The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19

for the beginning of the work OF re-
moving the dead.
After the liner warped into her dock
| for perhaps minute she was eDvel'
oped in semi-darkness that made her
decks invisible to all but those on the
pier. Then flashlights from score
Of boats lying nearby suddenly sprang
glare over the entire scene. Lining
the rail Of the Carpathia were scores
] Of the survivors. many Of them crying
out and wringing their hands.
Trailing in the wake of the Car.
pathia was tugboat with three OF
the boats drew closer the crowds slow
ly moved toward the end of the pier,
keeping abreast Of the group Of those
| on board the CarpathIa. Then those
OH board began to recognize their
| friends on the pier.
Again there was a scene OF hysteria,
| this time with the survivors taking
part.
From the pier there was a flutter Of
handkerchiefs and shouts Of greetings,
| intermin gled with cries Of anguish.
The excitement rapidly grew in in
tensitv rs the sailors prepared to put
over the gangplank.
Women Were First.
Weeping women were led away as
frenzied fathers and brothers attempt
ed to force their way through the solid
! mass Of humanity that separated them
from the open space at the very edge
Of the pier.
The Carpathia 3 gangplank rat
tied on to tho floor Of the pier exactly
at o:3s and two minutes later the first
passenger. Miss Elizabeth Allen of st.
Louis. walked down the plank. She said
the captain had given orders to all on
board to do no talking. She said she
had seen the Titanic go down,
The big boat went down head first.
Miss Allen is the niece of Dent Rob-
ert. prominent resident of San Fran
cisco.
When Ismay Got Off.
"There was some shooting. They
would not allow those half crazed men
to get into the boats" said one pas.
senger,
''I was in one Of the lifeboats. After
we were lowered away the men In our
boat started to row. I looked back to
the Titanic and could see the big ship
settling. She seemed already to be
Ger in charge Of our life boat kept urg-
ing the men at the cars to row harder.
Some Of the oarsmen fell exhausted.
Then we women took turns at the oars.
We must have been about a mile away
from the Titanic when she went under.
"There was q big wave. The sea
was calm, otherwise, and I asked a
sailor what it was. He said, 'The Tt.
tanic has sunkl'
cit was bitterly cold We half
dressed women suffered intensely until
we were picked up.'
According to one Of the first pas
sengers ashore, the Titanic struck the
iceberg at 11;41 p. m. Sunday night
and went down at 2;20 Monday morn.
ing. The Carpathia reached the scene
at 4:40, She picked up nineteen life
boats.
j. B. Thayer of Philadelphia said.
The Titanic struck about midnight
as near as I can guess. 1t rode upon
the ice. hesitated for few seconds
and then slipped off with a tremendous
crash and broke in the middle. The
manning of the lifeboats Immediately
began.
"Bruce Ismay manned one of the
boats as sailor. But he had no sooner
taken his seat at one of the oars when
he Jumped up again and gave his place
to a woman. Then Ismay with an oar
In his hand got into second lifeboat.
About twenty minutes afterward our
lifeboat pulled away. Then the Titanic
sank. -
Mrs. Astor Overcome.
Mrs; John Jacob Astor came down the
gansPlank with halting steps. She was
fully dressed. wearing black astra chan
coat She seemed to be on the verge OF
complete collapse and half dozen men
rushed to her. Asked for a statement,
she said;
II can't; can't II was horrible. ri
am, am qITns,peakably ITs,o i'll. Oh, someone help
Margaret Hays of ss4 West E,ehtv-
third street New York, said
nrst came to my senses In one Of
that 7 was holding in my arms a two
identity Of the child She was almost
naked. kept her with me and Will
closely guard my little ward given to me
by Providence"
Sank With Great Plunge.
Mre. Cornelius P Anderson of Hudson,
\. Y, said;
'',rhe ship struck with a terrible crash.
II dazed me, The next thing knew
was when i found myself In a lifeboat
about mile away from the Titanic. AS |
looked back was Mortified to see peo.
pie jumping Off the big boat. The great
vessel sank lower and lower and finally |
went down with a great plunge. We felt
the sea rise up beneath us and we were
great wave. We suffered terribly from
the. cold and until the Carpathia rescued
US"
Henry Stengel OF Newark. n. j., had |
ordered two automobiles TO meet him !
he had several hysterical survivors In |
II have no praise for anything con-
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