Smyrna times., 1912-04-24
SMYRNIAN TELLS OF HIS
EXPERIENCE ON "TITANIC"
ELMER Z.TAYLoR GIVES GRAPHIC
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIsAsrre
Joins His Wife in a Life Boat N.,.o.
"ea''z'ng the Ship Would Sink
smyrna Contingent Greets Tbeno

p.r' we IN Life Boat, Neve
nea''zIng the Ship Would SIM
smyrna Contingent Greets Tben
Mr, and Mrs. H. D. Bower Mr.
Joseph H. Wright, Mrs. C. r b.
land Of this town; Mr. Edoa,
wright. Philadelphia, and Mr. snl
MIS- Cove S. Taylor, of New York
composed the Smyrna continoen,
VINO saw the Steamer Carnafbio
Iano with the Titanic survivors late
Friday night and welcomed bomo
and safety Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer 2
Iaylor' the only Smyrnians wbo
were on the ill-fated shin. All
succeeded in getting passes to the
wharf. The scene at the wharf the
Dig crowd assembled and the anxions
suspense of it all will lineer lono in
thelr memory. Mrs. George w
Taylor, mother of Elme, q TsvIor
and Mrs. Joseph H. Wright went as
Tar as Philadelphia, where thew
spent Sunday with the Tavlors
Mrs. Tayor bore up well from the
awful, nerve-racking exposure and
fatigue. She was but lightly clad
when she left the sinking shin.
fortunately Mr.. Taylor had time to
dress and wore his overcoat. The
coat during their five hours wait in
the life boat proved a great comfort
to Mrs. Taylor. All of their bag
gage was lost. After a few davs'
stay IN New York, they went to
their home, 413O Penngrove Street
Philadelphia, and will visit Smyrna
shortly.
Death Roll Mounts up to Over 1000
Daily newspapers have been full
OF the horror of the Titanic accident
which foundered in mid-ocean on the
night of April 14th, after collision
with an ice berg. Further revision
of the lists, after the Carpatbia
arrived in port showed that only 705
persons were saved. This makes |
the death roll 1886, including some |
half dozen who died from exposure.
Of those who reached New York.
one-fourth were in hospitals FrIdav
night, and many more under care
of private physicians. The utter
needlessness of the disaster was
established in all of the testimony
given before the United States
Senate Investigation Committee.
The Titanic's officers knew early
Sunday evening that there was ice
ahead. They discussed it ard fig
ured that they would be approaching
the field about eleven o'clock. Yet
Captain Smith was not on the bridge
when the ship struck a half hour be-
fore midnight, and the huge liner
was driving ahead at the rate of 21
to % knots an hour. This reckless
speed was the prime cause of the
horror, while the sacrifice of more
than two-thirds of those aboard
was due to the fact that for those
1000 human beings theye were no
lifeboats or lifecrafts. Although
few of the stories of survivors agree
in details there is abundant testi-
mony of the gallant courage of men
who refused to live while women
and children were. to be saved.
Elmer Taylor Gives Vivid Description
The Philadelphia North American
of Saturday gave a graphic descrip-
tion after an interview with Mr..
Elmer 2. Tay Ior. The latter, after
giving praise to Managing Director
J. Bruce Ismay for his courage and I
cool headedness in the manner in ]
which he assisted the passengers to (
escape, goes on TO tell of his per- {
sonal experiences. 81 was in our
stateroom asleep when the crash
came,'' said Mr.. Taylor. my
wife was reading. The jar awaken c
ed me, but it seemed very slight. f
Mrs. Tayor was thrown forward and n
explained to me that she thought o
the boat had climbed up on some N
thing. Of course the engines stop S
ped almost instantly, and more out Z
of idle curiosity than anything p
else. | dressed and went on deck. q
There was no confusion, although a g
few bits of ice could be seen scat G
tered about. In the smoking room =
several games of cards were in I
progress, the players not enough ?
Interested in the fact that the ship 1
mad stopped to go on deck. Z
I
Mas Confident Liner Was Safest Place v
81 returned to my stateroom and 81
'ound my wife dressing an1 E
,resantIv a steward came and told NJ
= thot wbila there was no danger, m
everyone was ordered TO uon ~
,reservers and go on deck. ias'sn
ID one around Mrs Taylor ano care