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

80 LAAH-& 49, -
element Of the launching If nfeb0ats
from the Titanic. Miss Laura Cribb.
II years old. a Newark girl. who ar
rived On the Carpathia last night re-
members the awful experience Of sun
day night IN which her father per
ished as though fl was a dream
TT was terrible. she said. we
were up later than usual that night.
for the weather was fine and the stars
were bright. Most of the third cabin
passengers where father and ] were,
had stayed up late and were just turn
ing in for the night ] had said good
night to papa and was in my room.
but a not d%isrobed. and that is how
] happen to be wearing the same black
dress which ! wore ali day sunday On
the Titanic.
II felt the jolt when the iceberg was
struck, but was not much frightened
until the men and ONE commenced
to shout and scream and rush for tbs
deck. Then / looked around for father.
I am sure he was looking for me. too
because several times I thought I heard
his voice calling my name. 1t sounded
family above the tumult, and sven
after I had been almost pushed into .
lifeboat and it had been cut away from
the ship, ! stiIl imagined heard papa
calling and L tried TO answer. but ny
voice was as nothing against the awfu'
noise.
Il saw some struggling on a raft
and heard someone say it was the cap
tain whom they were trying t max
leave the ship and save himself, but
he would not. They said the captain
told the men who wanted to put him
onto the raft that II he were com
PEELED to go he would shoot himself
so they might as well let him 90 back
to the ship.
1T did not seem long after we were
taken off until the big vessel weut
down. 1t was terrible to realize tina
there we're people drowning. OF course
l could o help. but hope n almost
feel sure that my father was safe on
another BOAT. 1t did not seem pos
sible that anything so serious could
happen. / was almost frozen before
we were finally taken aboard the Car
pathia. for | had only this dress, and
none of the others had any more cloth
ing than | had; some not so much
Miss Crib was born in Newark but
had lived the past eight years in
Bournemouth, England. Her father.
John H. Crib, who is well known in
Newark and the metropolitan district,
having served a number of prominent
families as butler, went to England
last September, where he joined his
family, consisting of Mrs. Crib. two
girls and two boys.
He expected, on arriving in New
York, to resume his position at a pri-
vate home in Madison avenue. and to
remove his entire family to this M
try again. He and the girl Laura
came in advance and selected the IT,
tanic to make the trip. partly as a
novelty on account of its initial voy-
age.
Relatives and friends on this side
who went to meet the Carpathia last
night, not knowing for certain whether
either the girl or the man was aboard,
had some difficulty in locating Miss
Crib, but after a faithful search she
was found safe and well at st. Vim
cents Hospital, where many women
and children. not met by friends
ashore, were taken to be sure they
would nave proper care.
John W. Welsh and Frank Gibbs. Of
106 Pennington street, this city. uncle
and cousin respectively. set out to
meet the incoming Carpathia and
were blocked at the pier by several
rows of policemen. Charles Realeter.
a chauffeur, and his wife. of III East
Seventy-fourth street. friends of Mr..
Cribb, accompanied by Miss Fannie
Leonard, a former chum in England of
Miss Crib, set out upon the same
mission as the Newark relatives but
had better luck. for it was they who
found the girl after many inquiries at
different places.
The Crib family formerly resided