The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-24
WHEN THE TITANIC SUNK WITH
BAND PLAYING NEARER MY
GOD TO THEE
DEEDS OF Her 0lSM
Displayed by the Men and Women
Women and Children First R1gfdfy
Enforced. Greatest Disaster OF the
Age.

The arrival of the steamer Carpa-
thia which rescued a number OF the
passengers from the Titanic increas-
ed, instead of decreasing, the number
of those who lost their lives as q re-
suit of the sinking of the Titanic. A
total of 1895 people went down with
the ship and six of those rescued died
as a result of the exposure. The wire.
less operator of the Titanic, one OF
the heroes, died after being rescued.
Many women refused to leave their
husbands among the number being
Mrs. Isadore Strauss. John Jacob AS
tor, the multi-millionaire, died like a
hero and gave up his seat in a life
boat to a woman, and went down with
the ship. Major Archie Butte, OF Au-
gusta, the Presidents Military aide,
went down with the ship and was one
that aided In Keeping the men from
the lifeboats. The sea rule Of women
and children first; in case Of accidents
was rigidly enforced and not a mar
was allowed on the hfeboats until all
the women and children were safe.
The band on the Titanic was heard
playing Nearer My God to Thee as
the big ship went to the bottom.
The heroism and bravery displayed
by the crew, the men and women on
the ship was most remarkable, there
seems to have been no panic ana the
men, in most cases, were kept from
the lifeboats with very little trouble.
The following is the account, in de-
tail. given by the daily papers.
New YORK, April 1S.-Bearing the
800 survivors-mostly women AND
children-of the sunkeh liner Titanic.
the steamship Carpathfa Of the chn-
ard line, reached her dock here at 2
o'clock Thursday night.
A great crowd was gathered at the
Cuhard pier as the Cafpathia arrived,
But was Kept back by d stfoug force
of policemen. No a was allowed on
the ship except close friends and rela-
tives OF the survivors. i
With the arrival Of the Carpathia 1t
was possible for tie world to learn.
for the first time; tie story Of the
final horror on the decks Of the IT.
tanic after she crushed into the ice
aE.a Aarso RI oipk
According to the survivors. the IT,
tanie was almost torn to pieces by
tile impact and at once began to set
tie by the head.
The lifeboats wefe manned aid
were loaded with women and children.
Fsom the very first the cry was save
the women and children"
The lifeboats put off hastily and
they had not gone far before the IT,
tanic went down, carrying with her
over 1900 men, who had remained for
certain death in order that the wo-
men and children night escape.
Overcome by Horror Of Scene
Necessarily the accounts Of the sur
vivors last night were meager, as
scores of them we're i'll, having been
overcome by the horror Of the sinking
81 the ship and by tie suferinss EN-
dured before being picked up by the
Carpathia. So.
It was bitter cold when the life
boats left the sinking Titanic and the
survivors were almost frozen when
picked up hours later bf the Carpa-
thia.
Although the survivors, saw tie II:
tanic 90 down, many Of them were still
hopeful when they reached New York
that loved ones on the ship had In
soma way managed to be saved.
In all the world there %ss no more
miserable human beings than those
that landed from the Carpathia-
They We're alive, but they had e
their loved ones plunge to death be-
meath the Icy waters Of the north At
Iantic.
Heads Bafed III Presence If Woe
Although an immense throng had
gathered at the pier and was Kept
back by the stringent polics feguia:
tons, there was almost the silence
of the grave as the survivors OF the
greatest sea tragedy Of modern times
began to land from the Carpathia:The
only sounds we're the occasional sobs
uttered by the women survivors as
they came down from the ship iean-
ing on friends OF r~eiatites.
AS the survivors passed the men
in the great crowd Of spectators bar
red their heads and there was hardly
a dry eye. .
Aston and Other Notables Gone
Colonel John Jacob Aston. Isador
Strauss, BENJAMIN Guggeuheim George
D. Widener, Major Archibald Butt mil
itary aide to President Taft; Henry
B. Harris, the theatrical manager, and
Charles M. Hays, president Of the
Grand Trunk Railway were NIL lost.
E. z. Taylor Of Philadelphia, one OF
the survivors jumped into the sea Just
three minutes before the boat sank.
He told a graphic story as he came
from the Carpathia.
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