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. OF TITANIC
Dr. Frauenthal't Narrative.
Dr. Henry J. Frauentrial, the well
known New York physician, one of
the survivors of the Titanic, gave the
following account of the catastrophe:
"The boat struck the Iceberg at 11.40
p. m. I was In bed and asleep and
did not hear the crash My room was
on the other side of the boat from
the Iceberg side. I did not know any
thing until my brother, who was read
ing, came and aroused me.
"We rushed to the deck, I dressed aa
I was for bed. As I came on deck I
3aw the Captain and heard hlra till
ing Colonel Astor that the boat had
been injured by an Iceberg. The deck
was already well crowded and the
passengers were ruBhlng to the deck.
"I saw that the crew was lowering
a boat, and understand that It was the
jecond boat that was lowered. The
crew rushed In the hoat a lot of worn
n who were nearby. My brother got
in the boat to protect the women. My
wife threatened to Jump out of the
boat If I did not Join her there, so then
I got In the boat, too.
"We rowed away In the lifeboat, I
should think, for about a mile. It was
black night. There was no light on tha
Titanic, as the light there had gone
out, I am told, five minutes before Bhe
sank.
"I could not, of course, see the ship
;o down at the distance we were, but
I heard the cries and screams of those
who were on the ship, and, perhaps,
too, of those who were in the water
trying to save themselves by clinging
to lifepreBervers. We heard these
cries for fully two hours, while we
were riding the waves a mile away.
Then the cries died down and finally
all was still, except the noise of the
oars in our boat and the swish of the
waters.
"So far as I know, none of the pas
sengers saved anything."
Itmay 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 the wreck from the mo
ment that the Titanic struck the Ice
berg. He insisted Ismay went Into
the firBt lifeboat
"I am certain I saw Ismay leave by
the first boat that went over the side,"
Jones said. "We all knew at the time
that she was a goner. The first boat
off was In charge of the second officer
and Ismay went with him.' Of the 300
members of the crew that were In the
quarters forward but forty-seven that
I know of managed to get away. They
were crushed when she struck. The
same death came to the first cabin
passengers that were quartered for
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
ill. But I learned afterward that he
was in perfect health and had been
banqueting with the 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 the twenty-six widows
aboard. He kept in seclusion for the
greater part of the time. On his door
was a sign that read: 'Please don't
knock."
In Bed When the Crash Came.
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit,
Mich., in an Interview said:
"I was the first woman In the first
boat. I was in the boat four hours be
fore being picked up by the Carpathia.
I was In bed at the time 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 be
better to Investigate the matter of the
crash more fully.
"There was little or no panic. The
behavior of the crew of the Titanic
was pertect. My husband was also
saved, thank God.!"
Aged Woman Victim of Open Grate
Jefferson Center, Pa. Mrs. James
B. Caldwell, aged Git, (l ed at lie:
home here Sunday from burns re
celved Friday evening when her
night riot lies caught lire from an
open crate.
Warned of Ice, White Star Line
teaj Said: "We Will Go Faster"
ARROGANTLY DEFIED DANGER
Unwarranted Belief That Ship Was
Unslnkable, Reckless Navigation
and Wonderful Calm After Im
pact Brought Out at Hearing.
New York City 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 Senator William Al
den Smith, a lawyer of note of Michi
gan, the Inquiry began at the Waldorf
Astoria. The remarkable and unwarranted
faith of Captain E. J. Smith and his
junior officers In the unsinkable char
acter of the Titanic, 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.
J. Bruce Ismay, 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 been concerned chiefly with his
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 tlnce the Carpathia got
in and who are never away from his
side.
Mr. Ismay's manner on the stand
was constrained. He was plainly ill
at ease. Whatever good may have
been In the impression he made seem
ed to be wiped out bthe damaging
statement made later by Lightoller
that the first man be saw on the boat
deck three minutes after the Titanic
struck was Ismay standing alone.
Major A. G. Peuchen said that J.
Bruce 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, sc
as to get more quickly out of the ice
field.
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
tbe doctor's cabin on board the Car
pathia, denied himself to all inquirers
and caused the report to be spread
that a sick woman was in the cabin on
whose door appeared the notice:
"Don't knock."
Major Arthur Peuchen, of the
Queen's Rifles of Toronto, Canada,
made this statement at the Waldorf
Astoria: "J. Bruce Ismay knew of the pres
ence of icebergs, but afrogantly disre
garded the danger of them.
"And when (he Titanic was every
instant facing the possibility of run
ning into an ice mountain, Mr. Ismay
was dining with Captain Smith both
of them in evening clothes in a lower
saloon, when the Captain, at least,
should have been at his post of duty
on the bridge."
