The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-26

MRS. Asfor Not In Danoer.
While utterly exhausted fro,.
experiences, Mrs. John Jacob A.
was declared tonight by Nicholas R'a
die. a trustee Of the Astor es,a,. !.
be in no danger whatever. Her pbvs,
clans. however, had given orders ~.
neither Mrs. Astor nor her maia ~
was saved with her. be permitted !
talk about the disaster"
On landing from the Carpath,a -.
young bride. widowed by the Titan,r.
sinking. told members OF her farni,.
what che could recall OF the circpm.
stances Of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her sid.
OF how Colonel Aston met his doa,h
she had no definite conception. shs
recalled, she thought, that in the eor.
fusion as she was about to be pu, ip,o
n OF the boats the colonel ws.
standing by her side.
After that, as Mr.. Biddle recoun,ss
her narrative. she had no clear recol.
lection OF the happenings unti1 tho
boats were well clear of the SINKING
steamer.
Mrs. Aston. II appears, left In on.
OF the last boats which got way from
the ship. 1t was her belief that ALI
the women who wished TO go had then
been taken off. Her impression was
that the boat she left In had room for
at least fifteen more persons.
Clear and starlit.
Mrs. Edgar ], Meyer OF New York
| said:
1T was a clear and starlit night
When the ship struck we were In
Jul cabin. My husband went out on
the deck 10 see what was the trouble,
He came back and said we had hit an
iceberg, but that II did not amount
to much. I said I was nervous. We
went on deck for a walk. More PEG.
pie said the accident was Of no i'm.
portance. 1t would only delay our or.
rival.
Il was afraid and made my husband
promise II there was trouble he would
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck a while. An officer
came up and cried: AN women into
the lifeboats.'
MY husband and I discussed It and
the officer said: You must obey OF.
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
1--WE went down into the cabin and
we decided, on account OF our baby. to
part. He helped me put on warm
things. ! got into a boat, but there
were no sailors aboard. We called to
the ship that there were no men 10
the boat. They sent a sailor down.
AN English girl and | rowed four
hours and a half. Then We were
picked up at six O'Clock in the morn.
ing. We were well away from the
steamer when II went down, but We
heard the screams Of the people left
on the boat.
There were about seventy widows
on the Carpathia and all were won
derfully brave. The captain OF The
Carpathia and the passengers did all
they could for us. Mrs. Harris says
my husband and Mr.. Harris and MI
Douglas lowered the last boatload full
OF women. All three we're perteet
calm.
Fights to Save Wife.
Mrs. Daniel w. Marvin Of this tn,
who was on a honeymoon trip with hd
husband, was almost Frustrated when
she reached the dock and learned her
husband had not been picked up b.
some other boat.
my God, don't ask me too much
she said; tell me, have you any negs
from DAM He grabbed me in DIS
arms and knocked down men to get
me into the boat. AS ] was put in inc
boat he cried:
Its all right, little girl; you 60
and | will stay a while. I'll put on
life ~preserver and Jump off and follow
your boat
"As our boat showed of he threw
a kiss at me, and that is the last !
saw OF him"
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Allison OF MOI
treal and their daughter were drownea,
their ten-months-old baby, a boy, anu
his nurse we're saved. Mrs. ALLISON
was Just about to jump into a lifeooa'
where the nurse and baby were when
she discovered her husband was no1
with her. She went back to looK ii
him and did not return.
Jumped Into Sea; Picked up.
e. q. Taylor of Philadelphia, one o.
the survivors, jumped into the sea just
three minutes before the boat sanh-
81 was eating when the boat struck
the iceberg" he said. There was an
awful shock that made the boat tfem'
Bile from stem to stern. | did not rea,
lie for some time what had nap
pened. No one seemed to know inc
extent OF the accident. We were tolaa
that an iceberg had been struck W
the ship.
Il felt the boat rise and it seemea
to me that it was riding over the leo
| ran out on deck and then couia
see the ice, 1t was a veritable sea y
ice and the boat was rocking over y
! should say that parts OF the iceoeFB
were eighty feet high, but 1t had oeeH
broken into sections, probably by on
ship.
II jumped into the ocean and Wa
picked up by n OF the boats'
never expected to sec land again.
waited on board the boat until ny
lights went out. II seemed to me 1ua'
the discipline on board was wonder
fun
of the Baltic, the Olympic, tM
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