The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25


stances Of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her Side.
or how Colonel Astor met his death,
she had no definite conception. She
recalled she thought, that In tho con.
fusion as she was about to be put into
one OF the boats tho colonel was
standing by her side
After that. az MIR. Biddle recounted
her narrative, she had no clear recol.
lection OF the happenings until the
boats were we'll clear Of the sinking
steamer,
Mrs. Astor. II appears. left In one
Of the last boats which got away from
the ship. Il was her belief that all
the women who wished to 60 had then
been taken OF. Her impression was
that the boat she left In had room for
at least fifteen more persons. '
Clear and etarlit
Mrs. Edgar J. Meyer of New York
| said:
1T was a clear and starlit night.
When the ship struck we were In
our cabin. My husband went out on
the deck to sec what was the trouble.
lie came back and said we had hit an
iceberg. but that II did not amount
to much. said was nervous. We
went on deck for walk. More peo-
pie said the accident was Of no i'm.
portance. II would only delay our ar.
rival.
81 was afraid and made my husband
| promise II there was trouble he would
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck a while. An ohicer
came up and cried: All women into
| the lifcboats.'
MY husband and I discussed It and
the officer said: You must obey or.
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
I'VE went down into the cabin and
We decided, on account OF our baby. to
part. lie helped mo put on warm
things. got into a boat. but there
were no sailors aboard. We called to
tho ship that there were no men In
the boat. They sent sailor down.
IAN English girl and I rowed four
hours and q half. Then We were
picked up at six o'clock in the morn.
ing. We were well away from the
steamer when II went down. but We
heard the screams of the people left
on the boat.
There were about seventy widows
on the Carpathia and all were won.
derfully brave. The captain Of the
they could for us. Mrs. Harris says
my husband and Mr.. Harris and Mr..
Douglas lowered the last boatload full
OF women. All three were perfectly
calm.
Fights to Save wife.
Mrs. Daniel w. Marvin Of this city.
who was on honeymoon trip with her
husband. was almost prostrated wh,n
she reached the dock and learned her
husband had not been picked up by
some other boat.
my God, don't ask me too much"
she said: tell me. have you any news
from Dan? He grabbed mo In his
arms and knocked down men to get
me into the boat As I was put in the
boat he cried:
"It's all right. little girl: you go
and I will stay while. I'll put on o
life preserver and Jump OF and follow
vOur boat
"As our boat showed of he threw
kiss at me. and that Is the last I
saw Of him."
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Allison OF Mon.
treal and their daughter were drowned.
their .months.old baby. a boy, and
his nurse were saved. Mrs. Allison
was just about to jump into a lifeboat
where the nurse and baby were when
she discovered her husband was not
with her. She went back to look for
him and did not return.
Green Lantern Saves Many.
Henry Stengel of Newark said It
was only tho forethought Of member
OF the boat crew who was Quick-wit.
ted enough to snatch up three green
lights that saved q number OF the
lives of those adrift in the tiny life
boat.
"Thess green lights" he said
shining through the darkness en-
abled the other boats crews to keep
close together in the ice iilled wa
ters."
Mr.. Stengel put his wife in . boat
and then followed. He said that early
the next morning, shortly after they
had been picked up. they saw floating
far away a gigantic iceberg. with two
peaks shining In the morning sun
This was the berg that sent the tt
tanic to the bottom. he thought.
Jumped Into Sea; Picked UP.
e. z. Taylor OF Philadelphia. one ol
the survivors. Jumped into the sea just
three minutes before tho boat sank
He told graphic story as he came
from the Carpathia.
II was eating when the boat struck
the iceberg" he said. There was an
awful shock that made the boat trem
BILE from stem to stern. did not rea
lie for some time what had hap
pened. No one seemed to know the
extent Of the accident. We were told
that an iceberg had been struck BY