iceberg tore Vtitanics side -yV r Sank as Band Played "Nearer, My God, to' Thee" Carrying -to 'the Bottom of th3" Atlantic 1595 Souls 745 SURVIVORS ENTER PORT New York. After." 4 days of agoni zing suspense the Carpathia arrived at this port bearing all that remains mor tal of the thousands of souls ho-.saUr .ed upon 'the Titanic. ' iJv v i ' Still dazed and half stunned from the shock bf that appalling night, amid all their "grief the survivors in senten ces interrupted by sobs and ejacula- 1 ? t THE LOST ""tionaHbld -tf -briefs momenta- ef their xperieace that had to be pieced to gether to make a coherent narrative. ' Titanic Was Running .at Full Speed. . rue ocean was caim as a uiiu-yuuu when the Titanic crushed into the ice berg; -Jtasa miMM. aa -hocf,;-fore midnight. Most of the passengers wr(? in their cabins. - . Then came the shock of collision not so violent a crash a3 had been de picted, for there wejre many who were not even awakened by it but enough to disquiet all who felt it. ; There was .a general and orderly exodus to the decks." .: V - Z ' Sailors were scurrying hither and thither crying: , . ' THERE'S NO DANGER!" v V . cama a tkA o no a trna ot?on of urn. '-'""' ed toHhe'lr, rooms and prepared to re : tire. f 3u gradually the cessation of the engines' vibration caused uneasi ness and the groups, on the decks grew greater and greater., 'Still the sailors announced that there was nothtng to be feared. " Then,- with perceptible suddenness, . the shfp began to list. ; . "All passengers on deck with life -belts,' was shouted. Thou lor the first time the gravity of the situation dawn ' cd upon the passengers. " ' .'-The. jailors, working silently and without excitement, yet fast as their 1 hands could move, removed the tar- - paulins from the lifeboats and terse ly, without excitement came' the or der, repeated, upon every side: "Women and children 'in the life " boats! - - The' sailors-helped the nearest rwo ' Tneh'afld children intaihe boats. And it was the beginning of excitement . other sailors- began to; lower ., the boats. '.: " - r Men Laughed as Boats Filled. Th'ui far the: men standing idly by,. . failing'' entirely tcr grasp the signifi cance of the moment, had helped the sailors. Many-, of the passengers, re port that the men were laughing. "We'll be safer here oa the ship than ia that' cockle-shell!';- -one man - cried to bis wife as she was helped over the rail. . . . . , .... But the Titanic s.-'ttlrvl deeper ia ocean and if was difficult for the t,' to remain on their feet. Then it v that the appallingnature of it da? upon those men.'- 'And than, a!' was, ihut the officers of the shir1 their revolvers'. -'. r' ; ' " f "Stand back!" they 'crlo'i. women.'ar.d children go Into Some of the men leaned s ' "'"-i..,! looked down ov? -V of the ship. C'fi vent from the berg with which: it' had, collided. ;Of the scene' in the bow, where over a hundred and fifty feet of the ship's length had been crushed in, there were no witnesses until an hour afterward, when the lifeboats, were aU in me water. t t . " r Heroism" Asserts Itself." 1 . The ship "had ndw listed to a terribly angle; Men, in the throes. ot panif attempted to reach the boats and wtf pushed . back,- 4 And. in! that momtf the heroism of hundreds asserted self". - It was thepasaegers whO-pu? ed back these panic-stricken fw not ' the" sailors. "Of the Individ deeds of heroism only a few have yet been told. But those few are fore-runners jaf thousands. . Soon most of the boats had b; lowered and still a full realizing Sff , of the extent of the disaster had! dawned upon all that mass of men But," finally, all the boats had i a lowered. Then, the sailors, seeing,.;o men standing and - running abfiut, rled: ; , t , . 4 - "All women to the lower deck!" There began a rush to the lower deck, and there it was that. the "nearest semblance to a panic began.