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lieht was bright and starlit We
could see'the crowds Of passengers
falling down the sia:rSays while the
lfticers sought 10 reassure thems Of
heir safety,
Major Butt and Col. Astor stood by
he life boats bravelS and, helped the
women They did not think the boat
vas going to sink.
THE TltapIc kept, settling lower
md lover, however. Then word came
hat the engine room was flooded,
There was some shouting They would
.lot allow those halt crazed men 70
Jet into the beats. Y 4 itS
81 was in one OF the life boats. After
We were lowered away the men IN
our boat started 10 row. ] looked back
the Titanic and could see the big
ship settling. She seemed already 70
be only half her former height; The
officer in charge OF our life boat
Kept urging the men o. the oars TO
row harder. Some OF the oarsmen
fell exhausted. Then We women took
turns. We must have been about j.
half smile from the Titanic when she
went under. There was q big wave
while the sea was calm elsewhere and
/ asked sailor what 4 was. He said
the Titanic has sunk, It was bitterly
cold. We half dressed women suffer
ed intensely till We we're picked up.
According to one OF the passen'
gers the Titanic struck the iceberg
at 1874 Saturday night and went
down at 2:2O Monday morning. The
Carpathia reached the scene at 4:4O.
She picked up nineteen life boats,
]. D. Thayer, OF Philadelphia, said
1.-The Titanic struck about midnight
IS near as | can guess. II rode upon
the ice, hesltated for a few seconds
and then slipped on with n tremeRd.
Gus crash and broke in the middle.
The manning OF the life boats imme'
diately began.
.SBruce Ismay manned one of the
boats as a sailor. But he had no, soon
err taken his seat at one of the oars
than he jumped. up again and, gave
his place to woman. Then lsmay
with an oar in his hand got into a
second life boat. About 20 minutes
afterward our life6oat pulled away,
Then the Titanic sunk
Mrs. John Jacob Aston came down
the gang plank with hating steps.
She seemed to be on the verge o.;
complete collapse and half a dozen
men rushed to her Asked for aSstatei
ment, she said: ic7 .Ntf'Geli
81 can't can't 1t was horBblet
am unspeakably III. All some one hell
me-"
Marguerite Hays, Of SS4 West SD
street, New York, said:
81 first came to my senses in one
of the life boats. My first realization
was Of holdIHg.fn my arms a year old
girl. don't know the name or tde1:
tity OF the child. She was almost max
ed. l kept her with me and will close
II guard my little ward given to me
by Providence"
Mrs GarnelIus B. Anderson. of Huds
son, N. Y, said: " ~
1.-THE ship struck with a 9terriblf
crash. ut dazed men, The ;nexttllln9
/ knew.was when found myself Ia
life boat about a mile away from
the Titanic. As looked back ! was
Mortified to see people jumping of
the big boat. The great vessel sank
lower and loweriand finally went down
with q great plunge. Ne felt the sea
rise up beneath us and were carried
yards away on the crest of the great
wave. We suffered terribly from the
cold and until the Carpathia rescued
u.s."
H. Stengel, of Newark, n. j., mad
ordered two automobiles to met HIM.
He had several hysterical survivors
in his care. %aait,
Il have no praise for any thing con-
nected with, the rescue Of the. Titanic
sdiryiyoOttss," he said, There were
iA6Ies u the life boais. have a clear
| RECOLLECTION that when The: life boais
lin Witch ] came Of was leaving the
ITltanlc a band was, playing aboard
the big ship. Is r,s
81 saw with my, own eyes two ollle
boats loaded with passengers go down
and | can only attribute this to lhe
condition of the boats" gs,S b
Mrs. A. A. Dick who was saved With
/ her husband said:
"There was the widest excitement
after the ship struck, The crew flr5;
ran to the rails to prevent any one
| from jumping overheard waS stand;
I ing near the first two boats that were
/ launched. At first few men strag'
eled 10 gain seats brt when they saw
| the women they Gained down and put
lis aboard the boats Their bravery
was wonderful. The lowering of our
boats into the sea was a terrible ex'
perience. The boats with the rescued
| passengers lay in the vicinity OF the
founding vessel for about an hour We
Ind hAen assured By the captain that