The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-26
Remarkable HeroiSm Dis
played by All.
Enforcement of the Rule "WOmen
First SunderS Family Ties
Forever-FamouS Americans
Show Elements Of Strong Man
hood-PasSengerS in LifeboatS
Watch Great Steamer Sink.

nurse and was taken in charge by
Maj Arthur Peuchen.
The admiration felt by passengers
and crew for the maiChessly appoint
cd vessel was translated, In those
first few moments, into confidence
which. for some. proved deadly.
llfeboats Are Lacking.
In the loading Of the first boat, re-
striCtious of sex were not made, and
it seemed to the men who piled in be-
side the women that there would be
boats enough for all. But the ships
officers knew better than this. and as
the spreading fear caused an earnest
advance toward the suspended craft
the order. Women first" was heard
and the men were pushed aside.
To the scenes of the next two hours
on those decks and in the waters be
low. such adjeCtiyes as dramatic"
and tragic" do but poor justice. With
the knowledge OF deadly peril gaining
greater power each moment over
those men and women, the nobility
of the greater part, both among cabin
passengers, officers, crew and steer
age. asserted itself
Straus Held Back by Guard
Isidor Straus, supporting his wife
on her way TO Hfehoat, was held
back by an memorable guard. Another
officer strove to help her TO seat OF
safety, but she brushed away his arm
and clung 10 her husband. crying, Il
will not so without YOU"
Another woman took her place. and
her form, clingiug to her husbands,
became part of picture now drawn
indelbly in many minds. Neither wife
nor husband, SO far as anyone knows,
reached a place of safety,
Astor and Wife Fart.
Colonel Astor. holding his wife's
arm, stood decorously aside as the
officers spoke to him, and Mrs. Astor
and her maid were ushered to seats.
Mrs. Henry h. Harris parted in like
manner from her husband. saw him
last at the rail. beside Colonel Aston.
Walter NJ Clark Of Los Angeles.
nephew OF the Montana senator.
joined the line OF men as his young
wife, sobbiug, was placed in one Of
the craft
Let him come, There is room
cried Mrs. EMIL TausSis SIS the men
OF the White Star lire motioued 10
her husband to leave her. Il was with
difficulty that he released her hold to
permit her 10 he led 10 her place.
George n. Wi6erer. who had been
in Captain Smiths company few
moments after the crash. was an
other whose wife was parted FROM
aim and lowered. a moment later to
the surface OF the calm sea.
SUIT, Hays and Stead Lost.
OF Major Archie Butt, iavorite
with his fellow tourists. Of Charles NJ.
Hays. president Of the Grand Trunk;
ot Benjamin GUggcnheim. ana OF VIII
liam T. Stead, no one seems to know
whether they tarried too long in their
StatevoomS or whether they forebore
{, approach the fast filing boats
None Of them was in the throng
which. weary hours afterward. reached
the Carpathia.
Pistols Check Steeraee Men.
simultaneously on the upper decks
Of the ship the ropes creaked with the
lowering Of boats, and SIS they reached
tie water those in the boats saw
what those on the decks could not
See-that the Titanic was listing rap
idly to starboard. and that her stern
was rising Al pOCtentious angle. 4
rush Of steerage men toward the
boats was checked by officers With
revolvers in hand.
Some Of the boats. crowded too full
to give rowers chance, dritted for a
time. None had provisions or water,
there wss lack Of covering from the
icy air, and the only lights were the
Stin undimmed arcs and incandescents
OF the settling ship. save for one OF
the first beats. There steward, who
explained TO the passengers that he
had been shipwreCked twice before,
appeared carrying three oranges and
green light.
Green Lantern as Savior.
That green light. many OF the sur
vivors say. was TO the shipwrecked
hundreds SIS the pillar Of FIRE by night.
Long after the ship had disappeared,
and while confusing false lights
danced about the boats, the green Ian
tern kept them together on the course
which LED them to the Carpathia
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