The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-04-26
Here saw the last OF John B. Thayer
and George B. Widener OF Philadel.


die, q trustee of the Aston estate, to
be in no danger whatever. Her physi.
clans, however, had given orders that
neither Mrs. Aston nor her maid, who
was saved with her, be permitted to
talk about the disaster"
On landing from the Carpathia, the
young bride, widowed by the THAMES
sinking, told members of her family
what she could recall Of the circum-
stances of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her Side.
OF how Colonel Aston met his death,
she had no definite conception. She
recalled, she thought, that in the con-
fusion as she was about to be put into
one of the boats the colonel was
standing by her side.
After that, as Mr.. Biddle recounted
her narrative, she had no clear recol-
lection of the happenings until the
boats were we'll clear of the sinking
steamer.
Mrs. Astor, 1t appears, left in one
of the last boats which got away from
the ship. 1t was her belief that all
the women who wished to go had then
been taken off, Her impression was
| that the boat she left In had room Tor
at least fifteen more persons.
Clear and StarIlt.
Mrs. Edgar J. Meyer of New York
said:
1T was a clear and starlit night.
When the ship struck we were In
our cabin My husband went out on
the deck to see what was the trouble.
He came back and said we had hit an
iceberg, but that it did not amount
to much. I said l was nervous. We
went on deck for a walk. More peo-
pie said the accident was of no i'm
portance 1t would only delay our ar
| rival.
ct was afraid and made my husband
promise If there was trouble he would
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck a while. An officer
came up and cried: All women into
the lifeboats.'
my husband and discussed 1t and
the officer said: You must obey or
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
1--WE went down into the cabin and
we decided, on account Of our baby, to
part. He helped me put on warm
things. got into boat, but there
were no sailors aboard We called to
the ship that there were no men In
the boat. They sent a sailor down.
can English girl and ] rowed four
hours and a half Then We were
picked up at six o'clock in the morn
ing. We were well away from the
steamer when 1t went down, but we
on the boat.
There were about seventy widows
on the Carpathia and all were won
derfully brave. The captain OF the
Carpathia and the passengers did all
| they could for us. Mrs. Harris says
my husband and Mr.. Harris and Mr.
Douglas lowered the last boatload full
Of women. All three were perfectly
| calm.
Fights to Save Wife.
| Mrs. Daniel w. Marvin of this city
who was on honeymoon trip with her
husband, vas almost Frustrated when
she reached the dock and learned her
husband had not been picked up by
some other boat.
my God, don't ask me too much,
she said; tell me, have you any news
from Dan? He grabbed me in his
arms and knocked down men to get
me into the boat AS was put In the
boat he cried:
| "Tts all right, little girl; you &c
and will stay a while. I'll put on a
life preserver and jump off and follow
your boat
GAS our boat showed off he threw
kiss at me, and that is the last
saw of him"
| Mr.. and Mrs H. j. Allison OF Mon
treal and their daughter were drowned
their ten-months-old baby, boy, and
| his nurse were saved. Mrs. Allison
was just about to jump into a lifeboat
where the nurse and baby were when
she discovered her husband was not
with her. She went back to look for
him and did not return.
Jumped Into Sea; Picked UP.
E. q. Taylor of Philadelphia, one OF
the survivors, jumped into the sea just
three minutes before the boat sank
II was eating when the boat struck
| the iceberg" he said. There was an
awful shock that made the boat trem
BILE from stem to stern. did not rea
lie for some time what had hap
pened. No one seemed to know the
extent of the accident. We were told
that an iceberg had been struck by
the ship.
II felt the boat rise and 1t seemed
to me that 1t was riding over the ice
/ ran out on deck and then / could
see the ice 1t was veritable sea of
ice and the boat was rocking over 1t.
should say that parts of the iceberg
were eighty feet high, but it had been
broken into sections probably by our
ship.
II jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one of the boats. !
never expected to see land again. !
waited on board the boat until the
lights went out. 1t seemed to me that
the discipline on board was wonder
full"
ginian, Of the Baltic, the Olympic, the