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ICEBERG TORE INTO THE TITANIC'S ^ SIDE A>!D HER BOILERS BLEW W Sank as Band Played" Nearer, My God, to Thee," Carrying t the Bottom ot the Atlantic 1,535 Souls. CABPATMA ARRIVED WITH 745 SURVIVORS ON B0A8L The sinking Titanic carried with her to death 1,595 persons. Those who were rescued number Just 745. More than this number were picked up from the Tltanlc's boats and from pieces of wreckage to which they elung, but four died of exposure after having been transferred to the Car* pathla and were buried at sea. Of the 745 who reached New York 210 were members of the crew, most of them stewards and firemen. Only four officers were saved. It was the submerged ledge of an Iceberg of ordinary proportions that sent the White Star liner more than two miles to the bottom of the Atlan tic off the Banks of Newfoundland. 8he was steaming almost full tilt through a gently swelling sea and un der a starlit sky when at 11.40 p. m. she hit the berg. First Officer Mur dock a moment after the collision sur rendered the command to Capt. Smith, who went down with her. New York.?After 4 days of ngonl eing suspenso tho Carpathia arrived at this port bearing all that remains mor tal of tho thousands of souls who sail ed upon tho Titanic. Still dazed and half stunned from tho shock of that appalling night, amid all their grief the survivors in Beuten -?? .i . . i ?iirtrri COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND MRS. ASTOR. ces Interrupted' by sobs and ejacula tions lold of brief momenta of their oxperienoo tbat had to bo pieced to gothor to make a coherent narrative. It was a narrative to thrill the houI with horror. Darkness, a sea of ico, tho hugo bulk of the Titanic dotted with myriads of lights BOWly sinking benoath tho waves, tbo cries of men shrloking for help, of women scream ing in panic growing louder and loud er with every moment, hundreds of men struggling In tbo water amid (bo cakes of Ice, striving plteously to climb upon tho overladen lifeboats, begging to bo saved, women crying to their husbands to jump from tho decks, ship's officers threatening to shoot the first man who attempted to outer a lifeboat?no picture inferno ever prosentod such phantasmagoria. Titanic Was Punning at Full Speed. Tho ocean was calm as a mill pond when the Titanic crushed into (bo ice berg. It was a quarter of an hour be foro midnight. Most of the passengers were In their cabins. Then came the shock of collision? not so violent a crash as bad been de pleted, for there were many who were not even awakened by It?but enough to disquiet all who felt it. There was a gonoral and orderly exodus to (ho decks. Sailors wero scurrying hither and thither crying: "NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF! THERE'S NO DANGER!" Some of the passengers even return ed to their rooms and prepared to re tire. Rut gradually the cessation of tho engines' vibration caused uneasi ness and tho groups on tbo decks grew groater and greater. Still the sallorB announced that there was nothing to be feared. Then, with perceptible suddenness, tho ship began to list. "AH passongers on deck with lifo belte," was shouted. Thon lor the first time the gravity of tho situation dawn ed upon the passongers. Tho sailors, working silently nnd without excitement, yet fast as their hands could move, removed the tar paulins from tho l!f"honta and?(erse ly, without excitement?came the or dor, repeated upon every side: "Women and children in tho life boats!" Tho sailors helped tho nearest wo men and children into tho boats. And ?it was tho beginning of excitement ?other sailors began to lower the boats. / I Men Laughed as Boats Filled. Thus far the men, standing idly by. falling entirely to grasp the signifi cance of the moment, had helped the Bailors. Many of the passengers re port that the men were laughing. "We'll be safer here on the ship than In that cockle mcll!" one man cried to his wife aa sho was helped over the rail. But the Titanic settled deeper in the ocean and it was diflicult for the men to remain on their feet. Then It was that tho appalling nature of it dawned upon those men. And then, also it was, that tho officers of tho ship drew their revolvers. "Stnnd back!" they cried. "Only women und children go Into the boats." Some of the men leaned against tho rail and looked down over tho tower ing sides of the ship. Others slowly paced tho du k as if they were wait ing. Three Steerage Men Shot. Tho ship sank lower and lower. Three revolver shots wore beard. Three passengers in the steerage had attempted to force their way past tho sailors and had been ruthlessly shot down. By this time the passengers on the deck who remained in possession of their faculties observed the huge masses of ico which tho Titanic bad rout from the