Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
GOES TO WATERYGRAvE
SAVING LIFE OF FRIEND
HeroiSm of Miss Edith Evans,
Passenger on the H.
Fated Titanic.

NEW YORK, April O.-AlmoSt un-
equaled among the many acts Of bravery
and gallantry on the decks Of the Titanic
in those two hours Of horror when pas
sengers realized that the mighty steam
ship was sinking, was the heroism of
Miss Edith Evans. q niece Of Mrs Pedro
r. de F1orez of Paris.
Miss Evans sacrificed her own life that
an older woman might live. The story
Of her courage and fortitude in the hour
Of trial was told yesterday. Miss Evans
was returning to New York with Mrs.
Cornell and the latter's two sisters, Mrs.
Edward Appleton Of this city. and Mrs
John Murray Brown Of Boston, Mass.
I'VE rushed to the deck from our state
rooms soon after the first shock" said
Mrs. Brown. There were four Of us
standing close together. Mrs. Cornell and
Mrs. Appleton were ordered by officers to
board the second Hfeboat that was lower
ed. When 1t went over the side 1t was
scarcely more than half full Of woman
passengers. There couldn't have been
more than twenty-three passengers In the
lifebOat.
Scenes Become Panicky.
Left on deck with Miss Evans, we
by the men, but each was filed with pas
sengers. mostly women and children. be-
fore we had q chance to board one.
Meanwhile the scenes on deck, orderly at
first. became more panicky. We found
that there remained only three more life
boats. In one Of these each Of us had a
place, but we were ordered to leave as
the boat was overcrowded. An officer
shouted to us that there was another
lifeboat being launched on the other side
of the vessel, and we hurried to the
place.
There you may imagine our feelings
when the officer in command said that
there was room for only ono more wom-
an. The men stayed back and did not
crowd Miss Evans was by my side at
the time. She pushed me toward the
boat, saying:
Please take this lady. she has chill
dren.'
Il appealed in vain for the boatman to
allow Miss Evans to board the boat Also
but Immediately the ropes were loosened
end we were lowered over the side Of the
steamship into the sea. Just as we start
ed l heard a seaman shout that there
was one more lifeboat yet to be launch
ed. and Edith cried to me that she would
be taken care of In that boat. / saw
ner start LOT the spot Win OtneTS, ana
that is the last I saw Of her.
Miss Evans Probable Fate.
According to all accounts that hear.
it was the last lifeboat that caps.zed, and
IL this is true Miss Evans lost her life
when these poor persons were tossed into
the water"
That hundreds Of men jumped over
board long before the last of the lifeboats
was launched was statement made by
Mrs. Brown. She said that around them
everywhere in the water were men strug-
Cling on RATS and swimming, supported
by life preservers.
LAS we rowed away from the Titanic"
continued Mrs. Brown, 1--WE picked UP all
the men that We could and placed them
In the lifeboat.
MRS. Cornell and Mrs. Appleton. who
have q slight knowledge of rowing, took
turns at the oars. as did other women in
the lifeboat, and after drifting four hours
they were finally picked up by the Car
pathia.
1.-The boat in which Mrs. Brown was
saved contained only three men in all,
and only one rowed. He was half-froz-
en- seaman. who was tumbled into the
boat at the last minute"