Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-04-25

themselves. some Of these women.
working Ct the oars. could be heard
shFieking the names Of their hus-
bands" continued stengeI
Sea Was Calm
Mrs. Andrews Of Hudson, y. T.,
SAID the crash came at 1885 and they
got on in the, boats at 1875. The n
tanic sank about a. m. She got on
BOARD the Carpathia at $3.50 a. m.
The sea was very calm. but became
rough after that hour.
we AID net see the carpathia until
daylight and we did not know, whether
we we're 10 be rescued or not Many
OF the women are insane"
Mrs. Andrews wore only her night
dress and she said that the agony OF
ak hours at sea In ,Ie boat, not know
ing whether,they would be saved, was
beyond her power OF description.
Miss. Bonnell of Youngstown. o.,
said that the steamer was booming
along at the usual rate OF speed when
the wreck occurred. She dictated the
following statement to the United
Press:
shortly before midnight Sunday
night the Titanic was plowing through
the Ice fields at about its usual rate Of
speed. A large proportion OF Its pas
sengers were asleep.
CAS- near as can tell, about 1880,
the bottom Of Its bow drove into q
large iceberg. Many OF the lower
plates OF the hull were torn asunder.
"The water rushed in and the boat
Immediately began to sink by the bow.
The men certainly showed splen-
did heroism. There was no panic
among the steerage or second class
Messengers, but the men among the
Arst cabln passengers few Into q rage.
T heard several shots fred and ]
was informed that the manager OF the
boat had hred them at men VINO
crowded women out of the lifeboats.
Ismay sunped Into Boat
e 2. Taylor OF Philadelphia. one Of
toe Titanic survivors, said through
the United Press that ]. Bruce lsmay,
chairman of the white Star line board
iumped into the third lifeboat that
was to be launched.
He gave up his seat in this boat tc
a woman with a baby. Ismay tnen
Iumped in the next boat to Dc
launched, saying he was going to man
and have charge of that boat.
A passenger on the Carpathia made
the following statement:
81 was awakened at about 1890 al
night by a commotion on the decks
which seemed unusual, but there Was
no excitement.
az went to the deck. The Carpathia
had changed her course. LiteDoats
were sighted ard began to arrive-ano
soon, one by one, they drew up to oui
side.
"There were 16 in all and the trans
ferrirg of the passengers was most
pitiable. The adults were assisted IN
climbing the rope ladders by ropes
adjusted TO their waists.
The little children and babies were
hoisted to the deck in bags. Some OF
the boats we're crowded. few were
not half full. This could not under
stand. Some people were in full even.
ing dress. others were in their nign'
clothes and were wrapped in blankets,
"Those with immigrants in all sorts
Of shapes were hurried into the saloon
for hot breakfast. They had been In
the omen boats for four and five hours
in the most biting air ] ever exper-
fenced. ~
"There were husbands without
wives. wives without husbands. par
ents without children and children
without parents. But there was no
demonstration. No sobs-scarcely
word spoken. They seemed to b.
| stunned.
Immediately after breakfast divine
services was held in the saloon. One
woman d,ed in the lifeboat. three 9TH
ers dIed soon arter reaching our
deck"
officer Killed Himself
Ouartermaster Moody of the Titanic
J said that First OfFicer Wilde Of the
( Titanic. who was on the bridge when
! the vessel struck the berg, killed him
self.
| He said that Wilde drew his revol-
yer and shot himself as soon as he
realized that the ship had struck.
"We were running fully % knots an
hour" said Moody, when we hit, We
encountered sudden haze, probably
! coming from the great iceberg, and
we could hardly have been more than
| one or two lengths into 1t when we
J hit. We struck the 'growler' first
and the Titanic simply went over II
and broke her back. There was no
chance for the compartment doors to
close"
Charles w. Daniels of Philadelphia
.said:N
Q "The men behaved bravely. Maj.
A.