The Raymer enterprise., 1912-04-25

laps!ble. The boats that were lowered
on the port side OF the ship touched
The water without capsizing. Some Of
he others lowered TO starboard, In.
cluding one collapsible. were capslzed
All hands on the collapsible boats that
practically went to pieces were res
cued by the other boats.
Sixteen boats In all got away safely
sion that the ship was alright and
there Is no doubt that that was the
belief Of even some OF the otiiCers.
At the lowering OF the boats the Off
GERS experimenting 1t were armed
with reyolvers. but there was no ne
cessity for using them as there was
nothing In the nature Of a panic and
no man made an effort to get into q
boat while the women and children
we're being put aboard.
Begin to Jump Into Sea.
AS the ship began to settle 10 star
board. heeling at an angle OF nearly
| forty.hvc degrees, those who had be-
lieyed It was all right to stick BY the
| ship began to have doubt and Few
| jumped into the sea These were fol
lowed Immediately by others and In
few minutes there were scores swim
ming around Nearly all OF them
wore life preservers.
One man who had Pomeranian
dog leaped overheard with It and strik.
ing piece OF wreckage was badly
stunned. He recovered after a few
minutes and swan toward one of the
lifeboats and was taken aboard. Most
OF the men who were aboard the Car
pathia. barring the members OF the
crew who had manned the boats. had
Jumped into the sea as the Titanic was
settling.
Ship Breaks In Two.
Under instructions from officers and
rowed q considerable distance from
the ship itself In order 10 get away
from the possible suction that would
follow the laundering The marvellous
thing about the disappearance was SO
little suction as TO be hardly appre'
cable from the point where the boats
were floating
There was ample time TO launch all
boats before the Titanic went down.
as It was two hours and twenty min
utes afoat
So confident were all hands that It
had not sustained mortal wound
that II was not until l2:l5 a. m, or
thirty.hye minutes after the berg was
encountered. that the boats were low
cred. Hundreds OF the crew and a
large majority OF the officers, includ'
ing Captain Smith, stuck to the ship
TO the last.
1t was evident after there were sew
cral explosions. which doubtless were
the boilers blowing up, that It had but
Il few minutes more OF life.
The ship broke In half amIdship and
almost simultaneously the after half
and the forward half sank, the for
ward half vanishing bow first and the
other half stern first.
Sinks Win Little FURRY.
The sinking ship made much less
CommOtlon than the horritied watch
ers in the lifeboats had expected
They were close enough 10 the broken
vessel TO see clearly the most grew
some details OF the fOundering All
the spectators agree that the shat.
tered sections Of the ship went down
so quietly as to excite wonder.
Some Of the rescued were scanuly
clad and suffered exceedingly from
the cold. but the majority Of them
were prepared for the emergency. In
the darkness aboard the ship that
came shortly after the collision II was
impossible for those in the boats to
distinguish the identity OF any OF the
persons who leaped into the sea 1t is
believed that nearly all cabin passcn'
gers who had not gone overheard i'm.
mcdIately after the boats were
launched vanished with the officers
and crew.
Had Time to Dress.
Some OF the stewards who formed
part OF the llfcboat crew say that aft.
er the ship hit the berg the majority
of the cabin passengers went back 10
their staterooms and that II was nee
essary to rout them out and In some
instances force life preservers upon
them. All agree that the engines OF
tho ship were stopped Immediately
after she had made the Intellectual
turn to clear the berg.
The lIfeboats' crew were made up OF
stewards, stokers. coal trimmers and
ordinary seamen. II is said that the
davits were equipped with new con.
trivance for the swift launching OF the
boats. but that the machinery was so
complicated and the men so unfamil.
lar with II that they had trouble in
managing H.
Describes Death Of Butt.
Among the first Of the passengers
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