The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-25

the Carpathia's passengers sleeping on
the floors OF the saloons. In the bath
rooms and on the tables throughout
the ship in order to let the survivors
Of the wreck have as much comfort
as the ship afforded
zone woman came aboard with a
six-months' baby she had never seen
until the moment it was thrust into
her arms as she swung into the life
boat. Nothing could equal the gen.
crosby and helpfulness OF the Carpa-
thia's passengers
Doubted Word at First
Mrs. Louis Mansfield Ogden OF Man.
haitian described how she felt when
she heard the Carpathia's whistle
sounding early in the morning. Mrs.
Ogden asked her husband II there was
a fog. Mr.. Ogden had left the state
room, however, and did not explain
until some ten minutes later. The
ship had then slowed down percepti-
bly,. and Mrs. Ogden was pretty nerv-
ouB.
Then her husband returned and told
her that there had been a great acct
dent and that the Carpathia was going
to help.
The passengers are asked to keep
to their rooms" he said. There isn't
any need OF being frightened There's
bene no fire on our boat, but there
has been an accident to the Titanic"
Mrs. Ogden thought that an acct
dent to the Titanic was quite too
ridiculous to think OF and In that she
shared the impression which. so she
learned afterward, was current upon
the Titanic after the latter had struck.
Mrs. Ogden dressed hastily and went
o.. deck.
Boats Filled With Survivors.
Il saw there on the bosom OF the
ocean," she said, "a boat full OF wo-
men and children. suppose there
must have been sailors there, too, but
! did not see them. There were only
one or two women in evening dress,
but most of them were clad In fur
coats over their kimonos or night
gowns. They had on their evening
slippers and silk stockings. Some OF
them wore hats.
Far in the distance were two or
three other black specks which we
made out also to be boats. AS day
light grew we made out more and
more boats, three on one side Of our
ship and five on the other. Still later
we picked up more.
Here ond there on the oceans surf
ace among the field Of ice were bits
of wreckage from the broken Titanic.
and there were in sight many bergs
eighty and ninety feet high. The pas
sengers of the Titanic were taken
aboard the Carpathia boatload by
boatload up sea ladders.
Most Women Hostcd Aboard.
1.-THE women, most OF them, were
hoisted to the decks of the Carpathia
in swings, but few were hardy
enough to climb aboard by the sea
ladders. The ocean all this time was
calm as lake and it was not diff
cult task to take the excess passen-
gers aboard.
Some of the women helped out in
the rowing in the lifeboats them
selves"
Jumped Into Small Boat.
Abraham Lyman, steerage passen-
ger from Manchester, England, won
his safety by leaving the steerage
and going into the first cabin.
81 got alongside OF boat" he said,
land they lowered it. full OF passen-
gers | just crowded in beside the
man at the tiller. They could have
taken Is more people in our boat.
There was no commotion in the first
cabin heard that man was shot
In panic in the steerage. When our
boat got into the water 1t drifted I'M
der the exhaust of the Titanic and we
were nearly swamped. We rowed of
for about half mile and then saw
the lights on the Titanic sink gradu-
ally out of sight. AS the boat sank
the lights went down, one after an
other
Lyman said he heard OF one man
who had been sitting on pile Of deck
chairs when the last explosion came
who was blown off with the deck
chairs. The man was found in the
ocean on the deck chairs.
Boiler Blast Split Vessel.
Mrs. e. w. Carter left the Carpa-
thia terribly shaken by her experience.
She was met at the pier by Albert b.
Ashforth Mrs. Carter could not talk
Of the collision and the wreck. but
Mr.. Ashforth said that what had i'm
pressed her was the last boiler explo-
sion.
Mrs. Carter said that the shock OF
the collision was nothing said Mr..
Ashforth, but the last boiler expio-
sion tore the ship to pieces. She was
in the last boat of"
What impressed Q. Taylor Of Phila-
delphia most was the lack OF excite
ment when the ship struck. He said
he was on deck when the Titanic hit
the iceberg and that he did not see
any iceberg and did not think that
anybody else did. Mr.. Taylor said
that he saw Mr.. Isnay get into boat
fifteen minutes before the Titanic
sank.
Then came an officer" said Mr..
Taylor, "and said: This boat is for
women only and Mr.. Ismay got out
without raising any disturbances" I.
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