The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-21
The Titanic
(From The Fra)

Suddenly a silence comes-the en-
gines have stopped-the great iron
heart of the ship has ceased to beat.
Such a silence is always ominous to |
those who go down to the sea in
ships.
The engines have stopped"
Eyes peer; ears listen; startled
minds wait!
A half minute goes by.
Then the great ship groans, as her
keel CRATES and grinds. She reels,
rocks, struggles as IL to free herself
from titanic grasp, and as she
rights herself, people standing lose
their center of gravity.
Not a shock-only about the same
sensation that one feels when the
ferryboat slides into her landing-slip,
with somewhat hasty hand at the
wheel.
IN board the ferry we know what
has happened-here we do not.
IAN iceberg!" some one cries.
The word Is passed along
only an iceberg! Barely grated
it-side-swiped it-that is all! liza
hal"
The few on deck, and some of those
in cabins peering out Of portfolios, see
great white mass go gliding by.
- l. to- hac
ed the decks. Passengers pick up
specimens for souvenirs to carry
home" they laughingly say.
Five minutes pass-the engines
start again-but only for an instant.
Again the steam is shut off. Then
the siren-whistles cleave and saw the
frosty air.
Silence and the sirens! Alarm, but
no tumult-but why blow the whistles
when there is no fog!
The cold is piercing. Some who
have come up on deck return to their
cabins for wraps and overcoats.
The men laugh-and few nervous.
iy smoke.
1t is a cold, clear night of stars.
There is no moon. The sea is smooth
as a Summer pond.
The great towering iceberg that
doomed above the topmost mast has
done it's work, gone ONT disappeared,
piloted by it's partners, the darkness
and the night.
There was no iceberg-you only
imagined it," man declares.
Go back to bed-there is no dan
ger-this ship can not sink anyway
says the Managing Director Of tn
company.
In a lull of the screaming siren, &
hoarse voice is heard calling through
a megaphone from the bridge-"Mon
the llfeboats! Women and children
first!"
1T sounds just like a play says
Henry Harris to Major Butt.
Stewards and walters are giving
out life-preservers and showing pas,
sengers how to put them on.
There is laughter-a little hysteric
81 want my clothes made to order"
a woman protests. "An outrageous
fit Give me a mans size!"
The order of the Captain on the
bridge is repeated by other officers
Man the lifeboats! Women and
children first!"
ITS boat-drill-that's ALL" z
"A precautionary measure-wen be
going ahead soon," says George Wild
ener to his wife, in reasurring tones
as he holds her hand.
Women are loath to get into the
boats. Officers, not over-gently, seize
them, and half-lift and push them In.
Children, crying, and some half-asleep
are passed over into the boats.
Mother-arms reach out and take
the little ones. Percentage and own
ership are lost sight Of
Some boats are only half-filled, SO
slow are the women to believe that
rescue is necessary.
The boats are lowered, awkwardly,
for there has never been a boat-drlll,
and assignments are being made hap
hazard.
A sudden little tilt of the deck
hastens the proceeding. The bows OF
The ship are settling--there is very
Perceptible list to starboard.
An Englishman,, tired and blase
comes out of the smoking-room, ha".