Arizona republican., 1912-04-19

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 The voyage from Queenstown had been uneventful, as very fine weather prevailed. except the last day. when it turned very cold: too cold in fact to remain on deck. l had been in my berth about ten minutes Sunday night when I heard a slight jar, then another. Neither was sufficient to cause alarm even to any who might be timid. However, the engines stopped immediately and my first thought was we had lost propeller. Il went on the boat deck in a dressing came up to inquire the reason for stopping. There was no excitement. We saw, through the smoking room windows, a game of cards going on and went in to ask if they knew the cause of stopping. They said they had seen a huge iceberg go by the side of the boat. I thought we had just graZed it by a. glancinG blow and the engines had stopped so they could see if any damage was done. The game went on, and I retired to my cabin to read until the engines started again. I never saw any of the players again A few moments later, hearing people on deck, l went out and found they Wecr all asking the cause for stop ping. I instantly saw there was somewhat of q list from the stern to the bows and concluded some of the front compartments had filled ;rrJ,+ 1a ,sFa T went to my cabin again and put on warmer clothing and then heard the order shouted: All passengers on deck with life belts on Thinking this a precautionary measure. I placed mine on There was total absence. of panic or any expression ! of alarm.
 The ship at that time lay as if she were merely waiting for an order to go ahead after some triflng mis- l hap had been adjusted. But d mo- | mcnt later we saw the covers were | being removed from the lifeboats and | crews allotted to them making ready i for q launch. Then came the order: 1 All men stand away from the boats 1 all ladies go to the deck below" The men quickly stepped back to the end of the railing. or quietly paced | to and fro on the deck Then the boats swung out on deck A. and wheI they reached deck E, the women and children got in. There were some who refused to leave their husbands and they were torn away from then and placed in the boats. Tn a few cases. where the women refused tC
 enter the boats they were allowed tC
 stay on the ship. as no one was
 around to insist they take to the
 boats. Looking over the side I saw 1 several boats leave the deck aud sliI away in the darkness. Then nor, boats were lowered, and as one wa! lowered to the water an officer came
 up and haid: When you are afloat
 row around to the cOmpaniOnWa!
 and wait for orders Aye. aye sir
 came back, but the sailors did no
 obey the orders, as they instantl,
 saw the Titantic was sinking anC
 knew the lives of the women in thei
 charge were only safe if they go
 away quickly as possible, in orde
 that they might not bc drawn dowi
 when the great ship sunk.
 "Al this time there was no trac
 of disorder. Everyone seemed to real
 ize so slowly there was really immi
 netn danger When it was final, realized we all might be in a sea O cold water with nothing but life
 belts on for our protection, there wa
 still no panic. It is inconceivabl
 how completely self-controlled tn
 men were. One by one the boat
 were filled with women and childrel and quickly roWed away to safety Presently the word come: All mel
 will be put in the boats on the star board side We were then on tn.
 port side and several walked acros
 to see of the order were true. Thel came the call. Any more ladies here There were none. One officer ol
 deck E called up to me, Any mor
 ladies on your deck?' I replied No and he said, Then jump in It wa
 boat No. 13. As the boat began t,
 be lowered two women on deck I
 rushed up and jumped ten feet int
 the boat bottom. Then came q bab.
 of ten months. lowered down by as the crew called to the ropeme1
 to keep her level We landed square l
 and as we struck the water, tn,
 force of the exhaust pushed us away
 into the darkness. There were near.
 ly 70 in our boat. Then the swel
 slammed our boat up against tn,
 side of the steamer, and directly un-
 der boat Ii, filled with men, WomcI
 and children. It seemed for a mo-
 mcnt they would land squarely or
 top of us. as no one could be heard when we issued cry of warning
 But luckily one StO<cr on our boat by a hereulean effort. managed tC push us out with the aid of the eX- hauSt. and as boat IA dropped into the sea. it's gunWales scraped ours Then both boats got their oars work ing and we went away into the dark ness to safety. There was some con- fusion on our boat as to which way to go, but finally we elected the stoller, who was steering, as captain
 and obeyed his orders. He set tc
 work at once to get near the other boats and we all kept reasonably
 close to each other. In the morning when the rescue ship came all boats were in one neighborhOod."