The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

Did you make any attempt to re-
INSURE"
None Whatever
The witness said the ship vas in
sured for around s.. 0Q0. 600. wh.3e the
company insured itself for 100000
Andrew Cunningham. 4 tevAE on
the Titanic. testified that. II l-:@o,
o. der Vas given 10 arouse all the pas
rooms.
Was there any emergency alarm
10 call passengers on the Tjtanjc2"
4 don't think So
How are the passengers alarmed.
then. in time Of distress"
Each stateroom toward calls his
PASSENGERS
Put Life-Belt on stead.
After all the boats had gone. a mate
60 me to show him how L. pat on a
Hft-helt," said Cunningham. II put
the lfe-belt on him. That was the
last one | pat on.
= lut a life-belt on myself. after
the passengers were taken are Of,
After all the boats al 2or-. i mate
and | jumped into 4 boat"
Awakened BY Collision.
Frederick Ray. nother steward,
said that when he WIS awakened by
~ III 64OIiStI ttAtI liz li
the room. Twenty minutes LATER he
said they We're ordered bX the head
steward to repor at their positions at
the boats.
When we got to the boats they
Were last being swung out. he SAID.
AT my boat. no. 8. there We're TWO
sailors n about 4 dozen men. / did
not see anv women at the time. Just
IS We were about To lower q boat, a
= ItltrG woman MAS lpp ned IN 81
> Kept sohbjn2 and crying out: II
me get away out Of here. / neNel
WIS in an open boat in my life,
vas forced finally to say to mel
sharply:
lyon have cot to 90 and yol
might as we'll make the best Of it.
Baby Throws in Boat.
r lust after We helped the WornA
in. q Dabv wrappcd-in a blanket va
S thrown to me and ! caught ii. Their
We're no sailors in either of boat
Y Nos. 9 and IS and We had troubl
S getting away. We rowed all nigh
and the women were pretty comfort
q able. 7 wanted to stay back TO say
some one else, if possible. but 40 on
It would listen to it and ] eventual
IS cave in pulled away With tn
&c others"
" According to Ray, the loading wa
le not done on the top or boat deck, a
II. previous Witnesses have testified. b.
Ii. from q deck. the one Just belov
l. The boats. he said. We're droppe
re down level with Z deck where tt
l people could step INTO them vltho'
III the slightest trouble
- Henry Samuel Etches, a Titan
e steward, testified that he went (
deck and assisted in launching no.
= boat. Third Officer Pltnan and NJ
+. lSmay, he said, helped him in kee'
us ing the falls clear. This was on Il
ca boat deck.
-, Mr.. Isrnay called out men, for
a line and let the ladies through
said EtcheS. "Atr. Murdoch al
ca kept calling on the ladies this Wa
70 Are there any other ladies here b
on fore this boat is lowered"
- How many men went in No. Z
~ asked Senator Smith.
Three, to row the boat said Il
II. witness.
10 "Fen1ale came along said the w
ness, Just before the boat was To-
~ cred and Mr.. Ismay called to her
~ get in. I'm only a ste~wardess, 81
eli she said. and Mr.. ls1nay replied:
7SS makes no difference, YOU are a wol
an. Take Your place The WON;
came away with US. Ofh.er Murdo
w. ordered me into boat No. ;. I'll
olllill u 4 WY n koOh j III w l
ok hand and said: Good bye old ma
Good luck.'
Just then a man and a WON
10 were standing beside the boat. S
'uI had her arms around his neck. S
was crying and ! heard her say:
ne cant leave without you can't lea
en- YOU. With that | turned my he
cts and the next m saw tf
ap- woman with h man sitting by
as boat. Just a voice said: Throw TT
mar out. nut We We're already bel
pa lowered away ana the man remainet
Pitnlan. said EtrheS wanted to
Of bakk TO the aid Of those in the wat
ted after the ship sank and had gwen {
1t ders to do SO when the women plea
OF ed with him not to. Etches said af'
the Titanic went down they saw
light which he said he believed W
his the masthead light of d ship.
Alfred Crawford then testified Il