New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

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d think few Of them knew small boats drew away
from the side great they leaving fifteen hundred souls
perish in the
"The the ship did not realize unless 1t was those le"
pancsricken souls in the steeragc
They decks and crowded the rail and cheered h
the small boats think most OF them had the ee
ing that they the great ship than IN the
tiny ebo fears for themselves but for those
put that perous journey in the tiny boats with no
power but the muscles who pulled ct the
I'VE wondered the leboas getting along
thought the cold and their cramped positions Most OF them
were warmly had been excitement that brought men
and women to the half dressed All nearly all got into the
ifeboats warmly clad
that they far worse position than
we were or so it seemed they least must look
position dangerous They must think they had given US up
to DOOM
SHE SEEMED TO BE SETTLING SLOWLY.
1T was then began think that perhaps not to
joyful reunion the morning We began to notice the
settling of the ship she seemed to be settling slowly
slowly that minds certain she would sink only so Tar
remain helpless perhaps but safe
lights burning The had stopped but so lar
we knew they had stopped while the damage repaired Most
us thought that with the fires still in the boilers and the lights
there could be real danger
ut was about o'clock that the began sink rapidly that
there minds that she lost
THE called and began play Nearer My God
to Thee
Some desperate effort for life as they knew at last
hope them the ship threw themselves into the
only minutes and but few of the swimmers
had time get away the suction the ship when the boilers
exploded the decks amdshps apart the lights and
less than FIVE minutes bow Of the Titanic sank rapidly the
the air and with the band still playing Nearer My God
to Thee the ship sank
lust before desperate effort to force Captain
copsble boats Once he in the boat but
he struggled back again the bridge Titanic
Captain Smith and the chief took their lives on the bridge
ConeIa Andrews, Of the survivors, also put
the blame the attempt O make record voyage
going speed she said though they had promised
passengers make record this 1t clear
starlight night before that day. and they
not using the searchgts though such dangerous territory
iceberg struck did stand of the than
fifty you be night 1t the
the and in the starlight small berg like that could
notb
"The herosm the men wonderful There panic and
no attempt to force the way into All stood back
the Some from the tried to
shot and there of
trouble That the only of there time
I'VE might all have been saved there had been feboa enough
There eboats for only about ond of those who
the ship There few coapsbe boats and of the men
in these
The feboats carrying the drew about mile from
ship waited there plainly the pas
sengs Just before she sank there
explosion boilers blew up and the decks burst Then we
some of the leap into the sea- We could see them Jump and
of the ship began sink Then the stern
the ship plunged out of sight.
1--WE could only the boats watch while fifteen hundred OF
fellow passengers their deaths
ship spot picked up
the they found floating the These practically the
only saved the the who manned the boats
I'VE oated all night in the vicinity OF the wreck and at o'clock
the morning eight hours after feboa
Carpahia and picked up
The feboat aboard the Capata $50 o'clock
Monday morning Titanic survivors, according the
the cpaa we'll and warmly clad though the
clothing light physician passenger the Car
pathia said protection from exposure
All fairly good condition. according this doctor and
able quarters without assistance Mrs John
walked her cabin unaded She remained in her cabin during
but nothing said about her needing medical attention
SICKNESS AND DEATH ON VOYAGE
In the Carpaas voyage New York sickness de-
veoped among the steerage passengers and but little among
first and second passengers The sickness chiefly
and frostbtes ships surgeons did any
from the other physicians board.
-Four of the died understood that they
members of the Titanc's
There thirty the Carpata, constantly