berg with which it had collided. Of tho Bcono In the bow, ' where ovor a hundred and fifty feet of the ship's length had b< "n crushed In, I thero woro no witnesses until an hour afterward, when tho lifeboats woro all in the water. Heroism Asserts Itself. Tho ship had now listed to a terriblo angle. Men, in tho throes of panic, attempted to reach tho boats and were pushed back. And in that moment the heroism of hundreds asserted it self. It was tho passengers who push ed back these panic-stricken few and not the sailors. Of tho individual deeds of horoism only a few havo as yet boon told. Hut those few uro tho fore runners of thousands. Soon most of the boats had been lowered and still a full realizing sense of tho extent of tho disaster had not dawned upon all that mass of men. lint, finally, all tho hor.tB bad l><><"< lowered. Then, tho sailors, seeing wo men standing and running about, cried: "All women to the lower deck!" Thoro began a rush to tho lower deck, and there It was that tho nearest somblanco to a panic, began. Some of the women were seized by sailors and deliberately thrown over the rail Into the boats. The weaker men, by scores, began to jump overboard. The lifeboats bo- ' gan to draw away from tho ship. As they drew away those who woro floating among tho cakes of ico in the ! sea cried aloud pitoously for help. TI1080 who could seized tho sides of j the lifeboats. In many cases they wero pulled aboard. One Lifeboat Capsizes. In many casos the sailors who man ned tho boats rowed deliberately on, heedlesB of all supplications, for their boats were full. One boat was observ ed to overturn. What capsized it is not yet known?probably a number of men in tho sea struggling to board her. Several more pistol shots wero heard on board tho ship. And then, suddenly, above tho murmur of tho sea and tho crunching of tho Ico floes there rose a .7'eadlly Increasing cry from the doomod ship?a cry In which hundreds upon hundreds of voices mingled. And the women in tho llfcbonts wero screaming, each to her husband or her brother: "Jump! We'll pick you up!" was hoard on every side. The lights of the Titanic were atlll shining, but she was sinking steadily by the bow. The screams of men and women began to increase in volume. From the lifeboats the hugo Titanic loomed a huge mass of blackness, dot ted with counties* tiny lights. Nord of these illuminations were Bufftc'ent to revoal either faco or lnciden*. But these lights wero steadily sinking be neath tho surface of the water. Among the Innumerable deeds of heroism of that hour there was one attested by many witnesses. The sail ore attempted '.o pull Mrs. Isador Straus from her husband's sldo, but she clung to his arm, smiling. She had decided to remain with him She sank with him. Women Row Lifeboat. In the hurry of embarking, one of tho lifeboats bad been lowered without a single sailor In It. Three men had been j.'.cked up by this boat, but the women were rowing. And the women betwoen the thwarts were Bcreaming to their loved ones in agony. Then, suddenly, above all the wall ing of that desolate Bcene there arose the strains of tho ship's orchestra playing "Nearer, My God, to Theo!" And for tho llrBt time those In tho lifeboats realized that those who were left behind knew that they were doom ed. A few voices roso'in accompani ment to the melody. The chorus swell ed louder and louder. Tho lights sunk lower and lower. Tho lifeboats were pulling from the scene as fast as they could. But while they were still within sight of the ship tho lights began to go out with start ling swiftness. The screams and shouts of thoso on bonrd still resounded through the air. Tho last light went out and the music ceased. Tho peerless Titanic had sunk be neath the waves. HYSTERICAL SCENES WHEN FRIENDS MEET SURVIVORS Men Fall to Kiss the Knees of Wom en Folk?Women Shriek and Rush from Group to Group and Then Collapse. Slowly the Carpathia, ambulance ship of the ocean, made her way up the bay in the gloom of the evening, through lanes of silent vessels, and warped into her dock at Pier 64, North River. From her descended the saved of tho Titanic, all that remained of 2, 362 souls, a semi-hysterical band numbering 745. All the figures that had drifted in through tho air woro wrong, and when the truth came It was merely to increase tho torrlblo roll to 1595. The scenes that wero enactod on tho Cunard Pier, and outsido as the survivors were being hurried away to homes and hotels, will live a lifetime in the memory of those who wit nessed them. Mm in hysterics, women fainting, nnd children almost crushed in tho arms of thoso welcoming them, were the rule, not the exception. Men fell down to kiss tho knees of their re turning womenfolk. Women shriek ed, wept, dashed in madness from one group of friends to another, and Anal