The Ordway new era., 1912-04-25

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Mrs. Louis Mansfield Ogden OF Man
haitian described how she felt when
she heard the Carpathia's whistle
sounding early In the morning. Mrs
Ogden asked her husband II there was
fog. Mr.. Ogden had left the state
room, however. and did not explain
until some ten minutes later. The
ship had then slowed down percepti-
bly,. and Mrs. Ogden was pretty nerv-
ous.
Then her husband returned and told
her that there had been a great acci-
dent and that the Carpathia was going
to help.
THE passengers are asked to keep
to their rooms" he said. There isn't
any need OF being frightened. There's
bene no fire on our boat. but there
has been an accident to the Titanic
Mrs. Ogden thought that an acct
dent to the Titanic was quite too
ridiculous to think OF and in that she
shared the impression which. SO she
learned afterward. was current upop
the Titanic after the latter had struck.
Mrs. Ogden dressed hastily and went
o. deck.
Boats Filled With Survivors.
II saw there on the bosom OF the
ocean," she said, "a boat full OF wo-
men and children. suppose there
must have been sailors there. too. but
l did not see. them. There were only
one or two women In evening dress.
but most OF them were clad In fur
coats over their kimonos or night
gowns. They had on their evening
slippers and silk stockings. Some OF
them wore hats.
Far In the distance were two or
three other black specks which we
made out also TO be boats. AS day
light grew We made out more and
more boats. three on one side OF our
ship and five on the other Still later
we picked up more.
Here ond there on the oceans surf
ace among the field OF ice were hits
OF wreckage from the broken Titanic.
and there were In sight many bergs
eighty and ninety feet high. The pas
sengers OF the Titanic were taken
aboard the Carpathia boatioad by
boatload up sea ladders
Most Women Hoisted Aboard.
The women. most OF them. were
hoisted to the decks OF tho Carpathia
In swings. but u lew were hardy
enough to climb aboard by the sea
ladders. The ocean all this time was
calm as n lake and 1t was not dim.
cult task to take the excess passen-
gers aboard.
Some OF the women helped out In
the rowing In the ii'eboats them.
selves
Jumped Into a Small Boat.
Abraham Hyman. n steerage passen-
ger from Manchester. England. won
his safety by leaving the s;ccraSc
and going into the first cabin.
Il got alongside OF boat" he said.
. "and they lowered 1t. full OF passcn-
gers. ] Just crowded In beside the
man at the tiller. They could have
! taken Is more. people IN our boat.
| There was no tommotion In the htst
cabin. l heard that n man was shot
In u panic In the stccrage. when our
boat got into the water It driIted nm.
der the exhaust OF the Titanic and we
were nearly swamrcd We rowed or
for about hall II mile and then saw
| the lights on the Titanic sink gradu.
ally out of sight. AS the boat sank
the lights went down. one after an.
other
LYMAN said h" heard OF one man
" who had been sitting on pile OF deck
chairs when the last explosion came
who was blown on with the deck
chairs The man WAS found In the
ocean on III. deck chairs.
Boiler Blast Split Vessel.
Mrs, r.. ". Carter left the Carpa.
! ,hia terribly shaken by her experience.
She was met at the pier by Albert Is.
Ashiorth Mrs Carter could not talk
cI the collision and the wreck. but
MIR. hshtortk said that what had TIM
pressed her was the last boiler expio.
sion.
Mrs. Carter said that the shock OF
the collision was nothing said MIR.
Ashior,h. but the last boiler cxpIo-
sion tore the ship to pieces. She was
In the last boat OF
What impressed u. Taylor OF Phila.
dcIphia most was the lack OF excite
mcnt when the ship struck. He said
he was on deck when the Titanic hit
the iceberg and that he did not see
any iceberg and did not think that
anybody else did MIR. Taylor said
fifteen minutes before the Titanic
sank
Then came an officer" said Mr..
Taylor. "ard said: This boat ~ for
women only. and Mr. Ismay got out