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UYES ARE GIYEN FREELY
Crew and Cabin Passengers Exhibit
Unsurpassed Heroism.
BAUD FLAYS FAMOUS OLD SONG
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with the costliest of fur cloakee, ascend
ing the ships side. As such joy as the
first sight of our ship may have given
them had disappeared from their fares
and there were tears and signs of falter
ing as the women were helped up the
ladders or hoisted aboard tn swings. For
lark of room to put them, several or the
Tltantlc's boats, after unloading, were
set adrift.
"At our. north was a" broad ' tee field,
the length of hundreds of -parpathias.
Around us on other .sides', were sharp
and glistening peaks. One. black berg,
seen about 10 a. m. was' said-to be that
which sunk th Ttta-iilcj -
Wtrelaee-Oaeratar- Basy,
"In his tiny house over 'the second
cabin smoking room, was , Herald Cotton,
the Marconi operator, a ruddy English
youth whose work at his post, on what
seemed ordinary1 duty, ' until almost mid
night, had probably saved the Uvea of
the huddling hundreds below.
"Already he was knitting his brows
over the ' problem of handling the mes
sages which were coming la batches from
the pursers office. The haste which these
Marsonlgrama were prepared by their
senders was needless. In view of the
wait, of two days and two night for a
land connection.
"The California, a cattle ship, came near'
us and though It gave no sign of having
any of the Titanic refugees on board, Its
presence In the vicinity gave hop to
many women who were encouraged In
the belief that the California might have
picked up their loved one. ' - -
"lrv John Jacob Aator and . the
tontess ot Homes bad beta taken to
state rooms soon- after their arrival on
" ship board. Those who talked with Mr.
A st or said she spoke often of her hus
bands ahilffy, as an ear-man and said
he could save himself if he had a chance.
That he could have had such a chance.
she seemed.- -hardly to hope. -
"To anotner stateroom a tall dark man
had been conducted, his head' bowed,
anguish la his face. He was Uruce la
may, head Of the. International Mercan
tile marine and chief ownof .the Ti
tanic and' her slsterhip, the Olympic
He has made the maiden voyage on each
of fits .'company's great - ships. He re
mained. In his room In a physician's care
- during the voyage back to New York
Captain Kostron, his only caller, was
not admitted to see him until Tuesday
evening.
"Robert Hlckenn, one of the six sur
viving quartermasters of the Titanic,
the man who was on duty at the wheel
when the ship struck the Iceberg, told
me the story of th wreck on tho Car
' pathia Thursday.
Story' of Foarto Officer.
"Save for th surviving fourth officer,
Beahalh. whoso lips are sealed, Hlckens
' saw Sunda iilglna 1 tragedy : at, closer.
1 range than any man now living. HI
tory waa:;. f .-
" '1 went on watch at S o'clock Sunday
night and stood by the man at the wheal
until 19. At U I took' th wheel fur
two hours. On tho bridge from 10
o'clock were First Officer Murdock,
Fourth Officer Boxhall and Sixth Officer
Moody. In the crow's nest (lookout
tower) were Fleet and another man
whose nam I do not know.
" 'Second Officer IJghtoller. who was
on watch while I stood by, carrying
messages und the like from to 1. sent
me soon after to tell the carpenter to
look out for tho fresh water supply as
It might be In danger of freeslng. The
temperature waa them about It degrees.
He gave th crow' nest a strict order to
look out for small Icebergs.
" 'Second Officer Ughtoller was re
lieved by First Officer Murdock at 10
and I took the wheel then. At 11:46 three
gongs sounded from tho -crow's nest, the
signal for 'something right ahead.'
" 'At the same time one of the men
in the next telephoned to the bridge
that there was something right ahead. As
Officer Murdorks hand was right on the
lever to stop the eng-nes the crash came.
He stopped the engines, then Immediately
by another lever closed the watertight
doom.
Captain t ome oa Deck.
" 'Th skipper (Captain Smltht, cams
from the chart room onto the bridge. His
first words wer Clo th-emergency
doors.'
" They're already closed sir,' Mr. Mur
dock replied.
" 'Send to the carpenter and tell h In
to sound the ship.' waa the skippers next
order. The mesasge was sent to the car
penter. The carpenter never' came up to
. report. He was probably th first man
on that ship to lose his life.
" The skipper looked at the commua
ator, which show In what direction the
ship Is listing. He saw that ah carried
five degree list to starboard.
