The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-04-25

Liners Side Ripped BY Iceberg az
" a Gigantic Knife Had Been Hit
Major Butt Believed TO Have Felied
~ Men Before He Himself " Feiled.
New York-Freigited with her ar.
cosy Of woe. disaster and death. bring.
ing glad reunion to some but misery
unutterable to many. the Carpathia.
with the survivors OF the lost Titanic
aboard. came back to a grief.stricken
city and nation.
The story she brought home was
one TO crush the heart with its pathos,
but at the same time to thrill II with
pride In the manly and womanly forti.
tude displayed in the face of the most
awful peril and inevitable death.
When the great liner went down 1t
took with her TO death all but as OF
her human cargo OF 2.34O souls.
Six Die After Being Rescued.
To this awful death list six persons
we're added. One died in lifeboat.
which was put OF from the liners
side. and Ave subsequently succumbed
on the rescue ship Carpatha.
The list Of prominent men missing
stands as previously reported. and the
total death list as brought to port by
the Carpathia is 1901.
As the Titanic sank. according TO
the story OF those who were among
the last to leave her wounded hulk.
Capt. Smith stood TO his post. calm,
resolute. efficient 10 the last. and when
all that mortal man could do for the
5000 lives !ntrusted to his care he
raised his revolver and shot himself
while standing on the bridge.
The chief engineer Is also reported
90 have taken his life. and three ital.
ians are said TO have been shot In the
struggle for the boats
Butt Said TO Have Killed Twelve.
II was reported TO the White House
that Major Butt killed II men who
were scrambling for the boats before
he himself was killed by the crazed
passengers
The passengers who told the story
Of the captains end said that he made
two attempts upon his life before he
succeeded, fellow officers wrestling his
weapon frim his hand the first time
as he stood In the ships library. lie
then broke away and standing at his
post on the bridge. discharged the re-
volver into his mouth.
Henry g. Harris, theatrical mana
ger Of this city. was one OF the men
who showed superb courage In the cri-
ais. When the lifeboats were first be
Ing filled, and before there was any
panic or extraordinary excitement, he
had been assisted into one OF them at
the side Of his wife before the boat
was lowered away.
Women frst!" shouted one OF the
ships officers Mr.. Harris glanced up
and saw that the remark was address
ed to him.
Goes Back TO Meet Death.
AN right" he replied coolly. Good.
by, my dear" he said as he kissed his
wife, pressed her moment TO his
breast and then climbed back to the
THAMES deck.
The night was clear and the males.
tic ship was steaming. II Is asid. at
twenty Zone knots WHEN she struck the
iceberg that sent her to the ocean bot
tom 1000 fathoms deep. Her hull rose
on a shelf OF the berg. just as has been
surmised. and in so doing and in the
subsequent recoil her bottom plates
and her port side were badly torn and
shattered, but there was no such ter
rife shock from the impact as might
have been supposed. according to the
evidence.
The captain and officers at once re
assured the passengers, believing that
there was no immediate danger.
Return to Their Staterooms.
Under his uragement many OF
them went back to their staterooms,
and not a few calmly returned to their
berths That is said TO account for
the fact that many OF the women were
not even on deck when the imminence
OF their danger was realized. and
scores of them were drowned In their
staterooms like rats In a trap.
About one hour before the ship
plunged 10 the bottom there were
three separate explosions from the
boiler room as the vessel filled. These
we're at intervals Of about Is minutes.
Until then there had been no panic
and but little disorder From that mo-
ment, however. there was a different
scene. The rush for the remaining
boats became stampede.
The officers had to assert their au'
thority by force. and the three Ital'
ians from the steerage who had tried
10 force their way in among the WON
en- were shot down without mercy.
Practically every woman and child
with the exception of those who re-
fused to leave their husbands. were
saved. Among these last was Mrs
Isidor Straus.