The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-27
Story OF Loss Of
The Steamer Titanic
Great Liner Went Down With Her Band Playing Nearer
My God to Thee" Taking With Her to Death All But
745 of Her Human Cargo of 2340 Souls

80 ha1NC
Moody, who was at the helm. said the
ship was making 81 knots and the Of.
fcers were under orders at the time to
keep ND speed in hope Of making a
record passage.
KneU of Danger
These orders were being carried out in
the face of knowledge that the steamer
was in the vicinity of great icebergs
sweeping down from the North. That
very afternoon. according to the record
of the photographic office, the Titanic
had relayed q shore wireless warning
from the steamer Ameriks that an IN
usual field of pack ice and bergs men
aced navigation of the banks.
"But il was q clear and starlit night"
as all the survivors described theweather,
and the great ship sped through the
quiet seas with officers confident that
even though hat an iceberg should be
seen the vessel conld be controlled in
ample time and the passengers rested in
full confidence that their temporary
quarters in the largest and most mag.
n~ifcent vessel ever built were az safe
as their own fresides.
Misplaced Confidence
This confidence is emphasized in the
stories of nearly all of the survivors
that when the crash came there was
practically no excitement. Many who
felt anxious enough to 90 on deck to in.
quire what had happened were but little
perturbed when they learned the ship
had only struck an iceberg"
II appeared to be a ~glanning blow and
at first there was no indication of a SER
ious accident. A group of men at cards
in the smoking room sent one of their
number to look a of the window, and
when he came back with the announce.
men. that the boat had grazed an ice
berg the party went IN with the game.
but it was never finished.
The stoppage Of the engines was no.
ticed more than the collision, the effect
being, as n survivor put it, like the
stopping of a loud ticking clock.
Danger Apparent
The over-conhdent passengers were
not brought to the slightest realization
that the collision might mean seridsA
danger until the call ran through the
ship: "An passengers IN deck, and
with life belts on"
Captain Smith, il is said, as not on
the bridge when the accident happened,
bnt when hurriedly summoned by his
First Officer. he took charge of what
seemed q hopeless situation in q manner
which the passengers praise as calm,
r~esolute and efficient to the last.
Music as Liner SINKS
Survivors near the sinking liner told
of hearing the strains of Nearer, Ny
God to Thee" played as the liner sank,
and some of those in the life boats blend
ed their voices in the melody.
Suddenly there was a roar and the
ship. already half submerged. was seen
to buckle and apparently break in two by
the force of an explosion caused when
the water reached the hot boilers. The
bow sank first, and for fully five minutes
J the stern vas poised almost vertically in
the air. Then it plunged out OF sight.
Little Hope Held Out
With the last hope gone of seeing their
loved ones alive, many mn in the
lifeboats seemed to be Indifferent whether
they were saved or not. They were
nearly a thousand miles from land and
had no knowledge a ship of succor was
speeding to them. Without provisions
or water there seemed little hope OF sur
viying long in the bitter cold.
There were sixteen boats in the forlorn
procession which entered upon the ter
rible hours of suspense.
See Rescue Ship
The confidence that the ship on which
they had started across the sea was sure
to bring them safely here was now turned
to utter helplessness. But the shock of
learning that their lives were in peril
was hardly greater than the relief when
at dawn a large steamers smokestack
was seen on the horizon and eager eyes
soon made out that the vessel was max
ing for the scene.
The rescue ship proved to be the Car
pathia, which had received the Titanic's
distress signals by wireless. By seven
O'Clock in the morning all the Titanic's
sixteen boats had been picked up and
their chilled and hungry occupants well
coined over the Csrpathia's side.
Generous Passengers
The Csrpathia's passengers. who were
bound for q Mediterranean cruise. showed
every consideration for the stricken. and
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