The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

my spine, but 1t served as a temporary raft
 !" After the water had filled the for ward compartments the ones at the stern could not save her. They did delay the ships going down. If it wasn't for the compartments hardly anyone could have got away.
 " 'rhe water was too cold for me to swim and l was hardly more than 100 feet away when the ship went down. The suction was not what one would have l expected and only rocked the water around me- l was picked up after two | hours
 Situation Not Realized
 '"fo most of the passengers the mid night crash against the mountain did not seem of terrific force Many were so little disturbed by it that they hesitated to dress and put on life preservers, even when summoned by the laundering knocks and shouts of the stewards. Bridge play CTS in the smoking room kept on with their game.
 "Once on the deck many hesitated to enter the swinging llfeboats. The ab- l sence in tho first few moments of n- | tense excitement gave. them the feel- ing that there was only some slight mishap-tbat those who got into tho boats would have chilly half hour be- low and might later be laughed at.
 "rhe admiration felt by the passen- gers and crew for the matchlessly ap- pointed vessel was translated in those first few moments into a confidence which for some proved deadly. "R M Williams, a Philadelphia youth on his way home from England to take l the Harvard entrance examinations vas one of the few saloon passengers at ! the rail- excluded by the women first order from the boats, who was saved. His father. Duane Williams, was lost. There Is much and yet there Is lit tie to tell of my experience" said young Williams My father and I had about given up our hope for life and were l standing together resolved to jump to- gether and keep together. if we could. so long as either of us lived. l had on my fur coat.
 "The forward end, where we stood was sinking rapidly and before we could 1 jump together the water washed my father oyer. Then, with the explosions the ship seemed 10 break in two, and l the forward end bounded up again for m instant. I leaped, but with dozens l in the water between us, my father was lost to my sight"
 Swan Two Hours 1 1T swan and drifted nearly two hours before was pulled aboard the collapsible boat Later, with the abandonment or the raft, I was taken aboard boat. | Frederick Seward who sat next to W. l T Stead nt the Titanic's saloon table, told of the veteran English journalists plans | for his American visit. His immediate l purpose was to aid in the New York | campaign of the Mems and Religion For ward Movement
 MT Stead aked much of spritnalisnl l thought transference and the occult. said Seward He told a story of a mummy case in the British museum. which, he said. had had amazing adven- lures, but which punished with great oaamities any person who wrote its story. | He told of one person after another who. | he said. had come to grief after writing 1 the story, and added that. although he knew it, he would never write 1t. He did not say whether i'll luck attached to the mere telling of it,"
 l Captainn Rostrons rule that personal messages should take precedence of press messages was not relaxed even when | Thursday a message from Guleppe Mar | conf himself asked the reason why press l dispatches were not sent. The captain posted Marconfs message on the bulletin board and beside it bulletin stating no
 press messages, except bulletin to the | Associated Press. had been sent. The iui- l plication was that none would he sent and the most urgent and respectef' eT peals failed 10 change his determination,
 which. he seemed convinced. was in the
 best interests of the survivors and their l friends