Arizona republican., 1912-04-19

''N 'AoA'tS III Nllc CdDlll uleu out, IIlCk- cred again, then went out to stay At the same monent$ the machinery roared down through the vessel with roar that could be heard miles. But this was not our greatest surprise Looking at the great leVithian we saw she was standing in a stationary upright position, 150 feet of her hull sticking straight in the air For five minutes she remained in this position then, slowly at first, then swiftly, plunged to the bottom of the sea Nothing was left to us but q gentle movement of the Starlit ocean. For two hours we rOweI around anu then saw the lights of the rescue ship. All Joined in singing, Pull For The Shore, Boys" and as the Carpathia hove in sight we all agreed that the hoodoo number 13 was forever brok- en, for it was in boat 13 we were saved. Soon We were aboard and saw what we supposed were giant sail boats that had come % rescue. but soon found they were glistening ice bcrgs, deadly white, and peaked in a way that made them resemble huge sailing ships. We counted a dozen such 'bergs in the immediate vicinity and the Carpathia had to go far out of her course to avoid them"
 Beasley is Cambridge man, an'l resides in London. He was in the second cabin, and his name IS not in the list of the saved
 (Stasement by Col. Archibald Gracie.) Col. Archibald Oracle, l.. S A.. the last man saved, went down with the Titanic but was picked up out of the water by one of the lifeboatS. Col | Oracle denied emphatically there was l any panic aboard the~ Titanic He praised the behavior of both the men 1 and women of the passengers and crew, and paid a high tribute to the l herolsm of the women passengers. 1 Mrs. Isador Strauss he said. went to her death because she would not desert her husband. Although he pleaded with her to take her place in d boat. she stcadfastly refused and when the ship settled at the head.
 both husband and wife were cnguIfed by wave that swept over her"
 Col. Oracle told how he rushed to the top deck, and was the sole sur Yivor after the wave that swept the
 ship just before her final plunge
 'I jumped with the wave" he said I"I had often jumped with the break CTS at the SeaShore.-- By great good
 fortune 1 managed to grasp the brass
 railing on top and hung on. As the
 ship sunk I was swirled around ana laround for what seemed an inter.
 minable time. Then I came to tn,
 top of the sea to find the water
 covered with mass of Wreckagc.
 vas uninjured and seized a floating grating which passed me. Then save d large cork and canvas life raft which had floated up. Nearby was . man who was clinging to small bit. of wreckage. I grasIed the raft anC helped the man on Both of us theI
 began rescuing those who were floun dcring in the cold water. When dawl broke there were % of us on the raft standing knee deep in water and al afraid to move lest the cranky craf Ovcrturn. Several unfOrtunates, be numbed by the cold and floating il
 the water, asked us to save them but we had to warn them away. | , anyone of us moved we would al
 have gone down. The hours tha elapsed before we were picked up D.
 the Carpathia, were the longest ant
 most terrible l ever spent. We wer all practically without feeling becaus of the cold, icy water, and wer
 nearly ready to drop from fatigue. w were afraid to turn around to lOOl , If reScuers were near, and when on of the men, who was looking asterr
 said something that looked like steamer was coming up, one mal
 became hystcrical. The rest of u too. were near the breaking point.
 Col. Oracle declared emphaticall ,no man was fired upon, and said bu
 one shot was fired. This was for tn
 purpose of intimidatinG some for eigners in the stecragc When toll
 of they would not obey orders the.
 would be shot, the foreigners prompt ! ly fell into line and there was ab solutely no panic.
 An army officer was in his bcrtl : when the collision came. He told m it was just midnight. The ship sanl at 2:22 with him. Before I retire,
 I had a long talk with Charles w Hays, president of the Grand Trunl railroad. One of the last things h. odiu NdS. I lie " DItt OldI, (uIIcIp , and Hamburg American lines arr vieing with each other, and devotin;
 their ingenuity to attain supremac.
 in luxurious ships and in maltin; speed records. The time will conn when this will be capped by som,
 appalling disaster
 Poor Hays q few hours later h'
 was dead. The conduct of Col. Johl Jacob AstOr is deserving of the high
 est praise Colonel Oracle declared
 "Astor devoted all his energies t
 saving his young bride" said Oracle
 She is in delicate health. COlOne
 Astor helped us in our efforts to ge
 her in a boat. As she took her place in the boat, Astor requested permis sion of the second officer to go witt
 her for protection. No. sir said tht officer. not man shall go on a boa
 until all the women are off COlOne
 AstOr then inquired the number ol the boat his wife was on. and theT turned away and aided in the Worl of reassuring other frightened WOmeT
 and children. By this time the shE 4 began to list frightfully to port Thi:
 became so dangerous the second mate ordered all to- rush to starbOard This we did and found the crew