The evening world., 1912-04-19

servsrs end come On Asck. This Was
Informant had Of the danger.
Survivors BY the dosen told me Of the
events that followed the warning to don
life preserves and come on deck. Many
women n evening drsss came on deck
wearing fife prsssrvers.' laughing eaily.
thinkins the warning . teks, Some even
refused TO leave their staterooms.
Among those who refused 10 leave their
staterooms thinking the warning . Joke
was . family Of four accompanied by .
nurse. The nurse obsysd the warning
ana carried the baby to the deck and
later TO safety.
Laughing groups stood shout the decks
And In the s%alOons. In evening clothes.
wearing life p%reservers ana laughing at
the Joke" being perpetrated on them BY
the THAMES Grew. Some Of them.
thinking they would be back In their
staterooms In half IN hour. did not try
to a X any of their vaiuables with
them. One or two who took the warning
half way serious seized their vaiuables
~ they left TO answer the warning. Nc
n thought for . minute that the boat
would sink. From what I could learn,
the Storage passengers were moro keen
TO realise the real DANGER than those In
the first and second cabins. Some of the
laughing passengers saw the iceberg as
II loomed Up alongside In M dark. bu;
they laughed at the idea Of the mighty
Titanic being injured seriously by an
iceberg, but from what ! could iearr
fpom thu survivnrs ths ma t,rtt AtA ma,
see the icebere.
ONE WOMAN KICKED INTO A
LiFEsoAr.
Then h crew OF the Titanic begaI
to lower the boats anc 10 order tn,
women and children aboard. stu thor,
were man. who doubted the sincerity O
II and laughed n. the idea OF seriou
danger. Many women held back eveI
when ordered to enter the boats. ON
woman with whom I talked said tina
she was actually kicked Into . boat b.
an of,cer Of the ship, who had repeat
eddy ordered her to get aboard.
Then a. the boats were lowered an,
hlled with passengers and pulled ava,
' INTO the darkns IS the arst ~reai!xa
ton that he ship was In peril began
dawn upon them. Then the word wen
from mouth to mouth that the ship wa
} IN danger OF sinking. and then the rus
to the decks began.
There was plenty Of i,ght aboard IN
Titanic. The electric bulbs threw theI
briliiancy over the crowds on the deck
II Wa n clear, starlight night. and IN
PASSENGERS could SEQ for miles acros
the Ice feld. There were no lights |
} the i~ifeboats. however. ard the sudder
J ness OF the CA did not allow OF tim
Il IN nP0vsGtnn fam NM WntAT AhnnV
There was no, much disorder as II
D boats were lowered away. The passe'
: gers were not panicky; In fact, thu
, did not seem to realize the gravity
the situation. Tho majority Of the me
. calamity observed the rule OF won,
2 and children first" The boats we
o rapidly filled and lowered away MAJ
r women refused to leave their hu
. bands and steadfastly refused to OBJ
. the commands OF the Titanic's ofnce
Q to get aboard the .ifeboats. Many hu
. bands had 20 fo-ce their wives to &
into the boats. Other wives refused
be forced. and remained by tho side
I their husbands until the last.
Lifeboat after lifeboat TO the numb
OF sixteen a heen lowered away wi
their passenger Suddenly there "
Z a rush OF water. then darkness, r
IL once diamond IKE ship had become
!. c,nder. There were loud shouted
ders. hcarse cries from tho throats
= the men. shrio's from women, and N
- came che explosion. The water N
~ had reached the engine room a
70 storped the dyramos. throwing the o.
Is into a arkp~ss. had reached the bo'ls
too, and the explosion followed. TIL
N the Titanic sank.
N The nrst day aboard the carpath
when all was excitement because Of
rescue. the real awfulness OF the TRACE
|. vas moi realized. Every n who
: been separated from . relative OF
y friend believed that other boats
y come to the rescue.
q The second day. .esday, the r
}. truth began to dawn upon the survive