The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-19
TITANIC'S RESCUED TELL
OF DESTRUCTION AT SEA

city. "From the moment the vessel
struck, or as soon as the members OF
the orchestra could be collected, there
was steady round of lively airs. 1t
did much to keep up the spirits OF every
one and probably served as much as the
efforts of the officers to prevent panic
| As the steamer went down and the last
hope of seeing their loved ones was gone
many of the women in the lifeboats
seemed Indifferent whether they them
selves were saved or not The boats
hovered in the vicinity during the re-
mainder of the night, and by 7 o'clock in
the morning all Of the sixteen lifeboats
had been picked up; and the hungry
and chilled survivors were welcomed over
the side of the Cunarder Carpathia,
which had heard the distress signals of
the wireless operator on the Titanic and
had made all speed to reach the scene of
the collision.
Had to Keep Men OFF Life Raft,
Colonel Archibald Oracle, who had
jumped from the topmost deck of the
Titanic as she sank, swan until he found
liferaft, and then he helped to rescue
others who had jumped into the water.
He tells some thrilling experiences.
Colonel Oracle says that after he
jumped he was propelled by some great
force through the water and reached the
surface again after a time that seemed
unending There were dying men and
women all about him, groaning and cry
ing piteously. Ice and wreckage dotted
the ocean He clung to everything with
-, III IL hn bn,l fs
which already there were a score of men.
Presently the raft became so full that
for self preservation they refused to per-
NIT others aboard.
Zone more of you aboard will sink
us all, they shouted, says Col. Oracle,
"and many we refused answered as they
went to death, Good luck; God bless
you"
Finally, the men were taken into life
boats, and later the twinkling lights OF
the Carpathia were seen. They were
rescued.
"Did we pray!7 said Colonel Oracle
Through all the wild night there was
not a moment our prayers did not rise
above the waves Men who had seemed
long ago to have forgotten how TO ad-
dress the Creator recalled the prayers OIL
their childhood and murInured them over
and over again. The hand OF God seemed
to soothe the sea Ii was calm"
Moreover, the Carpathia had heard the4
calls for help from the sinking Titanic.
Lucky Decision Saved 74s Souls.
How the wireless operator on the Car
pathia, by putting in an extra ten min.
utes' duty, was the means of saving the
745 lives was told by DIR. J. +. Kemps, |
the Carpathia's physician. Our wire
less operator said the physician, was
about TO retire Sunday night, when he
said jokingly: ! guess I'll wait just
ten minutes and then turn in 1t was
in the next ten minutes time that the
Titanics call for help came. Had the
wireless man not waited, there would I,
have been no survivors"
Sad Meetings at the Pier.
There were many touching scenes !
when the Carpathia unloaded the surviy- |
ers late last night Mrs. Jacques Fut- |
relle, whose husband, the novelist. was |
was met here by her daughter |
Miss Virginia Futrelle, and other rela- |
tives As the daughter clasped her |
IhotHeI III heT arms she tnoughJ thaI |
her father was saved also; and all broke |
down when the widow told that the
writer was dead.
Jack died like hero" said Mrs.
Futrelle in comforting her daughter and
the other relatives, whose hopes had been
dashed by the information which she
brought,
Mrs. Charles NJ Hays. wife of the
president of the Grand Trunk railroad,
who was drowned, and her two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss
Margaret Hays, were met by relatives
at the pier, and they left for their
home in Montreal on special train. ac-
rompaned by DR. J, Alexander Hutch
il son, their family physician.