The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-19

Members of the crew discredit all
reports of suicide and say Captain
Smith remained on the bridge until
Just before the ship sank. leaping
only after those on the deck had
been washed away. 1t IL also related
that when a cook later sought to
pull him aboard a lifeboat, he ex
claimed: Let me CO." and jerking
away. went down.
What became of the men with life
preserNcrs is question asked since
the disaster by many persons TT..
preseiyers did their work OF support
Ing their wenrers in the water un..l
the ship Went down. Many OF those
Drawn into t!.c vortex, uespitc tile
bfeScryers. Gid not come Ip again.
Dead bodies 1oaerd on the surface as
the last boat showed away
TO relate that the ships string
nd gathered into the saloon, near
ne END and played Nearer. My God
10 Thee sounds like an attempt 10
give an addcu soiemnity TO a scene
which was in itself the climax OF
so!einnity. But various passengers ana
SURVIVORS Of the ship say they hear
tniS music. To some of the hearers
/. 'hE strain brought the words:
so. By my woes II be.
Nearer. Ny Cod. to Thee,
Nearer TO Thee"
IN the loading OF the first boat
! restrictions OF sex were not made and
seemed 10 the men who Med In he
sue the women that there would be
boats enough for all But the shin.s
officers knew better than this. and !, :
inc spreading fear caused an earnest
ADVANCE towards the suspended craft
me order Women first was heard
ana the men We're pushed aside.
o inc scene of the next two hours
on those decks and in the waters be-
low such adjectives as dramatic and
tragic do but poor Justice With IN.
/! knowledge OF deadly peril gaining
greater power each moment over those
men and women. the nobility Of Tho
greater part, both among cabin mas
sengers. officers, crew and steerare
asserted Itself -
istdor Straus. supportingh is wife
on her way 10 lifeboat, was held
back by an ineXorable guard. Another
officer strobe to help ner TO a seat OF
satetE, but she brushed away his arm
and chung TO her husband CRYING. T
will not go without YOU
Another woman took her place and
her form, Ginning to her husbands. he
came part of picture now drawn in
deliniE IN many minds. Neither wife
nor husband. 50 far as any one knows
reached a place or safety
C"ionel Astor hold his young
wifcs arm, stood dccorously aside as
the officers spoke to him, and Mrs. AS
tor ANA her maid were ushered 10
seats Mrs. Henry Il. Harris parted in
ike manner from hcr husband, saw
MN last at the rail, beside Colonel AS
tor.
Walter NJ. Clark, of Los Angeles.
nephew of thc Montana Senator. join
ed The line of men as ms young wife,
sobbing, was placed il. one of the
craft. Let him come. There is room.
cried Mrs. Emil Taussig, as the men
Of the White Star Line motioned TO
ner husband TO leave her 1t was with
difficulty that he released her hold TO
permit her TO be led to her place
of Major Archibold Butt, favoritc
with his fellow tourists: of Charles NJ
Hays, president of the Grand Trunk: :
OF BENJAMIN GuSScnhcim:. and of Will
liam 5. stead, no one seems to know
whether they tarried too long in their
staterooms, or whether they foreborc
10 approach the fast illling boats None
weary hours afterward. reached The
Carpa thla
Only the hardest of constitutions
could endure for more :han few mo-
ments such numbng bath. The. first
vigorous strokes gave way 10 heart
breaking cries of Help. IIelpn and
stiffened forms were seen boating, the
faces relaxed in death.
''Revolvcr shots We're heard In the
ships last moments. The first report
spread amSos the boats was that Cap
tain Smith had ended his If. with a
bullet. Ii was said that the first mate
had shot steward who had tried to
push his way upon a boat agairE: or
dArs. None of these tales has been
verified, ana many Of the crew say
the captain.without prescrver. leaped
! In t the last and went down, refus-
ing cooks offered aid
The last of tho boats. coilapsibie,
was launched too late to get away,
| and was overturned by the ship sink
ing. Some OF those In it-all. say some
witncsses-found safety on a raft, and
were picked mp by q ifcboat.
simultaneously those in TIC boats
hot II, IL, Il