ly collapsed in the arms of thoso who liad come to meet them. The Scenes Repeated. Outside, as they woro led or carried to waiting automobiles, the same scenes wero repeated. Tho sight ol a street seemed to fill some of tbo re turned ones with awo. to others it wis a causo for emotional joy that could only find relief in extravagant ecstasy. Tbo precautions taken for the pro tection of tho survivors proved en tirely adoquate, and, fortunately, all the ambulances and relief corps that had been gathered at the pier were not necessary. Tho number of badly injured on tho Carpathia was not nearly as large as bad been Imagined, and cases re quiring hospital relief were merciful ly few. But the strain on thoso who landed, a strain that has existed now since midnight last Sunday, was plainly to be seen in their faces, In their ac tions, In their attitudes and words. Some could barely speak above a whisper, others could not keep from shouting. Somo could scarcely find strength to walk down the gangplanks ?others rushed on to tho pier as though possessed of the energy of maniacs. It was a joyous occasion for many? a terrible day for somo. To the last there bad been hope in many breasts that their loved ones would bo aboard -and at tho last those hopes were blasted with tbo ley breath of tho news the living brought. How the Titanic sank, what liap pened when she sank, was told In as many different ways as there wero people to tell It. But thoy agreed on one thing?that Capt. Smith and his officers showed the greatest bravery throughout tho terrible ordeal, and that, except In isolated cases the men aboard, from the saloon to tho steer age, showod a heroism worthy of the sea. When the Ship Went Down. Men were playing cards in the smoking room when the great ship struck the iceborg whose propinquity was well known to all aboard, for a bulletin of It bad been posted in tho saloon, and when tbo ship went down, most accounts agree, tho band was playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," while the lifc&Mits wero pulling away. But it was difficult to get a connect ed story from any survivor. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, outwardly nono the worse for her awful experi ence, was among the first to bo whisk ed away to her home. Her stepson, Vincent Astor, and Craig Biddlo had come to meet her and the greeting be tween them was affecting. She went direct to the home of her father, Wil liam H. Force, but stayed there only a few moments Mr. Middle, speaking afterward of Mrs. Autor n experience!*, ?uid that her mental suffering had been terri ble, though physically she was not much harmed. Physicians gave or ders that neither she nor hor maid should be permitted to talk about tho Titanic, and this rule was strictly ob served. Nevertheless, before tho or der had been given, she had told Vin cent Aetor some of her memories. Sho thought she recalled seeing Col. Astor by her side Just before she got into one of the boats. She imagined he was safe too, and it was only when she was on the Carpathia that she realized that he was not among the rescued. Like most of the other survivors, Mrs. Astor was too stunned at flrBt to recall any of tho incidents of the sinking ship. She had hoped some other vessel would pick Col. Astor up, and when sho realized at last that all hope of this was gone ahe wa8 much distressed. Other passengers said that Mrs. As tor displayed remarkable courage dur ing the days on tho Carpathia, walk ing about the decks and trying to cheer up other survivors whose son row seemed beyond relief. THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE BY TITANIC SURVIVORS. Tales of horror were told by tho survivors of the Titanic wreck when they landed from the steamship Car pathia. W Men and women related in detail how the big ship had crushed against the iceberg, but how the jar was bo Blight that no one was excited until the ship's officers and crew began low ering the lifeboats and rafts and or dering passengers into them. The Titanic's boilers exploded when water rushed in upon them, and it was the opinion of BOme of the survivors that many who had been left on the sinking Titanic were killed by the ex plosions and not drowned. Most graphic was the story told by Mrs. Paul Schubert, of Derby, Conn. After telling of how Mr, and Mrs. Isa dor Straus perished together, because Mrs. Straus would not leave her hus band, Mrs. Schaber! said "it was a terrible experience, but worth going through. 1 was awaken ed by the shock of the collision, and went on deck. There was no great ex cltement, and persons were coming out of their rooms and asking what had happened. Wouldn't Leave Brother. "Suddenly from the bridgo or from BOme of the officers camo tho cry, 'Ladies first.' This was the first lna ling that we had that the ship was in danger. We went bask to tho stato roonis and dressed. Then camo the horrifying order that women must leave their husbands and brothers and that uo man was to go in tho lifeboats. "I refused to leave my brother, and remained on deck until the next to the last boat was leaving. Thoy looked around und saw that I was the only woman. 