" The ship waa then rapidly settling
forward. All th steam sirens were Mow
ing, lly the skipper order ien In the
next few minutes the engines were put
to work st pumping out the ship, distress
signals acre sent by Marconi and Ho. k
ets were sent up from the bridge by
vuartermaeter Howe All hands were or
dered on deck and Ufa belts wer sewed
on to every passenger.
"The stewards and other hands helped
the sailors In getting the boats out. Th
order for women and children first, was
given and enforced. There was no panto.
" 'I waa at the wheel until It
was my duty to stay there until relieved.
I was not relieved by anyone else, but
was simply sent away by Second Office
IJghtoller, who told ma to take coarse
of a certain boat and load it with women
" I did so. and there were thirty-two
women, a sailor and myself in the boat
when It was lowered some time after 1
o'clock; I can t be sure ot t'me.
The TUante had sixteen lifeboats and
two collapsible boats. All of them got
away loaded, except that one of lb col
lapsible did not open properly and was
used as a raft Forty sailors and stew
ards, who wer floating in the water,
got on thia raft, and were picked up by
the different boau. Some others were
floating; about on chairs when packed up.
" 'Every boat, so far as I saw. was
full when It was lowered, and every boat
that set nut reached the rarpatr..L The
green i:xht of the boat helped to keep us
together, b-lt there mere other ii&nts.
One as an electric flashlight that a
gentleman had carried In his pocket.
f Our beta was yards array wbea
th snip went dowx. The suction thereby
must have been terrible, but wo were
only rucked Somewhat.
" 'I heard two revolrer shots, as every
one did. I cannot say wbo fired any of
them. 1 have only told what I know and
What I (bail tell any marine court that
may examine me. "
Mlewa Off Oeek ar EauJaoloa.
tJ. Tfhlteman of Palmyra, N. J, the
Titanic barber, was lowering boats on
deck after the collision and declares
tho officer on the bridge. Second
Officer Murdock promptly worked tn
electrical apparatus for closing the water-,
tight compartments. He believes that
they were In some way so damaged by
th crash that tin front com part menu
failed to close tightly, although the rear
ones were secure.
"Whlteman's manner of escape was
unique. Ho waa blown off the deck by
the second ot tho two explosions of the
boilers, and waa tn the water more than
two hours before ho waa picked up by
a raft.
" The explosions,' White-man said, were
caused by the rushing In of th fey water
on the boilers. A bundle of deck chairs,
roped together, was blown oft the deck
with me. and I struck my back, Injuring
my spine, but It served as a temporary
raft.
" The crew and passengers bad faith
in tho buikbead system to koto th ship
and wa were lowering a collapsible boat i
all confident th ship would get through
IMRil
Of Hartford
In its accident department alone, on the
Victims
Hundreds of thousands of dollars more straight . life insurance
was also carried by4his great insurance company increasing the
total liabilities to approximately one and one-half million dollars
a -
This telegram tells the story:
This is the largest amount of insurance loss ever incurred through
a single calamity and the Travelers, because of its lead in the in
surance world, bears several times the losses of any other company
For either life or accident insurancethe safe company for every man
Moral: "Insure in the Travelers.'
TOM S. KELLY, General Agent
TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. of Hartford
Suite 1331-35 City National Bank Building. :
when she took terrible dip forward and
(lie water rushed up and swept over th
deck and Into th engine rooms.
"Th bow want clean down and I
caught the pile of chairs aa I waa washed
up against the rail. Then cam th ex
plosions sad blw m fifteen feet.
Kerrrard Casaaartsaeat Fills.
"'After th water bad filled tn for
ward compartments the ones at the stern
could not sav It. They did delay th
ship s going down. If it wasn't for the
compartments, hardly anyone could have
got sway.
" The water was too cold for , me to
swim and I was hardly more than lot
feet away when the ship went down.
The suction was not what on would
expect and only rooked the water around
me. 1 was picked up after two hours.
1 am don with toe a.'
"Once on tho deck, many hesitated to
enter the swinging lite boats. The grassy
sea. the starlit aky, the absence for th
few moments of intense excitement, gave
them the feeling that here was only
some slight mishap that those who got
into the boat would have a chilly half
tour below and might later be laughed at.
.ifesaagt Baadage
to djspepeia, liver eon-claims and kid
ney trouble is needles. Electric Bitter
t th guaranteed lesuedy. Only 50c
For sal by Beaton Drug Co.
Insurance was
of the
Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1912
Tom S. Kelly, General Agent
The Travelers Insurance Company,
Omaha, Neb.
