The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-04-26

WINE utterly exhausted from nek
experiences, Mrs. John Jacob Astor
was declared tonight by Nicholas Bid.
die, a trustee OF the Astor estate, to
be in no danger whatever. Her physi.
clans, however, had given orders that
neither Mrs. Astor 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 Tltanics
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 Astor 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. Aston. It appears, left in one
Of the last boats which got away from
the ship. It 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 for
at least fifteen more persons.
Clear and starIIt.
Mrs. Edgar ]. Meyer of New York
said:
1T was clear and starllt 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 1t did not amount
to much. / said was nervous. We
went on deck for walk. Moro peo-
pie said the accident was OF no i'm
portance. 1t would only delay our ar
rival.
II 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 ofhcer
came up and cried: AN women into
the lifeboats.'
MY husband and discussed It and
the officer said: You must obey or
ders.'
Decided to Separate.
I'VE went down into the cabin and
we decided, on account of our baby, to
part He helped me put on warm
things. / got into a 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.
AN 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
heard the screams of 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.
Flights to Save Wife.
MSs, Daniel w. Marvin Of l ESn:. IT,
who WIS, on a honeymoon trip
husband, was almost prostrateG(
she reached the dock and learn9
husband had not been picked up
some other boat.
my God, don't ask me too muc
she said; tell me. have YOU, any new
from Dan? He grabbed me In hiL
arms and knocked down men to gen \
me into the boat AS was put in the
boat he cried:
"'It's all right. little girl; you go
and will stay while. I'll put on
life preserver and jump on and follow
your boat
"As our boat showed on he threw
a kiss at me, and that is the last /
saw OF him."
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Allison of Mon
treal and their daughter were drowned,
their tep-months-old baby, boy. and
his nurse were saved. Mrs. Allison
was Just about to jump into 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.
r. 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