Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-04-20
STORIES Of WRECK
Survivors of Titanic Tell
Their Experiences.
MANY SAN THE ICEBERG
MS1 Who Jumped From Steamer
Was Swimming Amid the
Ice When She Went
- Down. "a 1s1..


Fi'oar from the boat swimming on hii
back amid the ice, with his face turn
ed-toward the III fated ship. He said
aeg bow sank and then rose up into
san SAIr Then came third boiler ex
'A'ansion The ship buekled amidshp:
snu sank. He said there was not
esLough suction to draw him back, but
: a JsY3ye came from the vessel and
: Rnched him forward and away from
the ship.
fI"was walking on the deck" he
SAID, and it was a fine cold, clear
= sAAgnt, The. moon was shining, and a
12amber Of MS were enjoying the crisp.
&een air and were .promenading about
the deck. Captain Smith was on the
Ntdse, when the first cry from the
lockout came TO him that there was
FSn iceberg ahead 1t. may have been
's'1T teet high when | saw,it, and it was
probably 200 yards away from us,
Read ahead. Captain Smith shouted
s1AanA orders. What they~were | could
aot understand and have not since
learned, but a number of us prone
u<eexseRs rushed to the bow of the ship
ARhHn we saw we could not fail TO hit
~ we all rushed to the stern. There
anne a crash and the passengers
Meer panie-stricken for a time. But
&aptain Smith and a number of the
officers treasured everybody and in
Z sisted That there was no danger If only
the passengers would keep their
-asads. A number Of, people had gone
In.I ~ III 4
ahey rushed affrighted to the bridge.
Captain Smith and his officers reas-
. sared all. We stood around huddled
t.sn groups after we had been pacihed
ansIt reasstEed. telling one another that
s,xsTrHiniy there could be no danger,
that the Titanic simply could not
s,lgk.
" THE accident happened at about
-aalf past ten. Within half an hour the
wireless was calling Tor help, and at
zsksput midnight i think there came
Inc first boiler explosion. The first
-Asna Il think Captain Smith began to
urssr worried A few minutes later
second boiler explosion occurred, and
Sssaen Captain Smith ordered the crew
Z ts man the lifeboats.
Shot Three steenage Passengers.
"A1nOres the first cabin passengers
Tiitle or no confusion prevailed. The
s5rst and second officers, with revolV-
yeEFE stood by the ladders to the boats
The orders were Women first Cap
tEarn smith paced up and down the
deck enforcing and continually reiter-
szRI5ag the command Women first Inc
fgsrocedure into the boats was orderly.
! understand that among the steerage
gaassengers a panic broke out and that
nhe ships officers had TO shoot three
zapSn who tried TO force their way into
@ne boats. No trouble at all OF this
1sSind broke out among the first cabin
passengers. Occasionally an officer
2aa6 to drive a man away from the
BOAT, but no shooting was done.
AT this point William b. Harris, Jr
"a brother of Henry B. Harris, the
1hestrical man, who went down in the
nj tauic, interrupted and asked how
zEaaary b. Harris had behaved.
The first officer drove him back
IYSu his wife at the point of a gun,
.-sa,@lsaa Mr., Brayton. Continuing, Mr.
.4Sy9.y on said:
~ lie small boats were all filled NJ
Az en- the ship gave heavy lurch
SS2s rolled to the right and to the
.rts IS If she were soggy. l don't know
vRfy ] jumped at this point, but | did
vzrh n1r heavy ulster still on. Their
~ 0agan 10 swim away from the boat
eaAs feared that if the boat went dowr
"a Nnuld suck me under. My Goa
helped 10 keep me up, although 1t re
fardnd my swimming, and | was abou
-eI1g feet away when the Titanic sunk
was probably in the water TO
twenty-five minutes when ! was pick
ed up by one OF the small boats. Th'
sixteen small boats that the Titanl'
had were all filled when the Titani
<ent down. Three of them We're il
abe rear of the Titanic and were suck
I'D under when the steamship sank.
,sxas in the water for probably twent
xsainutes when l was picked up by
small boat"
AT this point Mr. Brayton was aske
aSw Colonel Aston, Benjamin Gugger
zsim and Major Butt had carrie
themselves.
7TThiHks Col. Astor Jumped Into Sea.
"Cofunel Aston was the only one {
these wnom | noticed" said Mr. Bra!
rzrua. land he behaved very well.
think ne jumped right after | did, br
4 am not certain ] saw Mrs, Aste
get into a small boat. Before this tn
scsslonel had been supporting her
-sysz r,Yov6 He lpt her 90 with a gree
akaa of coolness, as if he were NJ
a-E-aid of himself at all and did NJ
-yslsh Mrs. Aston to have any fears II
- i'm.
After l was picked mp by the sma
Fl7zoa5 it was two hours before "
.sightel the Carpathia and about ha
szz nom more before We were taken c
7,syard the Carpathia | hope / ma