- s Some of TITANIC. - the-wemea we?e-isjd y Rail.ora- and deliberately thrown over the rail into the boats. . ;VJ ' They weaker men, by scores, began ..j-o jump overboard. . The lifeboats be gan to draw away from the ship. . As'thfiydrew away: those who -ere fioating among the cakes of. ice in the sea: cried aloud piteously, for help. Those who could ,gei?ed the sides, pf the lifeboats. . In : many cases they were pulled aboard, j ' . One Lifeboat Capsizes. v In many cases the sailors wh6 man ned the boats rowed deliberately ion, heedless of all supplications, for their boats were full. One boat was observ ed to overturn. What capsized it is not yet known probably Vriumber of men In the sea, struggling to 'board her. ;. ' , Several . more .. pistol shots' were heard on board tl;$ ship. i. And then, suddenly, above the murmur ' of the, sea and the crunching of the Ice floes there rose a steadily increasing cry from th'o doomed ship a cry in which hundreds upon hundreds of voices mingled. - . : Among the innumerable "deeds of heroism of that hour there was one attested.by many witnesses. The sail ors attempted to pull Mrs. Isador Straus, from her .husband's side, but she iling to his- arm, smiling.. She had decided to remain with him She sankiwitb him. r, - ; , . .. -.'-''"'Women Row Lifeboat." r" In the hurry of embarking, one of the lifeboats had been lowered without a single sailor" in it. Three men had been picked up by this boat, but the women were rowing.""' And; the women between the "thwarts were screaming to their loved ones in agony. ,. i -iThe suddenly;.aboye "all the vall-. ing of that desolate scene there arose the strains of the ship's orchestra playing ."fearer, My God, to Thee?" And "for the first time those iu'the lifeboats realized that those who were J eft behind knew that they were doom ed. A few voices roee in accompanl men'to t,: melody . "Ac:horus swell ) lights sunk ed loua f lower a -The J' i ing from the l -But whiU I it of thohihli lile ip fat with etart- I s of those on : lush ih& air. rut and -tha 1 1 ' K : : ; t i '.ju i '' c i'-tS' i , i(" V' 3': f .'.j,' -a .' semi-hysterical band - ! g"745.,: i." j itii. figures tfiat had drifted in V- 'i '.'(.th alr yere wrong, and - 4 ! - truth caipe it was merely to ti3.: the terrible roll to 1595. thai were ' enacted bn ier, janfi outside as the Jt! being hurried away-to :!::; 1 ttelsj 1 will live a lifetime memory 'f those who wit 1 them. ; ' j ,. - - ,; ' i in hysterics, womjen ,. faiatin'g, f children alnjost crushed in the i's.of those welcoming them, were I rule; not th exefeption.' Men'fell jwn to kiss the knees f of their re arning ' womenfolk. ' Women shriek Id, wept, dashed in madness from pne grout) of frlendi to another, and final- Jly collapsed in'tthe arms of those who had come to meet them.; ; ' j '. The Scenes Repeated. - Outside, as tiey were led or carried to waiting automobiles, the same scenes were repeated. The sight of a. street seemed to fill some of the re turned ones with awe., to others it was a cause for emotional joy that could only findf relief In extravagant ecstasy. The precautions taken for the pro tection of 'the survivors proved en tirely adequate, and, fortunately, all the ambulances and relief corps that had been gathered at the pier were not necessary, u "" 1 ' The .number" of r badly Injured on thV Carpathia; was not nearly as large as had been imagined, and cases re quiring hospital relief were merciful:. ly ;few. - ' ' ' i It was a joyous occasloufor many a terrible day for some. To the last there 3jad been hope in many breasts that, their loved ones would be aboardArand at, the last those hopes weret blasted with the icy breath of the iewslthe living brought, ' .' How the Titanic sank,:; what hap pened -when, she -sank, was -told in as many, .different ways as there , were people to tell it. Butthey agreed on one thing that Capt. 'Smith and his officers . showed. the greatest bravery throughout" the teMe orfleal, and that, except in is4.fe the men aboard, from the saloon to the steer age, showed a heroism worthy of the sea. - When the Ship Went Down. Menv-weie claying.