Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-04-24
the air when suddenly it plunged

the air when suddenly it plunged
out of sight.
! With the last hope gone Of see
| ing loved ones alive, many wo-
i men in the life boats seemed III
different whether they we're saved
They were nearly q Thousand
miles from land and with nc
knowledge that ship of succo1
was speeding to them. There
seemed scant hope of surviving II
the little hoats. There were SIX
teen boats in the procession
which entered upon the terrible
hours of suspense.
The Carpsthia, which received
the Titanic's distress signals
reached the scene of disaster
about Z o'clock. and picked ur
the lifeboats' occupants. The
Carpathja's passengers who were
bound for Mediterranean cruise,
showed every consideration fol
thu survivors, many giving up
their cabins to them. The res
cued were in all conditions of
dress and undress. and women on
the Carpathia We'd with each
other in supplying missing gar
ments.
H. Haven, of indianapolis, said
that the Titanic was going at
high speed when she struck, ga
large section of the plates on the
starboard' side ripped off aud
water, poured in. There Kas- s
great rush for the lifeboats when
it became known there was
danger. So precipitate wss. the
rush that many leaped oveba I'd j,
The lights continued Turning,
although the ship sank lower and
lower. When We were distan,
frcm the sinking ship and saw
figures of hundreds of people on
deck at raillngs several explo-
sions occurred III the chip. The
Titanic buckled amidship. We
saw people sliding off into the
water both before and after.
Then the boat settled by the bow,
the lights went out and that was
the last Wa saw of the Titanic"
Bat fer the heraism and self
sacrifice Of Captain Smith and
other Titanic officers, the sea
would have claimed an even
greater tell when the ship sank.
'Be British" shouted the cap
tain. Every man, it Is said,
obsyed the command and faced
death calmly. The survivors
said they remained at their posts
and died like mon.
Philips, the firss marconi ope-
rator aboard the Titanic, stuck to
his post until the last and jumped
from the sinking ship, was taken
aboard the life raft and died be-
fore She rescuers reached him ac-
oording TO the atory told by
Thomas Whitley, who said !:
"Philips was on an overturned
lifeboat with me. He wss dead
whsn taken aboard the Carpathia.
There were four burials at sea,
one sailor, two firemen and
Philip. There was panic for a
time aboard the ship, and the
other officers had to use revolvers.
The ohief off ;sr shot one man
and thea shot himself. 1t was a
h'ack berg we struck"
Before the Carpathia reached
the pier over $4,000 vas avail
able for the woman's relief fund
to care for the destitute steerage
passengers, mostly women and
children,
Arrangements have been made
to care for them as long as neces.
sary. The survivors were re-
moved to temporary homes pro-
vided by the committee. Those
Suffering from exposure were re-
moved to hospitals.
Members of the stock exchange
gave $4,000 for the survivors
relief.
Dazed, yet nervsd to the high
est pitch by the ordeal through
which they were passing, women
survivors of the Titanic were
calm when the Carpathia reached
the scene. Some lifeboats were
being rowed by women.