Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19
BOILER EXPLOSION
CAUSED SHIP TO
BREAK IN TWO
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bis back, with his face turned toward
the Ill fated ship. He said her bow
san and then rose up into the air
Then came a third boiler explosion.
The ship burkled a%midships and sank
He said there WAS not enough suction
to draw him back, but a wave came
from the vessel and pitched him for
ward and away from the ship.
Il was walking on the deck he said.
and it was a fine, cold, clear night.
The moon was shining, and a lumber
OF us were enjoying he crisp, keen air,
p~romenading about the deck.
Berg Close When Sighted.
Captain Smith was on the bridge
when the first cry from the lockout
came TO him that there was an iceberg
ahead. 1t may have been 300 feet high
when saw II, and 1t was probably
200 yards away from us. dead ahead
Captain Smith shouted some orders.
What they were | could not under
stand and have not since learned, but
q number of us p~romenaders rushed to
.'N wv" VI Nv mp htil WI SdN we
could not fall to hit 1t we all rushed
TO the stern. There came q crash, and
the passengers were panic stricken for
a time. But Captain Smith aud Il num-
Der OF officers reassured everybody and
insisted there was no danger if only
the passengers would keep their heads.
A lumber of people had gone to bed
at this time and ut the crash they
rushed affrighted to the bridge. Captain
Snith and his officers treasured all.
W stood huddled around in groups
after we had been pacifed and reas-
sured, telling one another thai GER
talnly there could be no danger, that
the Titanic simply could not sink.
Ships Boilers Exploded.
'"The accident happened at about
1890. Within half an hour the wire
less was calling for help and at about
midnight, I think. there came the first
boiler explosion. Then for the first
time, | think, Captain Smith began to
get worried. A few minutes later a
second boiler explosion occurred, and
then Captain Smith ordered the crew
to man the boats.
Among the first cabin passengers
little or no confusion prevailed. The
first and second officers. with revolv-
Frs, stood by the ladders to the boats.
The orders We're. Women first
Captain Smith paced up and down
the deck. enforcing and continually re
iterating the command, Women first.
The procedure into the boats was
orderly. l understand that among the
steerage passengers a panic broke out
and that the ships officers had to shoot
three men who tried to force their way
into the boats. No trouble at all of
this kind broke out among the first
cabin passengers. Occasionally an Of
ficer had to drive n man away from
the boat. but no shooting was done
these whom | noticed said Mr.. Bray
ton. land he behaved very well. !
think that he jumped right after l did
but / am not certain. | saw Mrs. As
tor get into a small boat. Before this
the colonel had been supporting her
in the crowd. He let her go with a
great deal of GOODNESS as II he We're
not afraid of himself and did not wish
Mrs. Aston to have fears for him.
after l was picked up by the small
boat 1t was two hours before we sight
ed the Carpathia and about half an
hour more before we We're taken on
board the Carpathia. | hope ! may
never go through such another expert
ence. The women were bvsterical
without exception, crying for the ones
they had lost and suffering bitterly
from the cold and exposure.
The cold was the worst / ever felt
Many of the women did not have
enough wraps on and they suffered ter
ribly.
"All around us We're scores of drown
ed bodies. Every once In a while q
woman on our boat would recognize =
corpse and then had to be restrained
from jumping overheard. The sailors
could not move an oar without striking
q body"
Went Back to Bed After Crash.
Mrs. Dickinson, wife OF the bishop of
Detroit, said:
81 was the first woman in the first
boat. l was In the boat -four hours
before being picked up by the Car
"The small boats were all filed when
the ship gave a heavy lurch. She roll
ed to the right md to the left as if
she were soggy. ! don't know why
jumped at this point, but l did with
my heavy ulster still on. Then | be
gan to swim away from the boat, as
feared that if the boat went down 1t
would suck me under. My coat help
ed to keep me up, although 1t re-
tarded my swimming, and | was about
fifty feet away when she sank. l was
In the water for about twenty-five
minutes when l vas picked up by one
of the small boats.
1.-The small boats had all been tiled
when the Titanic went down. Three
Of them which were In the rear of the
Titanic were sucked under when the
steamship sank.
Colonel Astor Calm.
At this point Mr.. Brayton was ask
ed how Colonel Astor, Benjamin Gug
Renheim and Major Butt had carried
themselves.
Colonel Astor was the only one OF
pathia. l was In bed at the time the
crash came, got up and dressed and
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