- caxda- ia - th& smoking room when: the great ship struck the iceberg whose propinquity was well known to all aboard, for a bulletin of it had been posted in the saloon; and when the ship went down, most." accounts 8gree;jtMaadw-was playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," while the lifeboats were pulling away. But it was difficult to get a connect ed story from any survivor. ' Mrs. : John Jacob Astor, outwardly none the worse for her awful experi ence, was among the first to be whisk ed away to her home. Her stepson, Vincent Astor, and Craig Biddle had come to meet her and the greeting be tween them was affecting. She went direct to the home of her father, Wil liam IL, Force, but stayed there only a few moments ' THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE BY TITANIC SURVIVORS. Tales of horror were told by the survivors of . the Titanic wreck when they landed from the steamship Car pathia. ' '' ' kMen' and women relatet1. In detail how the big ship had crushed against the iceberg, but how the jar was so slight that no one was excited unjtil tho ship's officers and crew began low ering the lifeboats and rafts and or deringpassengers into them. The1 Titanic's boiler exploded when water rushed in upon them, and it was the opinion cf some of the survivors i if- J :t ed by the shock of the collision, and went on deck. There was no great ex citement, and persons were coming out of their rooms and asking what had happened. ... ' i Wouldn't Leave Brother. . , "Suddenly from the bridge or from some of the officers came the. cry, 'Ladies first.' This was the first" ins ling that we had that the ship was in danger. We went back to the state rooms and dressed. T.hen came the horrifying ! 'order 7 that ' women 4 must leave their husbands and brothers and that no man was to go in the lifeboats. i'l refused ' to leave, my . brother,:' and remained on. deck until the next to the last 1 boat was leaving. . . They looked arouhd and saw that I was the only woman. I told them that I would not go without my brother and then-they tdok. him alsoJ Thus I saved my bro ther; S "We left the ship about twenty-five mlntltes before it sank. r. She , sank at about 1:50 o'clock Monday . ' morning. A ; 6 o'clock the same morning the Carpathhi put ,in.an appearance and W3; were picked up. . We "were ' proba bly dne mile kway from the. ship when she went down,- and: the . steward that ha4 given me the first warning that the ehip" might sink : went down with all the others. , - .; ; . - VU Lights Burning, Band Playing. " O'As we left the ship it was the'most remarkable and brilliant sight I had ever'witnessed on the water. All the lights were burning and the band was playing as if 'at a concert.". ; Mrs. Schabert was asked In regard to a, rumor tnat Major Butt, military aide to President Taft, had. $hot eight men to keep them from upsetting life boats bycrowdlng into theni. : 1 Mrs; Schabert- answered that she waa1 unable" to . either confirm ; or deny this. . She said she had seen nonsuch thing, but that the confusion was such she might not have seen Jt, even if it had; happened. '' t" Col.- Astof Died a Brave Man Dramatic stories :';of the death" "ot Colonel Astor. were told on the, pier by survivors'. ; . . .. "Mrs' Astor was sent away in the tenth boat," said John Kuhle, of Ne braska. "Just as she was about to be placed within the boat, Colonel Astor embraced her. ; f v Helped to- Fores'Wlfe Into Boat. . "Astor then freed himself from his wife's embrace and, after: helping to force her into the boat, turnea away and stood upon the deck." . Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., declared Colonel -Astor's jconduct was deserving of the highest praise Col onel Astor, said Grade, devoted all his 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," said Colonel Grade. "I lifted her into the boat. Colonel Astor then inquired the number of the boat which; was.. being lowered and turned ' to ; the work of clearing the other boats and in reas suring the -frightened 'and nervous women." ; -. ;,''', V ;'. Col.' Astor Joined Mr. and Mrs. Straus. "John Jacob Astor escorted his wife to one of ' the lifeboats, kissed her quietly "and then went up to deck B and - joined Mr V and ! Mrs. ; Isador Straus' said Robert W. Daniel, " of Philadelphia "I was almost alongside of them, but not close enough to dis tinguish anything they said , to each other. : When the water reached deck B, I jumped Into the sea. Neither Colonel Astor nor Mr. and Mrs. Sl-.-aus made any effort ; to save themselves. They seemed to realize that !t waa 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 passengers, my- IST.iAY GRILLED BY SENATORS Warned of Ice, White Star Line Head Said: "We Will Go Faster" ARROGANTLY DEFIED DANGER Unwarranted Belief That Ship Was . Unsinkable, -Reckless Navigation and Wonderful Calm After nv. pact Brought Out at Hearing. . , New York, April 20. ."Without wast: Ing a minute the sub-committee of the U. S..;' Senate ..Committee on. Com merce got" down to, business in. its in vestigation' into the Titanic disaster. President over by Seiaator William" Al- den Smith a lawyer Of note of .Michi gan, the inqulry.began at the Waldorf Astoria... I "... . ?!Ki: "" The remarkable ?ahd unwarranted faith of Captain E. J Smith-and his junior officers in the unsinkable char acter of the JTltanic, the recklessness of navigating the Titanic at full speed in view of the advices that there were icebergs In the vicinity and the won derful calm which prevailed ' among passengers and officers after the col lisionthese were the salient facts brought out. ' - Z. Bruce Israay,- William Marconi and Second Officer Lightoller of the Titanic were witnesses before the Sen ate committee investigating the dis aster; From Ismay and Lightoller was drawn, reluctantly the admission that the Titanic was going at almost her maximum ;speed when she hit the iceberg, that Captain Smith had. been warned of the presence of bergs, but that. the speed was not slackened. in the least. , - , - . J. Bruce Ismay was the first witness called, and was not fortunate in the impression he made on the committee and others present. That Mr. Ismay had , heen concerned- chiefly with hia own' safety seemed to be generally suspected. Ismay seemed to feel the antagonis tic atmosphere., He sat in the extreme corner surrounded by his business as sociates. With him were two private detectives, who have been assigned as his bodyguard since the Carpathia got in and who are never away from his side, - .f- ;':;- ';' ;X X . : ' Mr. Ismay's manner, on the stand -as constrained. He was plainly ill t ease. Whatever; good may have been in the impression he. made seem ed to be wiped out by, the damaging statement made later .by Lightoller ihat the first man he saw on the boat deck three minutes after the Titanic etruck v as 'Ismay standing alone. Major ' A. G.' Pevichen said that J. ruce Ismay, managing director of the line, had laughingly told a woman pas senger that the ice warning, so "far .from keeping the Titanic back, would only cause her increase her speed, so -3 to get more quickly out of the ice field. .r, - sm other criticisms of Mr. Ismay by passengers on the Carpathia who ob served his conduct after he was res cued, and by landsmen, were numer ous. It was learned that he occupied the doctor's cabin on board the Car pathia, denied himself to all inquirers and caused the report to be spread ihat a sick woman was in the cabin on vhose door appeared the nqtice: "Don't knock." Major , Arthur Peuchen, of the queen's Rifles of foronto, Canada, vnade this statement at the Waldorf Astoria "J. Bruce Ismay knew of the pres tiice of iceberss, but arrogantly disre garded' the "danger of them. ' "And when the Titanic was every jnstant facing the possibility of run ning into an ice mountain, Mr. Ismay was dining with Captain Smith both cf them in evening clothps in a lower c.aloon,, when tho Captain, at least, should, have been at his post of duty on the bridge." Lightoller, second ofiicer of Titanic, tdinittcd that he knew of the fehip re ceiving a message 0:1 Sunday warning Captain Smith of ice. Marconi talked cf the work of wire 'eas and intimated that only economi 'al reasons prevented all passenger -essels having ai operator constantly 'in duty. I Captain Kostram and "Wireless Oper '.'