The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-19
STORY Of THE SURVIVORS
Titanic, Sfeamfng Full speed. struck
Submerged Part of the Berg. Which
Ripped One side from stem to Engine
Room.
WENT DOWN WITH LIGHTS BLAZ-
ING AND THE BAND PLAYING

ING AND THE BAND PLAYING
New York, April I4-The Cunard
liner Carpathia came into NeT fork
last night with first news direct from
the great White Srar liner Titanic
which sank off the grand banks u
Newfoundland early last Monday
To the death list six persons were
added One died IN the Ifeboat when
it put off from the liners side and five
subsequently, suceumbed on the rescue
ship Carpathia- The list OF prominent
men missing stands a previously re
ported and the total death list -
brought to port last night By the car
pathia is 1901 Survivors In the lie
boats huddIed in the darkness q safe
distance from the stricken snip ana
saw her go down.
Ripped from stem 70 engine room bE
the great mass of ice she struck. the
Titanic's side was laid open as II oy
gigantic can opener. She quickly list
ed 10 starboard, and a shower Of ice
fell onto the forecastIe deck shortly
before she sank, she broke in two abaft
the engine room and as she disappear
ed beneath the water. the expulsion Of
air caused two explosions which We're
plainly heard by the survivors adrift,
A moment more and the Titanic had
gone to her doom.
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ing as the vessel sank from sight.
Every woman and child with the ex-
ception Of those women who refused 10
leave their husbands, was saved.
Among the last was Mrs Isador Straus
Az the steamer went down. the sur
vivors watching the lights. heard her
| band playing amid he groans of those
left on deck.
Not only was the Titanic tearing
through the night with every ounce
Of steam crowded on. but she was under
orders from the general Offices of the
line to make all the speed Of which she
was CAPABLE. This was the statement
made last night by ]. T. Moody. quar-
ternaster Of the vessel and helmsnan
| on the night If the disaster He said
the shin was making twentv-one knots
an hour and that the officers were
striving 70 live IN 20 the orders TO
smash the record
at was close to midnight" said
Moody "and was on the bridge with
1.-THE second officer who was in com
mand suddenly he shouted. Port your
hahn, di1 50 hut was too late We
istruck the submerged portion of the
herp"
Icy wafer 'ansed Engines 10 fNpi""e
New York, April 19-How the Titanic
sank is told bv Chas. I. Hurd, staff
icorrespondent of the Evening World,
who was passenger on the Carpa-
thia. and who furnished that paper
with an account.
at 100. He praises highly the cour-
age of the crew.
1t was the explosion Of the boilers
that finally drove the boat to her de-
istruction. The position Of the ships
wound on the starboard quarter admit
ted icv water which caused the boil
ers TO explode and those explosions
broke the shin in two.
The crash against the iceberg. which
had been sighted at only a quarter Of
a mile distant came almost simuItan-
eously with the click Of the levers
Eoperated from the bridge. which stop
ped the engines and closed the water
tight doors CaDtain Smith was on the
bridge a moment later. summoned all
on board TO nut on life preservers, and
ordered the life boats lowered The
} first boats had more male passengers
as the men were the first to reach the
decks. When the rush Of frightened
men and women and CRYING, children II
the deck began. the women first" rule
was rigfdlv enforced.
Colonel Archibald Oracle. L. S. A.
was the fast TO leave the vessel but
was picked up Colonel Oracle denied
that there had been anv panic or
hoard Mrs Jsador Straus" he said
went to her death because she would
not ueseIl neI "u Ni'''ooS ~
, pledueo Win her 10 zane HeI pace II
the BOAT she s'eadtastiy refused ant
Wheh the snip settled al the head ant
the TWO were ehgu1ed ny the wave
, that swept heT' they were toSet"er-
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