The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-19
CARPATHIA COMES
BRINGING DIRECT
NEWS OF DISASTER.
CONTINUED from FRS. Page.2

: that thsre had been any panic on
board. He praised In the highest
| terms the behavior Of both the pas
sengers and crew, and paid a tribute
to the heroism Of the women passen.
gers
Mrs Strnus Rcfuses TO Leave Husband.
Mrs. Isidor straus." he said, went
to her death becauae she would not
| desert her husband. Although no
pleaded With her to take her place In
the boat. she steadfastly refused. and
when the ship settled at tho head the
TWO were engulfed in the wavo that
swept her"
| Colonel Oracle told Of how Ms was
driven to the topmost deok when the
ship settled, and was the sole sur
vivor after the wave that swept her
Just before her final plunge had passed
II jumped with the wave" said no,
| Just as l Often have jumped with the
| breakers at the seashore BY great
good fortune I managed to grasp the
brass railing on the deck above. and
hung on by mighc and main. When
| tho ship plunged down I was forced
to let go, and was swirled around
| and around for what seemed to be
an intermtnablo time. Eventually
came TO the surface 20 ind the sea a
mass OF tangled wreckage.
| LUCKILY l WINS unnuTt ana CbStiHS
! about managed to seize wooden
grating floating near by When had
| recovered my breath | discovered q
! large canvass and cork-likc raft which
| had noatcd up a man. whose name
| did not learn. was struggling to-
| ward 1t from some wrcckage to which
| he had clung. ! cast off and helped
! him TO get on to the raft and we then
| began the work Of rcscuing those who
/ had jumped into the sea and were
| rounderng In the water
Warned Them Away From Raft.
When dawn broke there were tnir-
| ty of US on the raft standing knee
| deep In the icewater and afraid to
| move lest the cranky craft be over
I turned Several unfortunates bcnumb-
| ed and half dead, beIought lis to save
them, and one or two made an effort
/ to reach us. but we hnG to warn them
away. Had we made any effort TO
save them, we ali might have per-
ishcd
The hours that elapsed before we
We're picked UP by tie Carpathia were
! the longest and most terrible that /
ever spent. Practically without any
sensation OF feeling Lecause OF the
! icy water. we were almost dropping
from fatigue. We were afraid TO turn
around to look TO see whether we
WIZ seem ny passing craft and wien
some one who was facing astcrn pa S.
cd the word t:,at something thar look
ed like steamer was coming up one
: or the men became hysterical under
| The strain. The rest OF us, too, were
nearing the breaking poin,.
Colonel Gracie denied with emphasis
| mat any men were fred upon and de-
CARED mat only once was a revolver
(! discharged
This was for the purpose Of intim-
| idatng some steerage passengers" he
said. vino had tumblcd into boat
nsiore II was prepared for launching.
| rms shot was fred in the mir, and
| when the foreigners were told The
| next would he directly ut them they
! promptly returned to III. deck There
! was no confusion and no panic"
Contrary "a the general expectations,
+! there was no Earring impact when the
| vessel struck. according 10 the army
Vihecr. ne was in his b:rth when The
! NeSSci smashed Into the submerged por-
J ion Of tho borg, and was aroused nv
| the jar Iic looked at his watch. he
said aud found it was just midnight.
i i ne Fhip shnl. with MIN at zee \. NJ,
I ioI ms watch atouT5d at tuai hour.
His fr"phcrr snon Cnmc True
/ hri"fr retired, said Colonel Gra-
! rtc' ~ had & long chat with Charles
! il"E*, president Of the Grand Trunk
i,,,a'iroad. One Of the last things Mr.
i'aNS said was this: The White star.
1 inc Cnnarl ANA the Hamburg American
h'Nes arc dcvo'ing their attention ana
,haenuity in wing with them to OBJ
iain supremacy in luxurious ships ami
W. making sr'ed records Th.,ime
WI soon com" wHcn this sill be
checked by some appalling disns,er.
Ter ieilow! y few hours later he Was
'iAr conduct Of Colonel Jon!. Incoi,
Aator Was deserving OF the highest
prs!se,' declared Colonel Oracle The
millionaire New Yorker nc said.
trVottd az his energies 10 saving hIa
E'unS bride, nee Miss Force of New
n"fk' who was in delicate health.
.o'ohel Astor helped MS IN our morris
get her in the boat" said Colonel
nf'eic II lifted her into the boat. ana
- she took her place Colonel Astor
requested permission OF the second ON.