Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-19
Stories THAT START
TEARS TOLD By MEN
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sea, the boat filled 10 standing room
3 with men and women In every con
celvablc condition Of dress and un
dress above the perfect sky of bril-
liant hue and with not cloud. al
tempered with bitter cold-a eur.
lous, deadening bitter cold unlik,
: anything we had felt before.
And then, with an these, there fell
on tho ear the most appalling noise
mat human being ever listened to
the cries Of hundreds Of our fellow
beings struggling In the icy cold
water crying for help with cry that
we knew could not be answered. We
longed to return and pick them up,
but this would have meant swamping
our boat and the loss OF lives OF all
Of us.
We tried 10 sing to keep the wom-
en- from hearing the cries and rowed
! nara TO get away from the scene of
. the wreck but ! think those sounds
viii be one Of the things the rescued
VIII find 1t difficult to cfrace from
| memory.
We kept a lookout for lights and
several times II was shouted that
steamers lights were seen. but they
| turned out to be either a light from
another boat or star low on the
horizon. About 3 a. m. we saw faint
| lights showing In the sky ana all re-
! Joiced to see what we expected to be
the coming dawn, but after watching
for half al, hour and seeing no change
in the intensity of the light, realized
IT was the northern lights.
Presently low down on the hori-
zon we saw double light. They
| proved to De the masthead and deck
Hsht below of a rcscuing steamer.
We swung around and headed for
/ hcr. The stecrsmau shouted: Now
boy sing, and for tIia first time the
boat broke into song with Row for
shore, Boys ana for the first time
tears came to the eyes Of us all as
we realized that safety was at hand.
The song was sung but il was a very
poor imitation OF the real thing. for
quaNerlng voices make poor songs. A
cheer was given and that was better
our rescuers showed up rapidly
she was now motionless and we had
TO row to her Just then day broke
AS we neared the Carpathia we saw
IN the dawning light what we thought
was fun rlgged schooner standing
up near her and partly behind, an
other with all sails set In another
1--WE minutes the light shone pink on
them and we saw they were icebergs
towering many feet in the air. huge.
glistening masses and peaked in
way that had easily suggested a
schooner. There were others wher-
ever the eye could reach. The steam
er we had to reach was surrounded
by them and we had to make a de-
tour to get to her. We rowed up TO
the Carpathia about 4:3O a. m, and
were hoisted or climbed up the ships
side with very grateful hearts"
The above account of the disaster
was given by l. Beasly, a Cambridge
University man who resides in Lon
don. Mr. Beasly was in the second
cabin and had not been mentioned in
the list Of the saved.
Startling Tales Told.
T.. Z. Taylor of Philadelphia, one of
the survivors, jumped into the sea just
lhree minutes before the boat sank.
lie told a graphic story as he came
from the Carpatha.
Il was eating when the boat struck
IN ttstHl. Il.
awful shock that made the boat trem-
bic from stem to stern did not real
l2e for sometime what had happened,
No one seemed to know the extent of
the accident. We were told that an
iceberg had been struck by the ship. [
felt the boat rise and II seemed to me
that she was riding over the ice.
ran out on deck and then | could see
ice. 1t was "A veritable sea of ice and
the boat was rocking over it. l should
say that parts of the iceberg were
eighty feet'hlgh. but it had been brol-
on into sections, probably by our
ship.
Il jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one of the boats.
never expected To see land again. |
waited on board the boat until the
lights went out 1t seemed to me
that the discipline on board was won-
dcrful."
Colonel Archibald Oracle. L. s. A.,
the last man saved. went down with
the vessel but was picked up. He was
met tonight 10y his daughter, who had
arrived from Washington and his son
in-law, Paul Z. Fabricius.
refused to Leave Husband.
Mrs. lsidor Straus he said went
To her death because she would not
desert her husband. Although he
pleaded with her to take her place In
the boat. she stoadfastly refused and
when the ship settled at the head. the
two were engulted 10y the wave that
swept over the wreck"
Colonel Oracle told OF how he was
driven to the topmost deck when the
ship settled. and was the sole survivor
after the wave that swept her Just be-
fore her final plunge had passed.
Il jumped with the wave" said he.
Just as ! often have jumped with the
breakers at the seaside. BY great
good fortune | managed To grasp tho
brass railing on the deck above and |
hung on 10y might and main. When