The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-24
TITANIC'S LIFE BOATS
ENTIRELY INADEQUATE
Life Rats Sufficient to Rescue Only
One In Three-Sad Tales
Of Survivors.

Wireless Station, Camperdown, N
S.-Messages altering through here in,
dicate that the passengers in the life
boats from the Titanic had thrilling
experiences:
Huge quantities of field ice covered
the ocean and the boat steerers had tc
guide their craft with the greatest
care
In some cases the ice was 80 heavy
that the boats could not force their
way through It and as a result many
Of them became widely separated.
Many OF the passengers in the life
boats were scantily clad, having been
hurried out Of their berths in the dead
OF night and ordered into the boats,
The transfer OF the passengers
from the steamer to the boats was at
tended by much excitement and pan.
lc."
New York,-So that, seemingly, was
the end OF the magnificent Titanic II
the worst is true men worth hundreds
Of millions of dollars met their fate
with her, priceless cargo was in her
capacious holds, a consignment of s5,'
100000 OF diamonds in her strong
rooms.
The news of the greatest ocean trag.
edy since newspapers existed really
vas filtered" sputtered intermit.
family by wireless telegraphy from the
Titanic and from the steamships Pari
sian, OF the Allan Line of Canada, the
steamship Vlrginian, of the same line
and the steamer Olympic, the Titanic's
little smaller, but older sister; the
three, all In the ice-ficked steamer
lane raced to the Titanic's aid in ans.
wer to her calls for help.
Jacques FutrelIe's Widow
Weeps on Pier
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, whose hus.
band, well-known writer, was drown
ed, was taken from the Carpathia
weeping and almost fainting. She was
supported by two friends. Her an.
guish affected the persons on the pier
probably more than any single Incl.
dent.
"Oh, what suffering" she almost
screamed, as she was led along the
pier. What terrible misery" She
was hurried to cab and taken away.
Early Couples Pushed Into Boats.
Her aunt, Mrs. Andrews, said
''ln the first boat many husbands
got away with their wives. The reason
for this was that at that time there
were not enough women on the deck
to fill the boats. The officers knew the
desperate need of the situation and
the urgency of getting the boats off
quickly, so they filled the boats with
those on the deck and got them away.
"Of the husbands who remained be-
hind after putting their wives in the
lifeboats only three were reunited.
I'VE were mile away from the IT.
tanic when there was great explo.
sion. 1t appeared to me as II the boil
ers had blown up and the Titanic had
been lifted up amidships and broken
in half This is the way it appeared
to me-
"The men In the lifeboats took off
their coats and gave them to the wo-
men, who were, for the most part,
scantily clothed. Fortunately, some
OF those rescued had brought blankets
with them from their staterooms when
they came up on deck.
| can. Ra,d W... rL.o,.,. A.-L,
THE most pathetic thing / heard
was that on one of the boats, a oollap-
sible lifeboat, holding sixteen to TWEEN,
ty persons, the party were up to their
knees in water for six hours, so that
one man had his legs frozen and eight
died.
THE eight were thrown overheard
to tighten the boat and to keep it from
being swamped.