The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
Robert Daniel Entirely
NudeWhen Picked Up
by Carpathia.
JOINS OTHERS IN
ROASTING ISMAY
No Truth in Report That He Lost
$3,ooo,ooo in Titanic Disaster.
Thrown in Steerage as He
Reached Cunard Liner
Without Cloth
ing.

Thoroughly worn out by the dis
| tressinG experience of the past week.
! Mrs. J. r. V. Daniel returned to the
/ city yesterday from New York, where
she greeted her son, Robert Williams
! Daniel, one o. the few passengers res
| cued when the White Star liner Titanic
! went to the bottom off the Banks of
| newfoundland Mrs. Daniel brought
back thrilling story or the disaster
! as related by her son. Charming Daniel.
| another son. who is a student at the
! University of Virginia. also returned
! from New York and left the city in
! the afternoon for Charlottesville.
! Robert had expected to come with
/ me to Richmond" said Mrs. Daniel last
| night, but he had to go to Philadel-
phia on business. and If he is not
! called again to New York he will join
me here to-day or tomorrow.
Henrt-BrenI>ing Experience.
! I'm this distress our friends have
! been most beautiful. | shall never for
! get their great Kindness. nor shall /
! ever forget the terrible ordeal under
! which labored since the first reports
/ came by wireless that the Titanic had
! run into an iceberg"
| Mrs. paniel, Charming Daniel and
! John SHELTON Williams -weIa OIL. the
I Cunard pier in New York Thursday
| night when the Carpathia brought in
/ the survivors. The pier was ropcd off.
! and the Richmond party was in the
| section marked ID. For a long time
| Mrs. Daniel did not sec her son. and
/ while IL was known that lie was
aboard she became uneasy. fearing that
| he was too Ill to como ashore. But In
| the adjoining section, marked G, Mrs.
Daniel inquired of woman who was
weeping, IL she had seen Mr.. Daniel
on the Carpathia. This lady" said Mrs.
Daniel was Mrs. Clarke. and she
I screamed almost Historically when She
| found that my boy was in the wreck.
| Yes, indeed, he is saved. said Mrs.
! Clarke, and he was such comfort
! to everybody
How Robert Escaped.
Robert was in his stateroom when
! the Titanic struck the ice, but there
was no serious jar, and he thought
! nothing of the Incident at the moment.
( But later he realized the danger He
! hurriediy tied his fathers watch.
HIGH he had saved from the Carlton
| Hotel fire in London. around his neck
| slipped n bathrobc around him. and
went upon the deck. He had Just pre-
! pared to retire, and this bathrobe was
! tho only garment he wore. In the
excitement Robert got Il life belt
|
! him had mono so he took off his. gave
it to her and subsequently found an
| other for his own use. lie stayed on
f! the Titanic until tho vessel sunk to the
! deck below the hurricane deck, and
! then escaped in a collapsibic boat. lie
! thinks he was in the water for at
| least all hour, when he was helped
into Il litcboat. There were thirty
! four women and children In his boat
L.,
the water Robert lost his robe. so
when he was pulled into the lifcboat
! Il woman gave him a blanket Immo-
| diately he asked who was IN command
/ of tho boat, ana the woman screamed
I that nc one was in command, so Rob
| ert took command sat in the stern and
i picked UP tho tillcr | think he was
the first person in that little group
/ although there was room for twenty
| more-to see the lights of the Car
/ pathia as she came stcaming ahead,
rmt Him in Stecrngc.
] After all of the women had been
taken aboard tho Carpathia, Robert
| became unconscious. somehow nc was
hauled up. but the officers Of the Car
| pathia thought nc was a storage pas
scnger. so they put him IN the steer
age in hunk with a sailor. Several
hours later as he recovered from the
/ 'IlpN rs We tNPitlIllC'l la4til nc NdS e Irst
| cabin pa ssSngcr. and ne was removed
to the captains quarters for medical
attention. lie was in there for a while
with !. Bruce Ismav. Robert says that
the feeling toward ismay was very
severe. 1smav sent Tor Robert TO ask
II he had bean criticized. and finding
| tho true sentiment tho managing d.
rector remained in his stateroom. AZ
ter that Robert slept on the floor"
Mrs Daniel said that shs hardly
recognized her son as nc came totter-
Ing upon the pier. his face terribly
drawn. For some moments she could
not talk with him, for ilc was flanked
hy reporters lie wore pair OF trou-
sors larg. enough for a giant. H. blue
shirt he had bought from the Carpa-
thia's barber. but nc had no coat, only
ar old shawl
Every minute" she said. some
poor. hcartbrokcn person would race
IN To Robert snow him photograph.
and ask II he mad seen so and so
aboard"
Robsrt Daniel may he called before
tho senate committee which is lnves-
tisatlng i've Titanic disaster. New
York reports show that nc was most
severe in donouncng Hrucc Ismay's
conduct in escaping on the first lits
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