The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-24

crews allotted to them standing by and
curling up ropes which were to lower
them by pulley blocks into the water.
We then began to realize it was more
serious than had been supposed.
Presently We heard the order: All
men stand back away from the boats
and all ladies retire to the next deck
below
Did Not Realize Danger
The men stood away and remalped
in absolute silence, leaning against the
railing of the deck or pacing slowly up
and down. The boats were swung out
and when they were on the level of the
next deck the ladies got in quickly
| with the exception of some who re-
| fused to leave their husbands. In
some cases they were torn from them
and pushed into the boats. but in
many instances they were allowed to
remain because there was no one to
| insist they should &C. Looking over
the side, one saw the boats from the
aft already in the water, slipping
quietly away into darkness, and pres
emily the boats near to me were load
ed and with much creaking as the new
ropes slipped through the pulley blocks
down 30 feet which separated them
from the water. An officer in uniform
came up as one boat was afoat and
had the oars at work. The condition
of the rapidly setthng boat was APP
parently much more evident to them
than to those on board and the sailors
saw that it was necessary to row from
the sinking ship to save any of the
lives of their occupants They no
doubt expected such an enormous YES
sci would in the meantime be danger
Gus t. a crowded boat mostly filed
with women. All this time there was
no trace of any disaster, panic or rush
to boats and no scenes of women sob
bling Historically such as one generally
pictures at such happenings Every
one seemed to realize so slowly that
there was imminent danger.
How Beasley Was Saved
zone by one the boats were filled
with women and children, lowered and
rowed away into the night. Presently
word went among the men: The men
are to be put into boats on the star
board side was on the port side
and most of the men walked across
the deck. | remained where / was
and presently heard a call: Any more
ladies left?' Looking over the side of
the ship, / saw boat No. 10 swinging
on the level of the next deck half full
of ladies. Again the call repeated:
Any more ladies?' | saw none come
anu tHeu one OF the OInCeTS looked
up and said: ANY ladies up there p
No. | replied. Then you had better
jump ! dropped and fell in the bot
tom as they cried Lower away AS
the boat began to descend two ladies
were pushed hurredly through the
crowd on the lower deck and heaved
over it to the boat and a baby was
passed down after them
Following this the boat was lowered
into the water and Beasley says rowed
away, headed directly from the ship.
Beasley told of the boats watching
her lights. which had BEEN all burning
fiickered and died out, then came on
again for q single flash, and the
vessel slowly tilted until she was prac-
tically up and down The lights final
ly disappeared altogether. Then with
quiet dive he said the Titanic disap-
peared beneath the waters
And then" he said, there fell on
the ear the most appalling noise that
human beings ever listened to--the
cries of hundreds of our fellow beings
struggling in the Icy cold water cry
ing for help with a cry that we knew
We could not heed. We wanted to re-
turn and pick some of them up, but
this would have meant the swapping
of our boat Beasley concluded by
telling of the weary hours that elapsed
before the Carpathia finally rescued
them.