.tor Cofam of fhe Carpathia uor :ecei.'rAi meoge from Pr;.- TpV' ' f:. St? id. the r CAPT. ROSTROII TELLS OF RESCUE Carpathia's Commander Give? ; a Thrilling Narrative. PROUD OF CREW,. HE SAYS Rostrpn ook Precaution ia Going ta Rescue of Survivors Carpathia' Capain Talk of Work of Rescue No Message from Pres. Taft. w. . New York. April 20. In ' striking: contrast to that of J. Bruce Ismay waa the testimony of Arthur Henry llo tron, captain of the Carpathia, who made a most favorable, impression oa his hearers, receiving the ; reiterated commendation of the committee. H gave every evidence of being modest, courageous and alert, thoughtful to th tsLHt ; detail of the safety and com- Jort of both the survivors of the Ti tanic, and his. own crew, .no detail hav- made "for the rescue and his thought fulness culminating ia the religious service of thanksgiving which he ask- ed an Episcopal clergyman, to condotjjt" immediately after the rescue, obviously- as much because of - a realiza tion of the .sedative ; and. comfdrtins effect it., would have on the nc!rves of the suffers as because of iif religious convictions. . Narrative of Capt. J?fostron. Capt. Rostron gave his residence as Woodville, Victoria road, Crosby, Liv erpool.' ' He ' has been following the sea for twenty-seven years, filling all posts from cadet on the taining ship Conway, in. the Mersey, to command er. He has been with the Cunard Line since 1895 and was commander of the Pannonia before he took charge of the Carpathia in January. , "We let New York April 11," sai.i Capt. Rostron, 'and p . to Sunday midnight had fine, clear weather. At 1.35 o'clock a. m. Monday I was in- TOrmeu Dy our WircieiK upeiawi w. ni- gent distress signals from tho Titanic The operator told the first junior ofH cer and he and the operator put their heads in my doorway and told me. I had just turned in. ,The. massaga that had come from the Titanic gave her position as latitude 41 degrees 4S minutes north, longitude 50 degrees 14 minutes west I cannot give at tha moment our exact location. "The New York time of the receipt of the distress signal was exactly 10.45 p. m. Sunday. This acccounU for the apparent discrepancy between the times reported by wireless for tb.9 sinking of the Titanic and that report, ed by the passengers. "I immediately gave' orders to turn the ship," resumed Capt Rostron. 'I asked our operator twice if he wa3 absolutely certain as to the origin of the distress message, and upon receiv ing assurances picked up a point oa our course and set a course to north 52 degree west, true fifty-eight rnileja frnm mff TtflCl'MftTl , ' j f v J v . , -..r , ThAn I sput. for the chief enelneer and ordered him to call another watcn rf ntnlroro qtiH TnalfA all snfld t)OSSib! to reach the Titanic." "We made the fifty-eight miles three and a half hours.. It was at 2;f that we made out a flare about y a point on the port bow, which took to be the Titanic itselfr-Thi seemed so igh I was almost b; Titanic must still be afloat, j little after that we made 01 berg on our port bow. Bet and 4 we were passing berf side of us. At 4:10 the ft the Titanic was alongsiuj fore getting to it I sa ahead and had to star' Twenty Bergs Arouhtt s Arour boat w ;o of aiy "The first was in charge was not in control out that he had oj I had to manoeuvf alongside. By Of the lot on boaiy .and -then J sa tha". boats. . fi were nbout h frcm to mm f-F 'gro Vll-Fated Titanic - i I to hiv.i. I did v' i until I hT ' t'eck as til Magnificent Grand - f-J