Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-19
JUMPED INTO SEA.
E. z. Taylor of Philadelphia Never Ex-
 pected to See Land Again,

New York. April 18.-E. z. Taylor of Philadelphia, one of the survivors, jumped into the sea a few minutes be- fore the Titanic sank. He told a graphic story as he came from the Carpathia.
 T was eating when the boat struck the Iceberg" he said. There was an awful shock that made the boat trem- ble from stem to stern. l did not real ize for some time what had happened. No one seemed to know the extent of the accident We were told that an iceberg had been struck by the ship, l felt the boat rise and 1t seemed to me that she was riding over the ice, l ran out on deck and then l could see ice. It was @ veritable sea of ice and the boat was rocking over it. I should say that parts of the berg were 80 feet high, but 1t had broken into sections. 1 jumped into the sea and was picked up by one of the boats. l never ex- pected to see land again. It seemed to me that the discipline on board was wonderful"
 The Last Man Saved.
 ~ Colonel Archibald Oracle, '. S. A, the last man saved, went down with the vessel, but was picked up. He was met tonight by his daughter, who had arrived from Washington. and his son in-law, Paul Fl. Fabricius. Colonel Oracle told a remarkable story of per- sonal hardship and denied emphatically the reports that there was any panic on board. He praised in the highest terms the behavior of both the pas sengers and crew and spoke especially of the herolsn of the women passen- gers.
 Would Not Leave Husband.
 Mrs Isidor Straus," he said, went to her death because she would not desert her husband. Although he pleaded with her to take her place in the boat, she steadfastly refused and when the ship settled at the head the two were engulfed by the wave that swept over her"
 CIung to Brass Deck Railing.
 Colonel Oracle described how he was driven to the topmost deck when the ship settled and how he was the sole her just before her final plunge had passed.
 q jumped with the wave" said he, "just as ! often have jumped with the breakers at the seashora. By great good fortune l managed to grasp the brass railing on the deck above and l hung on by might and main. When the ship plunged down I was forced to let go and l was swirled around and around for what seemed to be an in terminable time Eventually I came to the surface, to find the sea a mass of tangled Wreckage.
 Discovered a Life Raft.
 Luckily I was unhurt and casting about managed to seize a wooden grating floating When 1 had recover ed my breath I discovered a larger canvas and cork liferaft which had hoated up. A man whose name I did not learn was struggling toward it from some Wreckage to which he had chung. I cast off and helped him to get on to the raft and we then began the work Of reScuing those who had jumped into the sea and were founder ing in the water
 ''When dawn broke there were 9n of us on the raft, standing knee deep in the icy water, and afraid to move lest the craft be overturned. Several un- fortunates, benumbed and half dead. besought us to save them and one or two made an effort to reach us. but we had to warn them away Had we made any effort to save them we all might have perished.
 Nobody Was Fired Upon.
 "The hours that elapsed before we were picked up by the Carpathia were the longest and most terrible that l ever spent"
 Colonel Oracle denied with empha- sis that any men were fired upon and said that only once was a revolver dis charged.
 This was for the purpose of intimi-