The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-19
STORY OF THE TITANIC
RELATED BY SURVIVORS
RESCUED BY CARPATHIA

the steamship Titanic wreck were
brought here by the Carpathia las |
night. Sunday night. April IA, on the |
fourth day out from Liverpool, the /
Titanic. said to have been under or
ders to make a record, was steam /
ing at twenty-one knots. There was
little wind and the night was toggy !
Suddenly a slight tremor ran through
the immense liner, but not a shock !
to alarm the people on board unso-
rhisticated in navigation matters.
Up on the bridge the first officer
feeling the jar, threw the switches
that controlled the water-tight 1ulk-
leads. The mechanism refused to
work. Almost at once he noticed the
shin was listing, and sent for the
captain, who was below in the Ia
| loon. where the usual Sunday night
sacred concert was being given, The
skipper ran to the bridge, to be
| greeted with the tale of the collision
and the information that the steel
like spines of ice had torn great
holes in the plated sides of the liner
Hardly had this news come to him
when the engineer reported that the
! firerooms were flooding, and mo-
! ment later the voice over the engine
room telephone announced that the
engineroom was also filling rapidly
Quickly the great hull listed. She
lost her way as the engines slowed
and stopped, and began rolling in thH
trough of the sea.
Meantime. down below the passen-
gers, some of whom had not noticed
the shock, were continuing their mu-
sic and games. It was an hour alter
the accident before the word was
passed to the passengers to put tn
life preservers. Even when the word
, came that the ship was in danger of
sinking there was no panic. Directed
by the officers and members Of the
crew, the passengers went to the
. boats, lined up beside them and wait
ed for further instructions. Rapidly
rs the officers and crew worked, They
did not work fast enough. The ship
was sinking. The survivors say that
they could feel her going, as she
wallowed from side to side. The fog.
horn was silent and this, not few
Of them said, was the only thing they
noticed. It had been going almost
continually for two days.
Colonel Astor's Heroism.
Col John Jacob Astor, first seeing
that his bride, going home for the
birth Of her first baby, was safely
placed in one of the TOO few lifeboats
refused to accept a place by ner s1de
because 1T might crowd out some wo
q man" Nor was he alone in his BRAY
4 cry. AS the huge vessel upended am
sank. the strains of the band, playin!
Nearer My God, to Thee" were
heard by the women and children Il
the boats. AS the great ship plunge,
into the eternity of waters, the bril-
liant lights showed her captain an
rst officer standing on the bridge, i'm
movable, impassive, serene. Then the
vanished
There was no stampede, no effort t
crowd out the women and childre
and the sick, but perfect order, calr
obedience. to the commands from tn
Cheers. Col Oracle, one of the las
to swim to a life raft, after the steam
er had sunk, gave the following stor
to an Associated Press reporter:
we were all together when an of
Ger came into the saloon and told u
that the steamer had struck an ic,
berg and was sinking, and ordered u
to get the women and children Il
gether by the lifeboats on deck. Co
CneI Astor jumped to his feet and ra
to the suite occupied by himself an
his bride, who was Miss Madelin
Force. Mrs. Aston was in a delicat
= condition, and the Colonel had bee
excessively attentive to her wan
during the whole Of the trip. At thi
moment he seemed to think Of not
> ing but her safety and greatest 20
sible comfort
Il saw him come out of the saloo
door a few moments after, and /
carried her to a lifeboat and place
her in the stern sheets. One of Il
officers went up to him and suggeste
that he better enter the boat wit
his wife, so he could care for he
Colonel Astor refused, saying,
might crowd some woman out Of II
place. Although the officer persistC
that Mrs. Astor needed him, the c,
onel simply shook his head and tur
ed to continue his last conyersati,
with his wife.
Then one Of the officers seized n
and put me to work getting womC
and children, dashed safely upon