The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-05-03
'LONDONER TELLS OF
TiTANIC'S SINKING
Graphic Account Of Being
Aroused and Placed in the
Life Boat.
LINER STOOD ON IT'S END
Slowly Listing to One Side, Titanic
Turned On End Before Taking
the Final Plunge Into
the Sea.
LINER STOOD ON IT'S END

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account Of the accident was given by
/. Bosley. a Cambridge university man
who resides in Londo He was In n
second cabin and had not been men,
toned In the list of the saved:
The voyage from Queenstown had
been quite ~uneventfui. very fine wealth
er was experienced and the sea was
quite calm. The wind had been west
eriy to southerly the whole way, but
very cold, particularly the last day.
In fact, after dinner on Sunday eve
ming it was almost too cold to be out
On deck at all.
II had been in my berth for about
10 minutes when. at o 11:15 p. M,
I felt a slight jar, n then soon after
q second one, but not sufficiently large
to cause any anxiety to anyone. how
ever W they may have been.
However, the engines stopped imme-
diateiy afterward, and my first thought
vas, she has lost a propeller l went
up on the top boat deck in a dressing
gown, and found only a rev people
there, who had come up similarly TO
inquire why we had stopped, but there
was no sort of anxiety in the minds Of
anyone. We saw through the smoking
room window a game of cards going
ON. and went in to inquire II they knew
anything. 1t seems they felt more OF
the jar and. looking through the VIM
QOWs EdQ SCEu a AuSC lCOCh 81 ny
close to the side of the boat. They
thought we had just grazed it with a
glancing blow and the engines had
been stopped to see IL any damage had
been done. No one, of course, had, any
conception that she had been pierced
below by part OF the submerged ice
berg. The game went on without any
thought of disaster. and / retired to
my cabin to read until We went on
again. ! never saw any of the players
or the oniookers again.
Nose Dips Water.
"A little later. hearing people going
upstairs, went out again and found
everyone wanting to n why the en-
had stopped. No doubt many
We're awakened from sleep by the sud-
den stopping OF a vibration to which
they had become accustomed during
the four days we had been on board.
as the Titanic carried. the vibration
was very noticeable all the time and
the sudden stopping had the same ef-
feet as the stopping OF a loud ticking
grandfather's clock in q room.
On going on deck again / saw there
was an undoubted list downwards
from stern to bows. but knowing moth
ing of what had happened, concluded
some OF the front compartments had
filed and weighed her down. I went
down again to put on warmer clothes
end as I dressed heard an order
li aieI bsst. on on p%sss's
- - =. 80.
~ 49, -
" all walked slowly up VIII tneH
tied on, Y even then Ills
was q wise precauttOn the captain was
taxing 2 tnat We snoui1 IesuFr IL Z
short time ana reslre ~ ~. rns.s
expressions Of alarm. p suppose
tbs can be accounted lor ~ g 81
ceedlngiy calm night ana tne Ausenct
OF any sign OF the Ine sniI
was abosiuteiy stili ana e4cepk ~ !
gentle tilt d0wnwaru, wn,Gn : 0on
think a person 10 ~ wouIa nave no
ttced ~ NAT time. n0 Sill q the w
prcachinx disaster We're vlnsD 0 cn'
lay lust - 4 she were waiIlne & q
der to go on again wnen some tr1ninl
matter 9 been aoJnsssd. nns y !
lev moments We seM g c0ver1 Lttoe
from a pOafs ana the cIews .ll0ktes
90 them. standing ~ g cutIln1 u
the ropes which were g 49, tnen
Inv fHo nNNH0W 0l0CKD INTO tU0 WAFER.