Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23

to get her in the boat" said Col. Gra-
Gle. Il lifted her into the boat and
she took her place. Col. Astor request
ed permission Of the second officer to
go with her for her own protection.
mo, sir replied the officer. Not a
man shall go on a boat until the wo-
men are all off, Col. Astor then in
quired the number of the boat which
was being lowered away and turned to
the work of clearing the other boats
and in reassuring the frightened and
nervous women.
"By this time the ship began to list
frightfully to port. This became so
dangerous that the second officer or
dered everyone to rush to starboard.
This we dii and we found the crew
trying to get boat off in that quarter.
Here saw the last of John B. Thayer
and George B. Widener Of Philadel-
phia."
Warned Of Ieebergs.
Despite warnings Of icebergs no
slowing down Of speed was ordered by
the commander of the Titanic. There
were other warnings, too, he said.
IN the twenty four hours run end
ing the 14th." he said, "the ships run
was SAG miles and we were told that
the next twenty-four hours would see
even a better record posted. No dimi-
mutton of speed was indicated in the
run. The officers, I am credibly in
formed, had been advised by wireless
from other ships of the presence Of ice
bergs and dangerous foes In that VI
cinity. The sea was as smooth as
glass and the weather clear, so that it
seems there was no occasion for fear"
No Sign of Panic.
when the vessel struck" he contin-
ued, "the passengers were so little
alarmed that they joked over the mat
ter. There was not the slightest indi-
cation of panic. Some of the frag-
ments of ice had fallen on the deck,
and they were picked up and passed
around by some of the facetious ones,
who offered them as mementoes of the
occasion. To port side a glance over
the side failed to show any evidence Of
damage and the vessel seemed to be
on even keel. James Clinch Smith and
I, however, soon found the vessel was
listing heavily. A few minutes later
the officers ordered men and women to
don life preservers."
One of the last women seen by Col.
Oracle, he said, was Miss Evans, Of
New York, who virtually refused to be
rescued because, according to the army
officer, "she had been told by a for
tune teller in London that she would
meet her death on the water"
A young English woman, who re-
quested that her name be omitted, told
a thrilling story Of her experience In
one of the collapsible boats which had
been manned by eight of the crew
from the Titanic. The boat was in
command of the fifth officer, H. Lowe,
whose actions she discovered as saw
ing many lives. Before the life boat
was launched he passed along the port
deck of the steamer, commanding the
people not to jump into the boats and
otherwise restraining them from
swamping the craft.
When the collapsible was launched,
Officer Lowe succeeded in putting up
mast and a. small SAIL He collected
the other boats together; in some cases
the boats were short of adequate crews
and he directed an exchange by which
each was adequately manned. He
threw lines connecting the boats two
by two and all thus moved together.
Later on he went back to the wreck
with the crew of one Of the boats and
succeeded in picking up some Of those
who had jumped overheard and were
swimming about. On his way back TO
the Carpathia he passed one of the COL
lapsible boats which was on the point
of sinking with thirty passengers
aboard, most of them in scant night
clothing. They were rescued just In
the nick of time.
Another Survivors, Story.
Following Is the account Of Mr..
Beasley Of London:
The voyage from Queenstown had
been uneventful; very fine weather
was experienced and the sea was quite
calm, The wind had been very cold.