The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-19
Deck by Deck, Miss Bonnell, Of
Youngstown, Watched
Ship Disappear
SPENDS ACCOUNTING NIGHT
IN SMALL LIFEBOAT
Carpathia's Searchlight Is Seen
After She and Others Spent
Eight Hours in Bitter Cold

That The Times system Of collecting asys
and pictures through me United Prsss Assoeia-
tons and Newspaper Eaterpy1se 4ssociaffon q
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Miss BoHneH. OF f0unOstoaOn, o.. a Survivor az
he steamship Titanic. Dho reached Neu York
on The CtuDathio and her picture ichfch appears
here,cfh.
BY MSS CAROLINE BONNELL.
Written for the United Press and De-
troit Times. Copyrighted fDIx
NEW YORK, April 19--''Well, thank
goodness, Nathalie, We are going to
see our iceberg at last.
That-that single, foolish little
sentence-was the one thing, OF all
things, that said to my cousin as the
great, beautiful Titanic was shivering
beneath her death blow.
And yet II was the most natural re-
mark in the world for me TO make
that Sunday midnight at the very
minute when the hand of death began
pulling down its terrible cargo or
souls. For, though the world has not
come to realize II, that was hidden
hand, hand so hidden that none Of
US suspected, for an instant, how
strong and how cruel II was until, less
than two hours afterward, IL gave a
quick, final Jerk and the Titan Of
vessels sank beneath the swelis.
Ny cousin, Nathalie Wick, and
were lying In our berths half asleep
when the blow came. II was terrific.
For a second the whole boat just
stood stock still in its swift tracks
and then i gave great shiver al
through. &c..
! After that. everything was death
quiet for a minute.
! Then
"Oh she's hit an iceberg came
ringing through the window in wo-.
mans shrill voice
For ten minutes after the blow.
Nathalie and | lay in bed and discuss
ed~ whether or not we would get up TO
/ view the berg Nathalie was pretty
sleepy, but | had been MP TO get a
drink of water and was wide awake
enough for anything. Finally We de-
cided TO go up" as we had been watt
! ing TO see an iceberg all the way over
but had been told that il was probably
too late In the season.
We just slipped on our shoes and
stockings and put on some heavy out
side wraps and went up When we
got out onto the deck, everything was
as calm as an August afternoon. The
sea was as smooth as glass: there
wasn't berg nor an Ice foe In sight
and the sky was just thick with stars.
| never saw so many stars in the
heavens In my life as there was that
night. The water itself glittered blue
with their glow.
! We had just decided to go back to
bed when an officer came up to us and
TO another group of people who had
gotten up TO find out what was the
matter.
Go below and put ON your life
belts, he said You may need them
later"
We. went down at once and told my
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs George
Wick. what We had been told Uncle
George just laughed at us. Why,
that's nonsense. girls" he said This
boat is all right She's going along
finely She just got a glancing blow,
| guess
That's the way everyone seemed 10
think and We went into our stateroom.
but in a minute or so an officer knock
ed at the door and told us TO go up on
the "A" deck. lie said there was real
ly no danger, that it was just a pre-
lcautionary measure. We got few
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