The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-04-25

said: II was adrift alone on a raft for
clothing near by. swan to her side
and dragged her to the raft. She was
unconscious and slipped off into the
water and was drowned"
Mrs. Regina Steinert of New York
city. who was passenger on the Car
pathia. said that when the Carpathia
reached the scene of the disaster six
teen lifeboats filed with survivors were
found floating in the sea of ice. All
were taken on board and passengers
wed with the crew in rendering aid.
1.-THE survivors were lying in the bot
torn of the boats. all alive. but the ma
jority of them unconscious" she said.
Many were suffering terribly from
the exposure. and many were already
frozen. That afternoon about twenty
of the survivors died. and four were
given burial at sea Immediately"
Statement by lsmay. ,st,. =.
J. Bruce ISmay. president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine COM
pany. when he left the Carpathia went
to the office of the general agent on the
pier There he received the newspaper
representatives and. after few pre-
liminary remarks. gave out type
written statement in which he said
that he was in the last starboard col
lapsible 1ifeboat when he left the ship.
He stated that he did not know what
speed the Titanic was going at when
she struck the iceberg. but the collision
was one of u glancing blow. and on
Monday morning. between 10 and II
o'clock. he claims to have sent wire
less message. In his statement Mr.. Is
may said: Z
I'm the presence and under tho shad-
ow Of q catastrophe so overwhelming.
my feelings are too deep for express
sion in words. can only say that the
White Star line. its officers and en-
ployees. will do everything humanity
possible to alleviate the sufferings and
sorrows OF survivors and of the rela-
tives and friends of those who per-
ished. The Titanic was the last word
in shipbuilding. Every regulation pre-
scribed by the British board of trade
had been strictly complied with. The
master, officers and crew were the
most experienced and skillful in the
British service. am Informed that a
committee Of the United States senate
was appointed to investigate the cir
cumstances Of the accident. l heartily
welcome the most complete and ex-
haustive inquiry. and any aid that or
my associates. our builders or nayi-
gators. can render is at the service of
the public and the governments of the
United States and Great Britain. And
under these circumstances l must re-
spectfully defer making any state
ment at this hour"
Major Butt Hero.
One survivor asserts he saw Major
Butt, aid to President Taft. play
hero's part before he died.
IAN hour after the boat sank | hung
on to a collapsible lifeboat for. two
hours ana Il naH. linen was piSheu
up" said this man.
1.-THE last thing saw was a man
they say was Major Butt standing on
the forward deck that was already I'M
der water.
"He was holding back men who were
fighting to get into boats that were
putting Off with women"
First Woman OFF Titanic. ..
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit,
Mich. said: II was the first woman in
the FIRST boat. was in the boat four
hours before being picked up by the
Carpathia. | was in bed at the time
the crash came and got up and dress
ed. / went back to bed UPON being