayed wireless
warning from the steamer Amerika
that an unusual field Of pack Ice ana
bergs menaced the navigation OFF the
banks.
The officers were confident that even
though the iceberg was seen the vessel
could be controlled IN ample time. and
the passengers rested In full conf
dence in, their quarters in the most
magnificent vessel ever constructed,
and felt az safe as at their own fire.
sides. This confidence is emphasized
in the stories o. nearly all the surviv.
ors that when the crash came there
was practically no excitement.
The oyerconfident passengers we're
not brought to a realization that the
collision might mean serious danger
until the call ran through the ship:
sAll passengers on deck with lie belts
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