Lightoller, second officer of Titanic,
admitted that he knew of the ship re
ceiving a message on Sunday warning
Captain Smith of Ice..
Marconi talked of the work of wire
less and intimated that only economi
cal reasons prevented all passenger
vessels having an operator constantly
on duty.
Captain Rostram and Wireless Oper
ator Cottam of the Carpathia denied
receiving a message from President
Taft.
William T. Stead, the writer, fa sup
posed to have perished in his state
room. President Hays was seen on
the deck Just before the last boat left
the doomed ship.
Senator Rayner of Maryland ar
raigned J. Bruce Ismay and the direct
ors of the White Star Line as criminal
ly responsible for the loss of the Ti
tanic. In various hospitals and charitable
Institutions are 204 survivors of the
Titanic, some ill, practically all desti
tute. Two of the sailors of the Titanic
confirmed the report that men who
tried to rush the lifeboats were shot.
Revised reckoning of the Titanic
disaster statistics resulted in the offi
cial announcement that only 705 per
sons were rescued, and that 1,635 met
death. The new figures were given
out by W. W. JeffrieB, passenger traf
fic manager of the White Star line.
The 705 survivors, as announced by
Jeffries, consist of 202 first cabin pas
sengers, 115 second cabin, 178 steer
age, 4 officers and 2"G of the crew. Of
those saved nlmoBt a third were mem
bers of the ship's company.
FOR CONGRESS INQUIRY.
Resolution on Titanic Referred to
Committee Sympathy Is Voted.
Washington. Representative Mott
of New York introduced a resolution
directing the House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries to In
quire into the facta relating to the
Titanic disaster. The resolution was
referred to the Rules Committee.
The House passed unanimously a
resolution extending the sympathy to
the families of the persons lost on the
Titanic.
OSS MAY TOTAL $35,000,000
Greatest Marine Lost In the History ef
Navigation Many Insurance Com
panies Hard Hit and Will Be
Materially Advanced. -
New York. Of all the sad phases of
the loss of the Titanic none was more
pathetic than tbe final parting of the
wives and children on board the 111
fated steamship from ' husbands and
fathers as they bade them a last fare
well. All realized that the number of
lifeboats was Inadequate to provide
for half of the passengers and before
they were launched all hope had been
abandoned for the arrival of aid be
fore the Titanic went beneath the
waves.
Force had to be used by the officers
of the steamship to tear wives from
husbands when it came time for the
women to take their place in the life
boats that swung from the davits. The
women begged to be allowed to re
main and share the fate of the men
who were left on board, but no heed
was paid to their plea.
The last glimpse the women and
children got of their dear ones was as
the full complement of passengers
were placed In the lifeboats and they
swung out and dropped from view to
the waves below.
Equally tragic is the separation of
families, both in this country and Ku
rope. Wives returning to America aft
er a winter's stay In Europe and men
hurrying to their homes after business
trips abroad are among those who
went down with the steamship.
Marine headquarters say the loss of
th Titanic Is the greatest of marine
disasters. The estimated insurance
loss for hull, cargo, baggage and life
insurance is placed all the way from
$20,000,000 to $35,000,000.
British underwriters will have to
bear the greatest part of the loss,
though much reinsurance was placed
in Germany, and American underwrit
ers probably will have to pay most of
the loss on cargo. One Wall Btreet
authority says the Titanic carried $3.
000.000 in diamonds and $25,000,000 In
rubber, besides securities and specie.
The vesfiil herself was insured for
$5,000,000, divided among the large
marine insurance companies of the
world. She w as valued at $10,000,000.
William A. Prime, Vice President of
Wilcox, Peck & Hughes, said: "This
loss, coming so close on the recent
loss of $5,000,000 In bullion which
went down on the Ocean means a ser
ious matter for many of the insurance
companies and la likely to affect the
prosperity of most of them."
A representative of the United
States Lloyd's said: "I regard the
sinking of tbe Titanic as the greatest
loss in the history of marine insur
ance. Still, the loss need not cripple
anyone. Single members of Lloyd's
of London who took risks too large
for them to bear may have to suffer,
but in the general run the riBks have
been very widely distributed."
Nearly every large marine under
writer in New York Is said to have
carried a full line of insurance on the
Titanlc's cargo, the value of which is
problematical.
It s generally predicted that the
rate of marine Insurance risks will be
materially advanced on accpunt of the
Titanlc's experience.
.25,000 FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Many Are Without Food or Shelter
In Louisiana.
