Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-25

day night when the Cunarl
steamer Carpathia came TO her dock al,
her pier in New York bearing the sur
VlVors or the passengers and crcu -!
the lost Titanic. OF these there werc
but pitiful 662 left, or less than one
third Of those aboard the worlds great
est unsuitable" foatins palace Many
OF the survivors were i'll, some of them
dangerously So others were in a state
OF nervous collapse from the shock.
and still others were reported on the
verge Of insanity Among them were
newly made widows, while many. per.
haps a majority. had been torn from
loved ones in the last black hour be
fore the gigc 1tic liner had gone down
Mrs. Candies Graphic Story.
Mrs. Churchill Candee of Washing
ton gave the following account Of the
disaster:
Il retired to my cabin shortly after
IL and had barely entered it When
there were two terrific shocks. one i'm
medately following the other. ws
thrown to the floor and as soon as pos
sible ran out into the companionWar
There ! met some passengers and went
up TO the mail deck. AS we were pass
ing through the saloon a passenger ran
through with a cake OF ice and called
out, 'Ice--ice from the iceberg! There
was absolutely no excitement. ant ,le
matter was not regarded seriously. a,.
though steam was escaping from ole
of the smokpstacks, the others appar
emily being silent.
The night was clear and cold and il
seemed incredible that anything scri.
Gus had happened. However the or
der soon came to 90 down and put ,a
heavy wraps and life preservers a.i
return to the deck We learned On
that the entire bottom had dropp
out of the ship and the fires of 1t
least three OF the boilers bad dropped
into the ocean. The order soon c'u'"
10 take to the lifeboats. | was i'm one
of the first that was lowered T,.4r
was no disorder or confusion. ana Hll
of the women and children passengers
in the first. second and third cabin
were treated alike
THE order was Immediately given
to launch the boats. and both on the
port and starboard sides the orders
were carried out in an admirable man
ner Only one colapsihle boat Wa
broken, but otherwise all the oth@
lifeDouts were safely launched nv
the time the last boat cleared the ship
she had sunk TO the level Of The SECOND
deck Only two hours had elapsed
"She was settling fast at This time
bow down. At tho lest she was poi s'd
for about thirty seconds with her storm
clear Of the water. then slipped gradu
ally into oblivion There. was no SUE
ton whatever when SHE went down,
although there were hoCrihio sounds 9i
explosions. cries, etc Up 10 this uae
the action Of the men had been yc.|
courageoue
Last Seen of Colonel Astor.
Colonel Astor was last seen stand.
Ing on the top deck All women ana
children were taken Off except those
who refused to leave Mrs lsdor
Straus refused to leave her husband
and went down.
'The scenes after the boat W
water struggled and fought. Many
were picked up by the boats. although
the boat | was in did not pick up any.
The captain was seen hanging TO II
raft for some minutes and then &
or.
1.-The next morning we found ~
were in an ice field that they say W.
from fifty to a hundred miles
length. The iceberg we ran into wa'
clearly to be seen. 1t had two enof
nous peaks and 1t appeared to be YER
huge The quartermaster, who was o'
the bridge at the time OF the acciden'
and who was at the helm Of our life
boat, said they were making full speed
and, although the night was clear. the,
had absolutely no idea Of any danger
The first they knew of the proximity
Of the iceberg was when the crash
came They were under orders ia
make $40 knots Early the next morn
ing we were taken up by the Carpa
thia."
Saw No Evidence Of Cowar.
The crash came at IL 40" sale oi'
woman. The lights Of the Titanic
went out at 2:20 o'clock. l saw no evf
Aonces Of cowardice"
~women and children. frightened by
the prospect Of being set adrift upon
the dark and ice strewn ocean. refused
b enter the lifeboats." said another OF
the rescued passengers. Some Of tho
boats were launched with only fifteen
or twenty on board them. although they
could have held seventy-five"
Passengers Shot by officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Dodge Of
Ban Francisco declared that some o(
the passengers fought with such de-