Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-25

narratives so long ana numerous that
many are yet untold. The surviving
passengers are unanimous that the Gun.
believeable" happened.
The voyage had been pleasant and
was being made on the largest vessel
that ever sailed and for the keen inter
est which the passengers took in the
daily bulletins of the speed. The I'll
ianic had been making good time and
all accounts agree that on the night OF
the disaster she was apparently going
at her usual rate of from 21 to rs knots
an hour.
Quartermaster Moody, who was at the
helm, said the ship was making 21 knots
and that the officers were under orders
to keep up speed in the hope of max
ing record passage. These orders
were being carried out in the face of
the knowledge that the steamer was
in the vicinity of great icebergs sweep
ing down from the north.
That very afternoon, according to
the record of the photographic office,
the Titanic had reayed to shore wire
less warning from the steamer Amerika
that an unusual field Of pack ice and
icebergs menaced navigation off the
banks.
But it was a clear and starry
night all the survivors declared, and
the great water sped through the quiet
seas with officers confident that even
though an iceberg should be seen, the
Yessel could be controlled in ample time
and the passengers rested in full con-
fidence that their temporary quarters in
the largest and most magnificent YES
sci ever constructed were as safe as
at their own firesides.
This confidence is emphasized in the
stories of nearly all the survivors that
when the crash came there was prac-
tically no excitement. Many who felt
anxious enough to do on deck to inquire
what had happened were but little per.
turbed when they learned that the
ship chad only struck an iceberg"
1t appeared to be glancing blow
and at first there was no indication Of
a serious accident. A group of men at
cards in the smoking room sent one OF
their number to look out Of the window
and when he came back with the an.
nouncement that the boat had grazed
an iceberg, the party went on with the
game, but it was never finished. The
stoppage Of the engines was noticed
more than the collision, the effect being
as one survivor put it, like the stopping
of loud ticking clock.
The over-confdent passengers were
not brought to the slightest realization
that the collision might mean serious
danger until the call ran through the
ship, call passengers on deck and with
life belts on.''
Captain Smith, it is said, was moi
on the bridge when the collision oc
Cured, but when hurredly summoned
by his first officer, he took charge OF
what seemed a hopeless situation in q
manner which the passengers praise a.
calm, resolute and efficient to the last
Survivors of the sinking liner told
of hearing "Nearer, My God to Thee
played as the liner sank and some Of
those in the lifeboats blended thei,
voices in the melody. Suddenly there
was mighty roar and the ship, already
half submerged, was seen. to buckle and
apparently break in two by the force OF
an explosion caused when the water
reached the boilers. The bow poised
almost vertically in the air, when sud
denly it plunged out of sight.
With the last hope Of seeing theil
loved ones alive, many Of the women in
the lifeboats seemed to be Indifferent
whether they were saved or not. They
were nearly 1000 miles from land and
had no knowledge that a ship of succol
was Speeding toward them. With nc
provisions. or water there seemed PC
hope of surviving the bitter cold
There were 16 boats in the forlorn pro.
cession which entered upon the terrible
hours of suspense.
The shock of learning that their lives
were in peril was hardly greater than
the relief, when at dawn large steam
er's smokestack was seen on the hori.
''t INV o"SOA OyOS SWIM MAUI OuC tudI
the vessel was making for the scene.
The rescue ship proved to be the
Carpathia, which had received the I'll.
tanic s distress signals. BY o'clock
in the morning all the Titanic's IS
boats had been picked up and their
chilled and hungry occupants welcomed
over the Carpathia's side.
The Carpathia 3 passengers, who were
bound for Mediterranean cruise,
showed every consideration for the
striclseA and many gave up their cabins
in Ct that they might be made COM
Portable. The rescued were in all con-
iitfons of dress and undress and the
women on the Carpathia We'd with one
another in supplying missing garments.
On the four days. cruise back to
New York many who had realized that
heir experiences would be waited by
IN anxious world, put their stories to
paper while their nerves were still at
tension from the disaster.
Carpsthia Resumes Journey.
Less than "a hours after the Cunard
line steamer Carpathia came in as