The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-27

day night when the Cunnri
steniner Carpathia came to her do,.l -,
Yer pier Ia Now York bearing the s,r
vivors or the passengers and crew ,,f
tne lost Titanic. or these there w.,..
out pltiful GG2 left. or less than one
tnird or those aboard the worlds great
est unsinkable" aoating palace. Man
OF the survivors were III. some of them
dangerously so. others were I'm a st,,,e
OF nervous collapse from the sbo |;
ana still others. were reported ON ,b t.
verge OF insanity. Among them wrr,
newly made widows. while many. Imr
maps majority. had been torn fr. !,
loved ones In the last black hour be.
hore the gigantic liner had gone down
mrs Candies Graphic story.
Mrs Churchill Candee of Washing
ton gave the following account OF the
disaster:
retired to my cabin shortly after
II and had barely entered II when
SneSe We're Two terrific shocks, one iln.
~ following the other. I was
4 70 the door and as soon as ,os
sibIe ran out into the cemgsuiepwa,
There met some passengers and Went
up TO the c,ain deck. As we were pass
Ing through the saloon a passenger ran
through With cake Of ice and called
out. 'lce-sce from the icebergy' There
was absolutely no excitement, and the
matter was not regarded seriously. al.
though steam was escaping from one
or the smokestacks. the others appar.
emily being silent.
The night was clear and cold. and Il
seemed incredible that anything serl-
ous had happened. However. the or.
oer soon came to go down and put OH
heavy wraps and life preservers and
return to the deck. We learned then
that the entire bottom had droppcd
out Of the ship and the fires of at
least three of the boilers had dropped
Into the ocean. The order soon came
to take to the lifeboats. l was In one
OF the first that was lowered. There
was no disorder or confusion, and all
OF the women and children passengers
In the 6rst. second and third cabin
were treated alike.
The order was Immediately givrn
to launch the boats. and both on the
port and starboard sides the order,
were carried out I'm an admirable man
ner Only one collapsible boat WIS
broken. but otherwise all the other
hfeboats were safely launched Hy
the time the last boat cleared the ship
= she hnd sunk to the level Of the second
deck. Only two hours had elapsed.
"She wis settling fast mt this time
bow down. AZ the last she was poised
Tor about thirty seconds with her stern
clear OF the water. then slipped grndu
ally into oblivion. There was no sue
tion whatever when she went down.
although there were horrible sounds Of
explosions. cries. etc. Up to thi, time
the action OF the men had beer very
courageous.
Last Seen Of Colonel Aston.
Colonel Astor was last seen stand
Ing ON the tor deck All women and
children were taken or except those
who refused TO leave. Mr., Islior
straus refused to Leave her husba nd
and went down.
THE scenes after the boat went
down were terrific. The people In the
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 "a
raft for some minutes and then slipped
on.
The next morning we found we
were In an Ice field that they say was
from fifty To- hundred miles I'm
length. The iceberg we ran into was
clearly to be seen. 1t had two enor-
nous peaks. and II appeared TO be very
huge. The quartermaster, who was on
the bridge mt the time OF the accident
and who was mt the helm Of our life.
boat. said they were making full speed
and. although the night was clear. they
had absolutely no idea OF any danger.
The frst they knew OF the proximity
OF the iceberg was when the crash
came. They were under orders to
make $40 knots. Early the next morn.
ing we were taken up by the Carpa-
thia."
Saw No Evidence Of cov,ardies.
The crash came mt II 40 said one
woman. "The lights OF the Titanic
went out at 2:20 o'clock I saw no evi.
dences OF cowardice."
"women and children. frightened by
the prospect OF being set adrift upon
the dark and ice strewn ocean. refused
20 enter the lifeboats." said another OF
the rescued passengers. "Some OF the
boats were launched with only fifteen
or twenty on board them. although they
could have held seventy-6ve."
PsssenRrs Shot by Officers.
Mr.. and Mrs Washington Dodge OF
San Francisco declared that some Of