The Washington herald., 1912-04-19

;I;ss, today .t q the sT- VOC
the ship were accounted for, and I do
not believe over 500 persons have been
saved from the wreck"
DR.. Henry W. Frauenthal, 73 Lexing-
| ton Avenue. New York. also declared all
Of the women on board the Titanic were
/ thought to have been safely lowered to
the boats before the order for the men
to take to them came.
Panic Was Fearful.
when the ship first struck" he said,
none of US dreamed Of the danger We
faced. All who had been asleep after
the first rush into the cabinways and to
the decks returned to their cabins to
dress
But when the word came that We were
sinking and the lifeboats were ordered
over the side, the panic was fearful
From all sides came shrieks and groans
and cries. and It seemed as II all the
devils OF hell had been let loose
Just now am so thankful to be alive
that my appreciation Of the horror is
duIled. I am only afraid that when /
recover from the first shock 1t will all
come back to me again. and i would
rather have gone down with the boat, /
think. than have to live over again, even
in my Imagination. the last few minutes
OF that fearful night
81 would rather have stayed, too, than
know that women went down with the
Titanic. but 1 swear we thought every
woman on the ship had been placed
safely in the boats. It was women frst'
with all Of the men, and at last II seemed
as II the decks had been cleared or them
for not one was TO be seen save those
already lowered. Then the officers or
dered the men to leave the sinking ves-
sci, and We left for the boats. not know
ing. any one Of US, think, how many
Of orr fellow men we were leaving be-
hind as prey to death
Husband Perished.
Another of the survivors who would
have embraced death more happily than
safety was Mrs. A. o. Horveson, whose
husband, who was connected with the
Peabody Company, went down with the
Titanic.
With her husband Mrs. Horveson had
been In Buenos Ayres on a three months
pleasure and business trip. and return
ing by way Of England, had thought IL
would be great fun to help the Titanic
make her maiden trip
I'VE were so happy she cried with
tears streaming down her face. I'VE
had thought it such a lark to come back
home on the Titanic. But now; oh.
there is nothing, nothing left in this
world. l can't stand It," and broken
completely down she hid her face In her
hands and could say no mors-
oscar Johensen, Swede, of Detroit,
said:
Il was awakened in the steerage of
the Titanic by a grinding, tearing thump.
1 ran to the deck and reached the salon. |
and there found the band playing some
popular air.
The officers were assuring the people |
that there was no danger. They told |
me to go back into the steerage and tell |
the people who knew my tongue that |
the accident was nothing. / went back. |
An hour afterward the Titanic sank. |
jumped of and came to the surface |
OF the water beside a collapsible life |
boat. There was no one in IL. 1 hung |
to the boat for two hours and a half. |
and then I was picked up. The last |
thing saw was a man who had been |
pointed out to me as Maj Butt standing
on the forward deck. that was already
under water"
"Baby' Boy Survives.
Jane Smith, one of the English nurses
employed by J. w. Allison, of Ontario,
who brought Baby" Smith through the
Titanic disaster. came down the gang
plank with the nine-months-old baby
boy wrapped in her arms. He was all
that was left OF a family Of father,
mother. and two children. The other
child was a girl three years old Miss
Smith said:
1T was shortly before midnight when
went into the room where the baby
was sleeping to see II he was all right.
Il had jost gotten into the room when
felt slight. rasping shock. The ma
chinery suddenly stopped.
II ran to Mr.. Allison's stateroom near
BY, and awakened him and Mrs. Allison.
The three of US went on deck. At first
we saw nothing unusual Mr. Allison
made light of his wife's fears.
Tn a little while the engines were
started again. We thought that every
hing was all right. We went below. and
n a few minutes an officer came and
old US that the ship was sinking. I
grabbed up the baby and went on deck. ,
There l found a bedlam of confusion.
Fhe men were grabbing women and chill
lren and forcing them into the lifeboats.
they had to tear many women away
rom their husbands. / was suddenly
licked up and thrown into lifeboat. We
we're Immediately lowered and two men
owed us away from the ship.
1T must have been long after midnight {
hen, but we could still see the Titanic's {
ights. A long time after that We heard c
great sound as of a plunge of heavy I
'ody into water. and we knew then that n
he Titanic had sunk.
When day broke We could only see
mall black specks riding the waves at I
distance These were the other life :
oats. We later learned"