St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-04-20
RIDING OVER TIE ICE.
Great Vessel Remained i'm Upright

Position for Five Minutes.
New York, April 18.-E. z. Taylor.
of Philadelphia, one Of the Survivors.
jumped into the sea just three min
utes teTore the boat sank. He told
IA graphic story as he came from tie
Carpathia.
Il was eating when the boat struck
the iceberg" he said. There was
an awful shock that made the boat
tremble from stern to stem. l did
not lealize for some time what hal
happened. No one seemed to know
the extent of the accident. We were
told that an iceberg had been struck
by the ship. l felt the bow rise, and
it seemed to me that she was~riding
over the ice. l ran out on deck, and
then could see ice. It was a veri-
table sea of ice, and the bow was
rocking over it. I should say that
parts of the iceberg were s feet high,
but it had been broken into sections,
probably by our ship.
Down we went, and presently
foated with our ropes still holding us
the exhaust washing us away from
the side OF the vessel and the swell
of the sea urging us back against
the side again. The resultant effect
If all these forces was an impetus
which carried us parallel to the ships
side and directly under boat IA,
which had filled rapidly with mea
and was coming down on us in a
way that threatened to submerge us
Stop lowering IA the cry was
shouted, and the crew of No. IA, now
only 20 feet above, shouted the same
But the distance to the top was some
IS feet, and the creaking pulleys
must have deadened all sound t.
those above, for down she came
Il feet, 10 feet, 5 feet, and stoker
and reached up and touched her
swinging above our heads. The next
drop would have brought her on
cur heads. but just before she drop
ped another stoker sprang ID tie
ropes with his knife.
:" One ] heard him say, two, as
his knife cut through the pullor
ropes, and the next moment the *.
naIst Sill cam had carried us clear
while boat 4 dropped into the waite.
into he space we had the moment
before occupied, our gunwales a.
most touching.
I'VE or:fted away easily rs the
oars were got out, and headed di-
rectly away from the ship. The crew
seemed to me to be mostly cooks in
white jackets, two to an oar, with
a stoker at the tiller. Finally IL
was decided to elect the stoker, who
was steering, captain, and for all to
obey his orders. He set to work at
once to get into touch with the other
boats, calling to them and getting
as close as seemed wise, so that when
the searching boats came in the
morning to look for us there would
De more chance for all to be rescued
by keeping together.
1T was now about / a. M, beau
tiful starlight night. with no moon.
and not so very light. The sea was
as calm as pond, just q gentle
neaVe as the boat dipped up and
1oWn IN the swell; an ideal night
TOT any one to be out in the middle
boat.
THE captain-stoker told us that he
nad been at sea twenty-six years and t
lad never yet seen such a calm night /
n the Atlantic. AS we rowed away
rom the Titanic we looked back
rom time to time to watch her. and
ore striking spectacle it was not
possible for any one to see.
IN the distance she looked
enormous length, her great hulk out
med in black against the starry sky =
very portfolio. and saloon blaine
With light. 1t was impossible r.