1 told them that I would not go without my brother and then thoy took him also. Thus I saved my bro ther. "We left the ship about twenty-five minutes before it sank. Sho Bank at about 1:50 o'clock Monday morning At G o'clock the same morning tho Carpal hin put in an appearance and wo were picked up. We wero proba bly one mllo away from the ship whon sho went down, and the steward that had given me the first warning that tho ship might sink went down with all the others. Lights Burning, Band Playing. "As we left the ship it was the most remarkable and brilliant sight 1 had ever witnessed on the water. All tho lights wore burning and the band was playing as if at a concert." Mrs. Schabert was asked In regard to a rumor that Major Butt, military aide to President Taft, had shot eight men to keep them from upsetting life boats by crowding Into them. Mrs. Schaber! answered that she was unable to cither confirm or deny this. Sho said she had seen no such thing, but that tho confusion was such she might not have seen it, even if it had happened. Col. Astor Died a Brave Man. Dramatic stories of the death ol Colonel Astor were told on the pier by survivors. "Mrs. Astor was sent away In the tenth boat," said .lohn Kuhle, of Ne braska. "Just as she was about to be placed within the boat, Colonel Astor embraced her. Helped to Force Wife Into Boat. "Astor then freed himself from his wife's embrace and. after helping to force her into the boat, turnen away and stood upon .the deck." Colonel Archibald Grade, U. S. A., declared Colonel Astor's conduct was deserving of the highost praise Col onel Astor, said Oracle, devoted all hin energies to saving his young bride, who was in delicate health. "Colonel Astor helped us In our ef forts to get her In the boat," Bald Colonel Grade. "I lifted her Into the boat. Colonel Astor then Inquired tho number of tho boat which was being lowered and turned to the work of clearing the other boats and in reas suring the frightened and nervous women." Col. Astor Joined Mr. and Mrs. Straus. "John Jacob Astor escorted his wife to one of tho llfeboatB, klBBed her quietly and then went up to deck H and Joined Mr and Mrs. Isadoi Straus," said Robert W. Daniel, ol Philadelphia "I was almost alongside of them, but not close enough to dis tinguish anything they said to each other. When the water reached dock B, I jumped Into tho sea. Neither Colonel Astor nor Mr. and Mra. St ?.'aus made any effort to nave themselves. They seemed to realize that !t was hopeless. I am convinced that Col onel Astor could have saved himself had he Jumped Into the water. "None of us were worried after tho crash. Many of the passengorB, my Belt included, went to bed. I did not rise from my bed until I hoard the ?ound of plBtol shots. Then I pulled on a bathrobe and went out on deck. Some of the officers nearest mo were shooting into tho air?for the purpose, I suppose, of awakening all tho pas sengers who had retired. I did not once catch Bight of the lceterg which bad ripped our portable from stern to stern." """Ast?r was courageous," said >Ar. and Mrs Dodge, of Philadelphia, be foro leaving for home. "He assisted Captain Smith and Major Archibald Butt In allaying tho panic and In as eiMlng the women and children into the boats. Major Butt was calm and collected throughout everything." In Bed When the Crash Came. Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit, Mich., in an interview said: "I was tho llrst woman In tho first boat. I was In the boat four hours be fore being picked up by tbo Carpathia. 1 was in bed at tho timo the crash Came, got up and dressed and went back to bed, being assured that there was no danger. There were very few passengers on deck when I reached there, after I decided that it would bo better to investigate tho matter of tho crash more fully. "There was little or no panic. Tho behavior of the crew of the Titanic was perfect. My husband was also saved, thank God!" Mrs. Astor In Lifeboat Four Hours. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was in a life boat for four and a half hours before Bhe was picked up by the Carpathia, according to K. I. Talyor, who was sav ed in the same boat. He would not, however, tell of how she stood the awful ordeal. Dike all the others, bo spoke of tho lack of comprehension among the pas sengers, after the accident, that there was the least danger. The iceberg which wrecked the Tltqntc be estimat ed at eighty feet high, and he describ ed the impact as a sort of grinding, glancing blow, which tore away the ship's bottom. Ismay Got Into First Lifeboat, Wom an and Stoker Insist. William Jones, a stoker on the Ti tanic, who was one of the crew of three that manned lifeboat No. 6, gave a story of tho wreck from the mo ment that tin- Titanic struck the ice berg. Ho insisted Ismay went Into the first lifeboat. "I am certain I saw Ismay have by I the first boat that went over the side," Jones said. "Wo all knew at the time ; that she was a goner. The first boat off was in charge irf the second officer ' nnd Ismay went with him. Of the 300 members of the crew that were in the FIRST RESULT OF THE COLLISIQrW quarters forward but fofty?sevon that I know of managed to got away. They , wero crushed when she struck. The same death came to the first cabin passengers that were quartered for 1 ward." Mrs. Julian Smith of West Vir ginia, who lost her husband, was bit ter in her denunciation of Ismay. "I saw Ismay leave in the first boat," she said, "and I thought then it was done probably because he was 111. Hut I learned afterward that he was in perfect hoalth and had been banqueting with tho captain when the crash came. When we were tak en off on the Carpathia he was put In the best stateroom, In infinitely more comfort than tho twenty-six wldowi aboard. Jle kept In seclusion for tho greater part of the time. Ou bis door was a sign that read: 'Pleaso don't knock." Dr. Frauenthal's Narrative. Dr. Henry J. Frauenthnl, tho woll known New York uhvBician. ono ot the Burvivors of the Titanic, gave tho following account of the catastrophe:] "Tho boat struck the iceberg at 11.40 p. m. I was In bed and asleep and did not hear tho crash My room was on the other sldo of the boat from the Iceberg Bide. I did not know any thing until my brother, who was read ing, came and aroused me. "We rubbed to the deck, I dressed aa i I was for bed. As I came on deck I ! saw tho Captain ?and heard him tell ing Colonel Astor that the boat had been Injured by an Iceberg. Tho deck was already well crowded and tho passengers wero rushing to the deck. "I saw that the crew was lowering a boat, and understand that It wus tho second boat that was lowered. Tho crew rushed In the boat a lot of wom en who were nearby. My brother got In the boat to protect the women. My wife threatened to jump out of tho boat If I did not join her thero, so then I got In the boat, too. "We rowed away in the lifeboat, I should think, for about u mile. It waa black night. There was no light on tli3 Titanic, bb the light there had gone out, I am told, live minutes before sho Bank. "I could not, of course, see the ship go down at the distance we were, but 1 heard the cries and screams of thoso who were on the ship, and, perhaps. ! too, of those who were In the water trying to save themselves by clinging to lifepreser . ers. We heard thoso cries for fully two hours, while wo wer?- riding the waves a mile away. Then the cries died down and Dually all was Btill. except the noise of tha ' oars In our boat and the swish of tho ' waters. "So far as I know, none of the pas sengers saved anything." Felt as If They Were Invading a Graveyard. "Tho wireless operator aboard tho Carpathia received tho lirst news of tho Titanic's collision before midnight last Sunday," said John Scanuoll, a passenger on the Carpathia. "Wo were ninety miles from tho White Star vessel and we headed for her at 1 once. I did not take note of the nutn j bor of hours wo occupied in reaching I the scene of tho wreck, hut. of course, by the time we got therj the Titanlo 1 and most of her passengers and crow, were many fathoms deep in tho Atlan tic. When the Carpathln's passengers learned they were close to tho spot where the great ship had sunk wo felt as if we were invading a grave yard. "We did not come a' rpBB all the Ti tanic's surviving Hfeb >ts in a single llotllla," the Westerner continued. "Our first glimpse of the 'survivora was of those who occupied a group of seven boats. The seven craft wero strung far enough apart for safety, yofc it was plain they had clung together I throughout the hours of waiting, and it was said the fact was due to (be uv. eellent work of a petty offlcor lu Charge of one of the boa tu, who prac tlcally took command of all seven. "Next wo Hlghted flvo boats in a group. It was terrible to sue the agony in the faceu of the women, Most of them were newly made widows. They had Been tho Titanic plunge to the bottom with their husbands I aboard ano bey knew then' was the 1 smallest chance of their loved ones' escape. We picked up tho remaining; survivors in small groups, Iben cruis ?d about until our skipper was con vinced no more remained afloat. Then we left the California to make a furth er search for the few who might bo illve in tho waste of waters, and put ibOUt for New York."