Evening journal., 1912-04-20
MISS RUCC
STOOD EIGHT
HOURS In The
LIFE BOAT
Scarcely Room TO Move, She
Said -StewardsSSsS Bis
puiSed to Get IntO the
Departing Craft
PICKED UP TWENTY
MEN FROM A RAFT

Miss Emily Rugg yesterday aftar4
noon, at tho home Of her uncle, r. w.
Queripel, told in detail TO represen-
tatives OF the city newspapers the de-
tailed story Of her experiences in the
Titanic shipwreck. Miss Rugg Is am
attractive. keen-minded young woman.
Rosy-cheeked. bluc-eyed and blOndes
she looked more as II she had been
spending a pleasant week out yachting
than like young woman who had
stood for eight hours In benumhinE
cold i'm a life-boat in tho middle of tho
Atlantic ocean. not knowing whether
life or death was in store She was by
far the most self-possessed and least
excited person In the room. and her
interviowers looked at her in WONDER
ment. hardly able TO believe that they
were actually seeing one who had
taken part in one of the most thrilling
tragedies i'm the worlds history In all
her conversation Miss Rugg showed
the common sense and clcar-headed
Judgment that made her so courageous
n figure In the time of peril Il felt all
| through II that ! must keep my head"
/ she said
No Relatives With Her.
Miss Rugg said that the fact that
she had no relatives on board was
one thing that sustained her. She had
spent The journey in the company OF
party of eleven people, and said
that her acqnaintance on the shin
WINS chiefly confined to these friends,
, whom she had found after coming
, on board ship. Eight of the party were
from the Ise Of Guernsey. her own
place of residence, and there were
two young men besides who Joined
the party The three women members
were the only ones Of the eleven who
were saved. She roomcd with one OF
these. Miss Lillian Bentham. and
across from them, Mrs Lille Renauf,
the third woman. had her stateroom.
These three women managed 10 cling
together through the whole shipwreck-
The other two are now with relatives
in Elizabeth. New Jersey.
Mrs. Renauf al first refuesd 70 get
into the lifcboat, desiring 20 stay with
her husband Miss Rugg says. II
would not have loft Mrs. Renauf and
IL is probable an of us would have
been lost If Mrs Renauf had not
changed her mind
Miss Rugg said the men left on
the ship knew that Il meant death.
that there was no hope.
The journey had been pleasant until
Sunday night The day itself was un-
eveniful Miss Rugg said They had
attended divine service on board IN
the morning There was no sight
nor talk of icebergs during the day.
The night was clear and starlight
Nearly all the passengers in the ship
we're i'm their berths when the acci-
dent came though most OF them were
still awake
Heard Scraping Sound.
"l was awake" said Miss Rugg II
heard the rubbing and scraping along
the side of the ship and then 7 heard
a rushing sound, like water coming
in. That was what startled me-
Miss Rugs said she reused Miss
Bentham and said. 81 am going TO
throw my coat ON and go up on deck
and see if anything has happened
/ "Oh, nothing could have happened.
| II must be all right You'd better
lie down and go to sleep again" re-
| piled her staterOOm- mate Miss
/ Rugg still insisted she felt something
was wrong. "Well, turn tho light
out when you go out, said Miss
Bontham
Miss Rugg went up on deck, meet
! ing people in all stages of dress She
found the men az work on the iile-
boats and then she knew something
had happened. Then she heard that
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