The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-17

az In Pitifu1 31ato.
IS From what can be learned tonight.
many OF those who came through the
Harrowtng scenes Of the wreck are In
z tired and were forced to leave the
vessel IN their night garments. Then
Tor eiast hours they were buffeted
about In the sea Of ice. EXPOSED to
1.-THE icy blasts Of the ocean. they drift
- IN the small life boats and saw
the great ocean, palace. with Its won
ad6rful illumination. slowly sink. car
brothers and sweethearts to whom
they had said hasty farewell.
Onctals Of the White Star Line
Il today graphically described what hap
pened when the vessel struck the SUBJ
merEed iceberg from their intimate
knowiedge Of Captain Smith and the
man they knew him to be.
When the ship struck. stopped and
sSibrated with the terrible pounding
or her engines-engines that were
powerless In path oostructed by ma
fure-Captain Smiths frst Thought
was for the safety OF the human lives
entrusted to his care. He Immediately
ordered all hands on deck. Tnat all
did not answer the summons. that
snany Of those occupying forward
TabIns were killed by the impact, 10
I4kH8U30 ~ VILLAIN.
Moments Of Fearful Terror.
4, Then followed moments OF fearful
terror. Half clad men and women.
g frightened and stunned probably
10 cry out, clinginE to each other ana
shrfnking from the spectacle OF the
spectacle OF the towering spectre-iike
iceberg above them: the gnashing OF
the detached foes OF ice against the
sides OF the ship; the grinding Of the
steel PROV of the ent-apped monster
az the reversed engines throbbed
sfrantical1y to extricare her.
Hut the crew, Ii the men performed
true 70 the records when recommend
ed them for service Oh the new levia-
than. were alert to the commands or
their venerable commander. who stood
his Mace on the bridge, took their
: places at the rails to guard against
any insane attempts To escape Nhen
J ri was seen that the vessel might SINS
the order came to lower tue nie
heats, Thare was no time TO hhd
warm wraps no time 10 collect vaiua-
hies. scarcely time for the p''ii"'
farewells.
n was not necessary to invoke the
,nwritten law OF the seas OF wofhe"
sirs... II man acted in this crisis az
he has done from time tmnemoric ai vi
land and sea Women ana ehildreh
were taken from husbands and rain
ers. placed in the hoars and then low
sr.d awav over the towering sides OF
IS th~ doomed ship into impenetrapie
d.rknesx. with only men enough
among them to man the craft.
Desds Of Hsrcisnt.
What deeds OF heroism We're enact
>d in this hour OF peril Will never
Ali be known: some OF them VIII oe
told when the few eyewitness OF
son,e ~ them are brought home bv
!, fhe Carpathia. Some one VIII PROV
ahly tell OF the divine Devotion y
Mrs. Isidor Straus VINO - repofteu
AS among the missing ~ Is also
norted that Mr.. Straus has pesisnnea .
A the women were given tne H1se
cnnortu nifty to leave the ship the TACK
B that MT. Strans II not among the re-
4 v.,r,.a rescued 1t II Inferred by her
friends that she preferred death ID
r.r,inr from her husband. Her age
VAS such that even among the wo-
rner she would he given ehoice oe'
fore the younger ones.
Women and Children First.
Y Rest assured that the names OK
those rescued will be those OF women
ana children" said +. A. 8. Franklin
saSa, There IL no rule whereby wo-
.men and children are rescued nrst'
there is NO rule which sea-farinK men
recornize, but II requires no rule TO
vratn man stand aside in time OF
aarrar am confident that Captain
smith perished. He IL that sort OF
"a man. 800. ~.
nr.r .ea before the Titanic took ner
svvs,ai nIunse cannot be conjectured,
.s1r,,nad II IS not certain that she sank
& rrhile the crew were yet engaged IN
lowering the life boats NO aouu.
many men took their chances WIN
the deem as they felt the vessei sihk-
tns. leaped to the sea with some oo-
}ect which they thought might SUP
nort them in the. water. but sober
saree. told then, that this was futile.
Thc suction Of the great ship was no
rowerful that she was a menace even
X hoats large enough TO ply the seas.
The mighty plunge camef and the
4 hc,nrs ~ those few brief hours were
nast for tho brave souls aboard--past
for t,e one man who could nave MT
ttneiuy described such terrible spec
stacie. That man was the venerapie
.yralIiam r. Stead. accounted the most
!. famous journalist Of tho DAY.
IA Intense Suffering.
Il The hours that passed LOT NOSE
tsAessinx oyer the swell were hours =. o /.
I 'intayise suffering and Anxiety TOT
honrs they strained their EYES 10, "a.
rncrrc. A q consequence OF har-
rrwinr experience many women are
rets,rninx to their homes mentally
and nhyrically broken. There Is but
ona rhysician on tho Carpathta ana
women accustomed to the utmost ease
.asnd luxury are returning IN the steer
- acantly clothed. dased by the or