Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-04-24


steamer Carpathia came to her dock at |
her pier in New York bearing the sur
VlVors OF the passengers and crew of
the lost Titanic. Of these there were
but pitiful 662 left, or less than one
third OF those aboard the worlds great
est 'unsinkable' floating palace. Many
Of the survivors were i'll, some of them
dangerously so, others were in state
of nervous collapse from the shock,
and still others were reported on the
verge of insanity. Among them were
newly made widows, while many. per-
haps majority, had been torn from
loved ones in the last black hour be-
fore the gigantic liner had gone down.
Mrs. Candies Graphic Story.
Mrs. Churchill Candee of Washing
ton gave the following account of the
disaster:
Il retired to my cabin shortly after
II and had barely entered it when
there were two terrific shocks, one i'm
mediately following the other. l was
thrown to the floor and as soon as pos
There I met some passengers and went
up to the main deck. AS we were pass
ing through the saloon a passenger ran
through with cake of ice and called
out, 1ce--ice from the iCeberg.'' There
was absolutely no excitement. and the
matter was rot regarded seriously. al.
though steam was escaping from one
of the smokestacks, the others appar-
emily being silent
1.-THE night was clear and cold and it
| seemed incredible that anything seri-
GUS had happened. However, the or
! der soon came to go down and put Oh
heavy wraps and life preservers and
| that the entire bottom had dropped
out Of the ship and the fires of at
! least three of the boilers had dropped
into the ocean. The order soon came
! to take to the lifeboats. / was in one
of the first that was lowered. There
was no disorder or confusion, and all
of the women and children passengers
in the first, second and third cabin
were treated alike.
'"The order was Immediately given
| to launch the boats. and both on the
port and starbOard sides the orders
were carried out in an admirable man.
Eer. Only one cOllapsibe boat was
broken, but otherwise all the other
i lifeboats were safely launched. By
the time the last boat cleared the ship
she had sunk to the level Of the second
deck. Only two hours had elapsed.
"She was settling fast at this time
+ bow down. At the last she was poised
for about thirty seconds with her stern
clear of the water. then slipped gradu-
ally into oblivion. There was no sue
ton whatever when she went down,
although there were horrible sounds of
explosions. cries, etc. Up to this time
the action of the men had been very
courageous.
Last Seen of Colonel Astor.
Colonel Astor was last seen stand
ing on the top deck. All women and
children were taken off except those
who refused to leave. Mrs. IsidOl
Straus refused to leave her husband
and went down.
1.-THE scenes after the boat went
down were terrific. The people in the
water struggled and fought. Many
/ were picked up by the boats, although
the boat l was in did not pick up any
The captain was seen hanging to
3 raft for some minutes and then slipped
3 off.
1.-THE next morning we found W.
were in an ice field that they say wa
I from fifty to a hundred miles il
length. The iceberg we ran into wa
: clearly to be seen. 1t had two eno1
: nous peaks. and it appeared to be yer,
: huge. The quartermaster, who was o.
the bridge at the time of the acciden
and who was at the helm of our life
boat. said they were making full speed
and, although the night was clear, the
had absolutely no idea Of any danger
+ The first they knew of the proximit
If the iceberg was when the cras
came. They were under orders t
o make $40 knots. Early the next morn
g Ing we were taken up by the Carps
- thia."
,, Saw No Evidence Of Cowardics.
"The crash came at II no." said on
woman. 1.-THE lights of the Titani
70 went out at 2:2O o'clock. l saw no ev
. Eences of cowardice."
h "Women and children, frightened b
Ie the prospect of being set adrift upo
1t the dark and ice strewn ocean. refuse
u to enter the lifeboats.' said another {
ID the rescued passengers. "Some of th
boats were launched with only fftee
or twenty on board them, although the
could have held seventy-fve."
II Passengers Shot by Officers.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Dodge (
San francisco declared that some