Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-04-26


die. a 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 Titanie's
sinking told members OF her family
what she could recall of the eircum-
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. Biddie recounted
her narrative, she had no clear recol-
lection of the happenings until the
boats were we'll clear OF the sinking
steamer.
Mrs. Aston. it 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 of Her impression was
that the boat she left in had room for
at least fifteen more persons.
Clear and starIlt
Mrs. Edgar j. Meyer of New York
said:
1T was 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. | said | was nervous. We
went on deck for walk. More PEG
pie said the accident was of no i'm
portance. 1t would only delay our ar
rival
Il was afraid and made my husband
promise if there was trouble he would
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck while. An officer
came mp and cried: AN women into
the liieboats.'
My husband and discussed It and
the officer said, You must obey Or
lers
Decided to Separate.
We went down into the cabin and
We decided. OF 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 sailor down
An English girl and I rowed four
hours and a half Then We were
picked up at six O'Clock in the morn
/ VI no
steamer when 1t went down. but we
heard the screams o: the people left
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. was 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 gel
me into the boat As was put in the
boat he cried:
Its all right. little girl: you &C
and will stay while Ill put on a
life preserver and jump of and follow
your beat
As our boat showed on 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. ane
his nurse were saved. Mrs. Allison
was just about TO jump into a lifeboa
where the nurse and baby were wher
she discovered her husband was no
with her. She went back to look fol
him and did not return.
. Jumped Into Sea; Picked Up.
E. 2. Taylor of Philadelphia, one O
the survivors. jumped into the sea jus
three minutes before the boat sanH
Il was eating when the boat struc
1 s.
awful shock that made the boat treu
BILE from stem to stern. did nat re;
. lize for some time what had hal
pened. No one seemed to know tn
; extent of the accident. We were tol
r that an iceberg had been struck b
the ship
Il felt the boat rise and 1t SCENE
+ to ME that II was riding over the ic
ran out on deck and then | cou
see the ice II was seritable sea
e ice and the boat was rocking ever /
9 should say that parts OF the icebeI
X were eighty ieet high. bat it had bee
n broken into sections. probably by OF
IS ship.
I jumped into the ocean and NJ
It picked up by one of the boats
10 never expected to see land again
r. waited on board the boat until Il
d lights went out. II seemed TO me tn
? sha discipline on board was wondt
r. full"