Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
The Lost Titantic
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GledfldS thc OtAcI DOdtS anu rac- surfing the frightened and nervous women.'
 Col. Astor Joined MT. and Mrs. straus.
 John Jacob Astor escorted his wife to one of the lifeboats, kissed her quietly and then went up to deck B and joined MT and Mrs. Isador Straus," said Robert w Daniel. of Philadelphia T was almost alongside of them, but not close enough to dis tinguish anything they said to each other. When the water reached deck B, l jumped into the sea Neither Colonel Astor nor MT and Mrs. Stcaus made any effort to save themselves. They seemed to realize that t was hopeless. l am convinced that Col onel Astor could have saved himself had he jumped into the water.
 None of us were worried after the crash. Many of the passengers, my self included, went to bed. I did not rise from my bed until I heard the sound of pistol s5ots. Then I pulled on bathrobe and went out on deck. Some of the officers nearest me were shooting into the air~-for the purpose. l suppose, of awakening all the pas sengers who had retired. l did not once catch sight of the feet erg which had ripped our portside from stern to stern"
 ''Astor was courageous" said Mir. and Mrs Dodge, of Philadelphia, be- fore leaving for home. He assisted Captain Smith and Major Archibald Butt in allaying the panic and in as- slsting the women and children into the boats. Major Butt was calm and collected throughout everything"
 In Bed When the Crash Came.
 Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit. Mich, in an interview said:
 'I was the first woman in the first boat. was in the boat four hours be- fore being picked up by the Carpathia. was in bed at the time the crash came, got up and dressed and went back to bed, being assured that there was no danger. There were very few passengers on deck when I reached there, after I decided that it would be better to investigate the matter of the crash more fully.
 There was little or no panic The behavior of the crew of the Titanic was perfect. My husband was also saved, thank God!"
 Mrs. Astor In Lifeboat Four Hours.
 Mrs John Jacob Astor was in a life boat for four and a half hours before she was picked up by the Carpathia, according to E. l. Talyor who was say ed in the same boat He would not, however, tell of how she stood the awful ordeal.
 Like all the others, he spoke of the lack of comprehension among the pas sengers, after the accident, that there was the least danger. The iceberg which wrecked the Titanic he estimat- ed at eighty feet high, and he describ- ed the impact as a sort of grinding, glancing blow, which tore away the ships bottom.
 Asked as to how some of the men managed to get into the lifeboats. be replied:
 Just because I happened to be on
 
 none of the men were to get in, as the women must be looked after first. Then they said some of the men might be taken, and I happened to be there. That's all there was to it."
 It appeared from what MT. Taylor said that at the time he left the Titan ic there was difficulty in filling all the boats, as the danger had not yet been fully realized by the passengers. so that the officers, in order to get the boats away quickly, called on the near est men to fill the places which there were not any women near enough to occupy.
 ismsy Got Into First Llfeboat Wom-
 an and Stoker Insist.
 William Jones, stoker on the IT tanic. who was one of the crew of three that manned lifeboat No. 6, gave a story of the wreck from the mo- ment that the Titanic struck the ice berg. He insisted Ismay went into the first lifeboat.
 q am certain I saw Ismay leave by the first boat that went over the side, Jones said We all knew at the time that she was a goner. The first boat of was in charge of the second officer and Ismay went with him. Of the 300 members of the crew that were in the quarters forward but forty-seven that l know of managed to get away. They were crushed when she struck. The same death came to the first caDln passengers that were quartered TOT ward"
 Mrs. Julian Smith of West Nir- ginia, who lost her husband, was bit ter in her denunciation of Ismay.
 q saw Ismay leave in the hrst boat" she said, "and I thought then it was done probably because he was H. But l learned afterward that ne was in perfect health and had been banqueting with the captain when the crash came. When we were tax en off on the Carpathia he was put Tn the best stateroom, in infinitely more comfort than the twenty-six widows aboard. He kept in seclusion for the greater part of the time. On his door was a sign that read: Please don't knock"
 pr. Frauenthal's Narrative.
 Dr. Henry J. Frauenthal, the well known New York physician, one oi the survivors of the Titanic, gave the following account of the catastrophe;
 The boat struck the iceberg at ll,4 D. m. I was in bed and asleep ana did not hear the crash My room was on the other side of the boat from the iceberg side. I did not know any thing until my brother, who was read