The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-19
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Ne. SIR replied tho osacsr. not /.
mon shall 60 on a boat until the wo-
men are all off, Tho colonel then in
CURED the number of the boat which
was being lowered away, and turned
70 the work Of clearing the other
poats and In reaesurins the brighten
ed and nervous women.
BY thi0 time the ship began to his.
1rightfully to port. This became SO
dangerous that the second officer ord
cred every one to rush to sturboard
This we did and wo found the Drew
trying to get a boat or In that quar-
ter. Here I saw the last OF John B.
Thayer, second vice president Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and George q,
"idener. a cnpitalist of ladelphia."
Speed Never slowed Down.
colonel Oracle said that despite the
warnings of icebergs. no slowing down
OF speed was ordered by tho command
er of the Titanic There were other
warnings. too. he said. In the TWEEN
ty-four hours run ending the 18th
he said. tho ships run was54s miles
and we were told that the next TWEEN
ty-four hours would see even better
record posted. No d!mmution of speed
was indicated In the run. and the en-
gmes kept up their steady running
When Sunday evening we oil noticed
the increased cold, which gave plain
warning that the ship was in close
proximity 10 icehergs or ice fields.
The officers, l am credibly inform
ed had been advised by wireless from
other ships of the presence OF ice
bergs and dangerous foes in that
vicinity. The sea was as smooth as
glass. and the weather clear, SO that
II seems that there was no occasion
for fear.
When the vessel struck" he con
unued. the passengers were So little
alarmed that they joked over the
matter. The few that were on deck
early had taken their time to dress
properly. and there was not the
slightest indication OF panic Some
OF the fragments Of Ice had fallen on
the deck. and these were pick ed up
and passed around by some of the
facetious ones. VINO offered them as
mementos of the occasion. On the
port side glance over the side fall
cd TO show any evidence of damage
and the vessel seemed to be on an
oven keel. James Clinch Smith and ],
however, soon found the vessel was
listing heavily y few minutes later
the officers ordered men and women
TO don life-prcservers.'
Miss Evans Refused 10 be Rescued,
One of the last women scetl by
Colonel Oracle, no said. was Miss
Evans, OF New York. who virtually
refused 10 be rescued, because. ac-
cording TO tho army officers, "she had
been told by fortune teller In
l. ndon that she would meet her
death on the water"
young Englishwoman, who re-
quested that her name be omitted. told
thrilling story Of her experiences In
one Of the collapsible boats which had
been manned by eight If the crew. The
boat was in command of the NTH ofii-
Ger, H. Low. whose actions She de-
scribed as saving the lives of many
people. Before the lifeboat was
launched he PASSED along the port deck
Oh the steamer commanding the people
not 10 jump Into the boats and other
wise restraining them from swapping
the craft When the collapslble vas
ihdhched Officer Lowe succeeded IN
putting up mast and small sail n:
collected the other boats together. In
some cases tho boats were short OF
adequate crews. and he directed nm eX
chanSe by which each was adequately
manned H. threw lines connecting
the boats together two by two. and all
mus moved together. Later on he
went back TO The wreck with the crew
OIL one OF the boats and succeed I'd In
picking up some OF those who had
- - '''aah anu Nct
Z about, On his way back 10 the Carpa-
tina he passed one of the collapsjbIe
boalS' which wss On ths point of sink
ing. Win thirty persons aboard. most
OF them In scant night clothing. They
We're rescued lust in the nick OF time.
Inc Ti'H0ic's four rescued officers
were placed aboard the ltrd Star FINER
i'apiand Tor the night. They refused
| 10 talk, saying they were under in
I situations 10 give no information OK
ccpi I" The senate committee.