New Orleans. Reports from the
most conservative sources show that
25,000 flood victims In northeastern
Lousiana and the southeastern corner
of Arkansas are homeless and with
out food or adequate clothing. Many
are without shelter of any kind, while
hundreds still are marooned in de
serted dwellings, barns, trees or on
rafts.
Too add to the suffering and In
crease the danger of further levee
breaks, a rainstorm, almost a cloud
burst, swept Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas.
The engineers say that It will be a
miracle if the levees do not give way
at many other points.
Full Crew Act Constitutional.
Harrlslmrg, The Dauphin county
court decided that the "full crew" act
of 1911 Is constitutional. The court
in its opinion follows the lines of the
decisions of the courts of Arkansas
and Indiana, which were upheld by
the supreme court of the United
States,
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Sidney, eighteen years old, was In
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One In Three Sad Tales
of Survivors.
"Wireless Station, Camperdown, N.
S. Messages filtering through here In
dicate that the passengers In the lire
boats from the Titanic had thrilling
experiences:
"Huge quantities of field Ice covered
the ocean and the boat steerera had tc
guide their craft with the greatest
care.
"In some cases the Ice was so heavy
that the boats could not force their
way through It and as a result many
of them became widely separated.
"Many of tbe passengers In tbe life
boats were scantily clad, having been
hurried out of their berths In the dead
of night and ordered Into the boats.
"The transfer of the passengers
from tbe steamer to the boats was at
tended by much excitement and pan
ic." New York. So that, seemingly, was
the end of the magnificent Titanic; If
the worst Is true men worth hundreds
of millions of dollars met their fate
with her, a priceless cargo was in her
capacious holds, a consignment of $5,
000,000 of diamonds in her strong
rooms.
The news of the greatest ocean trag
edy since newspapers existed really
as "filtered;" sputtered Intermit
tently by wireless telegraphy from the
Titanic and from tbe steamships Pari
sian, of the Allan Line of Canada, the
steamship Virginian, of the same line
and the steamer Olympic the Titanlc's
little smaller, but older sister; the
three, all In the Ice-flicked steamer
lane raced to the Titanlc's aid In ans
wer to her calls for help.
Jacques Futrelle's Widow
, Weeps on Pier.
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, whose hus
band, a well-known writer, waa drown
ed, was taken from the Carpathia
weeping and almost fainting. She was
supported by two friends. Her an
guish affected the persona on the pier
probably more than any single Inci
dent. "Ob, what suffering," she arnost.
screamed, aa she waa led along the
pier. "What terrible misery." She
was hurried to a cab and taken away.
Early Couples Pushed Into Boats.
Her aunt, Mrs. Andrews, said:
"Ip the first boat many husbands
got away with their wives. The reason
for this was that at that time there
were not enough women on the deck
to fill the boat p. The officers knew the
desperate need of the situation and
the urgency of getting tbe boata oft
quickly, so they filled the boats with
those on the deck and got them away.
"Of the husbands who remained be
hind after putting their wives in the
lifeboats only three were reunited.
"We were a mile away from the Ti
tanic when there was a great explo
sion. It appeared to me as If the boil
ers had blown up and the Titanic had
been lifted up amidships and broken
In half. This Is the way It appeared
to me.
"The men In the lifeboats took off
their coats and gave them to the wo
men, who were, for the most part,
scantily clothed. Fortunately, some
of those rescued had brought blankets
with them from their staterooms when
they came up on deck.
Bays Dead Were Thrown Overboard,
"The most pathetic thing I beard
was tbat on one of the boats, a collap
sible lifeboat, holding sixteen to twen.
ty persons, the party were up to their
knees In water for six hours, so that
one man bad bis legB frozen and eight
died.
"The eight were thrown overboard,
to lighten the boat and to keep It from
being swamped.
LINER'S GRAVE TWO MILES DEEP,
Location of Titanlc's Deathbed Placed
By Canadian Marine Official.
Halifax, N. S. The deathbed of the
ten-million-dollar steamer Titanic, and
of probably many who must have
been dragged down with her, Is two
miles, at least, below the Burface of
the sea.
Sixty-four Titanic Victims Found.
St. Johns, N. F. Sixty-four bodies
have been recovered by the cable
steamer Mackay-Bennett, which hns
been searching the vicinity of the Ti
tanic disaster A number of bodies
which were recqvered were sunk
again, as they were without Identifica
tion marks. The sixty-four bodies
recovered are regarded as jdentlfia
ble. Those that were sunk were in
a condition making their preservation
impossible.
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