The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-26

manifestiy but q matter Of moments,
Tie oarsmen pulled their boats away.
and the chilling waters began to echo
splash after splash as passengers and
sailors In life preservers leaped over
and started swimming away to es-
caps the expected suction
Icy Water Brings p.ath.
Only the hardest OF constitutions
oould endure for more than few mo-
meats sueA . numbins hath, The
Arst vigorous strokes gave way to
hsarthrsa1tng cries OF Help! Help!"
and sttRsasd forms we're seen. the
eaees relaxed IN death.
Revolver shots were beard In the
.aAip's last nomsnts. The frst report
sprsaA among IL boats vas that Cap
tain Smith had eaded his lie viii .
bullet. Thsn Il was said that . mate
had shot Q steward Who tried 70 push
his way upon . heat against orders.
Noae oe thsse t1iss have bses- veri-
Asd, and many of the crew ssy the
'captain. without . prsservsr seaped
b at the last and weat down. refusing
Q csok's offered aSd. I
ls6e lheboat 10 capsIssd. /
ne last oe the boats, . coliapsiblc.
was launched too late to GET away.
and vas overturned BY the ships
sinking. Soms OF those In it-aii. say
some witnessss-sound safety on .
raft, or were picked up By lifeboats.
In the Marconi tower. almost to the
last, tho loud click Of the sending In
strument was heard over the waters.
Who was receiving the message. those
In the boats did not know. and they
would least Of all have supposed that
Q Mediterranean ship In the distant
South Atlantic track would be their
rescuer.
Musie Was 4 Saeramsnt.
As the screams in the water multi
piled another sound was heard. strong
at nrst. then fainter In the distance.
It was tho melody Of the hymn.
Nearer. My God. to Thee" played by
the string orchestra In the dining
saloon. Some OF those on the water
started to sing the words. but grew
silent as they realized that for the
men who played. the music was q sac
rament soon to be contaminated by
death. The serene strains Of the
hymn and the frantic cries Of the dy-
ing blended in symphony Of sorrow.
Titanic Goes to Bottom.
Led by the green light, under the
light Of the stars, the boats drew
away, and the bow, then the quarter,
then the stacks, and at last the stern
Of the marvel-ship Of few days be-
fore passed beneath the waters. The
great force Of the ships sinking was
unaided by any violence OF the ele-
ments. and the suction, not 20 great
~ had been feared. rocked but mildly
the group of boats now quarter Of q
mile distant from It.
Sixteen boats were IN the forlorn
procession which entered on the terri.
BILE hours of rowing. drifting and sus-
pense. Women wept for lost hus-
bands and SONS. Sailors sobbed for
the ship which had been their pride.
Men choked back tears and sought to
comfort the widowed. Perhaps. they
said, other boats might have put OF in
another direction toward the last.
They strove. though none too sure
themselves. to convince the women Of
the certainty that rescue ship would
appear.
carpathIa Brings Joy.
Early dawn brought no ship, but not
long after s a. m. the Carpathia, far
out Of her path and making lS knots
an hour instead Of her wonted is,
showed her single red and black
smokestack upon the horizon. In the
Joy Of that moment, the heaviest
griefs were forgotten.
Boon afterward, Captain Rostron
and Chief Steward Hughes were vel
coming the chilled and bedraggled
arrivals over the Carpathia's side.
Men Praised by Women.
One of the few women able to give
an account Of the disaster was Miss
Cornelia Andrews of Hudson, N. Y.
Miss Andrews said she was In the last
boat to be picked up.
The behavior Of the men," she said.
was wonderful-the most marvellous
have ever beheld."
Did you see any shooung!" she
was asked.
no" she replied. but one ofiicer
did say he would shoot some Of the
steerage who were trying to crowd In.
to the boats. Many jumped from the