The.Travelers have over one million dollars accident insurance at risk on
Titanic passengers, and the net losses will greatly exceed all previous calamity
records. Losses which would embarrass many companies will be paid by the!,
Travelers without delay.
JOHN L. WAY, Vice-President
Ismay is Blamed
for Stifling Messages
to the Newspapers
NEW YORK. April ll.-That the inter
ference ot amateur wireless operator
bad little or nothing to do with Ihe diffi
culty which the shore stations have ex
perienced during the last two days In
getting news from the Carpathla. Is the
opinion expressed by William Marconi,
the Inventor.
"Any explanation of the reason wny
detailed news of the disaster did not
come from the Carpathla lies with the
ship's captain or Mr. fcmay." said Mar
coni. They are responsible for the
silence. The wlrele.-s was not to biaius.
Prtvate massage and messages regarding
the buslneas of the line passed promptly
and continuously. The wireless situation
in Xcw York lias been unusually active.
'of course, but there was no s- riotis in
terference with leKitimite business. There
dt-tibtleas were reasons which promptc-i
the Carpathla's officials to defer sending
out news of the disaster. The wireless
was read if- to carry such business- if it
bad beau forthcoming."
Mr. M arrant believes- that steamship
owners will b furced by Ute Titanic
carried by the
1SU1AMC
disaster to k.stall greatly Improved wire
leu outfits.
"Every passenger carrying vessel should
be equipped with up-to-date wireless P?
paralua. Borne ot that now In use needs
Improvement and modernisation. If the
Carpathla had met with a disaster similar
to that whleh struck the Titanic, mes
sages sent from her would not have
reached other vessels. The wireless system
on the Carpathla has a range of about
tno) miles only. The Mauretanta and other
large vessels have wireless systems wttr.
a rsnge of at leant 0 miles. rnder such
conditions the genersl public would hsve
been early informed of most of the C:
talls of the ca strop he.
Peter D. Daly of
New York Swims
for Six Hours
NEW YORK, April 19.-Peter D. Daly!
f w York junii-ed from th dlt of'
ti.f Titanic afttr it a announced that;
there Wf-r only bunts enough for women I
and children. As j.e raw tlie ship set- :
tliiu; xnidujlly he an am vvay wall all
his might to prevent being carried Jon
with the su tio-n tf the sinking i-'nor.
"Kur six hours 1 beat the water with
ha&tis and, 'eel to keep warm," lie said
lives of the
Titanic
'Then I was picked up by on ot the
Carpathian boats which was cruising
around looking for survivors. I wss numb
with the cold after a fight which I can
scarcely bear to discuss.
"Even after I recovered from th chill
and shock I waa practically prostrated
by the nervous strain and every mention
of the disaster send a shiver through
DM.
'There was no violent Impact when
the vessel collided with toe Ice. I rushed
to the deck fiom my berth, got a life
preserver and when things began to
look serious, thrsw myself Into the water.
The boat had already begun to settle."
Lady Duff-Gordon
Says Man Was Shot
NEW YORK. April IS. -Lady Cosmo
Duff -Gordon, who left In one of the last
of the Titanic s boats, said that name
had begun to seise some of the remain
ing passengers by the time her boat was
lowered sa-ay.
"live-rone seemed to be rushing for
that boat, nearly the but of all. A few
men crowded In and were turned back at
the point of Captain Hmith's revolver.
Several were felled before order wss re
stored. "I recall that I was pushed along to
ward one oX th boats and helped is. Thai
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boat was lowered port way down ea tab
davits. Just as We were about to clesfr
th ship a man mad a rush to get aboartt
and so shot. He waa apparently killed
Instantly and his body fell Into th bosk
at our feet. No ana made an effort- to
move the. body and It remained benench
our feet until w wer picked up by th
Carpathla.
"I saw bodies in th water In all dlres
Hons. The poor souls could not ham
lived long, for the water was terribly
cold." .
- ' - V.-ti
Taft Will Reply..
- to Roosevelt in
; Newark Speech
WASHIXOTOX. ArU .-Presiaeir
Taft ha decided to abandon his attitoda
of silence under the serere -rltlrlsma
which Colonel Roosevelt has made oT
him In campaign speeches, and In sorh
of his next public addresses will reply t
the colonel, probably mentioning htm by
name. '
This ws! poslttvei stated today by
thoas tn close touch. The president' ne-xl
public utterance will be made probabl
next week in Newark, ' N. J., and la
I-niladelpaU.
ij Uv win aBoaa Fermi ta. i cents.
