St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 19, 1912

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lowed Ismay. He told Smith that ‘Mee had been captain of the Corportn etees tf eT. Sapte fate Seeonend ee os TEENY Approximate Time Records ISMAY GOT (KF | Titanic Speeding Under Orders - lat Jamuarr, but that he Bad been @ “What day did you last sail from New e wife of the novelist, herself a writer of Mra. Jacques Futrelle, wife of th “of Greatest of Sea Disasters‘ NN FIRST BN a _for Record, Says Quartermaster ‘York with the Carpathia?” asked Seman,

sat. -dry-eyed in the saloon, telling her friends that she had -- NEW: YORK, April 19. tor Smith, he rest in in- | = ‘givep:up haope for her husband. She joined with t 10. p. m.—Capt. Smith lays the night’s course in‘ chartroom’ and ile e quiries as to, | the chances of rescue by another ship, and no one told | sotibes, Fae eae gine bese making good time, and all rently €0 a arch ap for son aaa aeaihaniedl te her what soon came to be the fixed opinion. of the ‘men—that all 11:40 Pp. m. .—Three gongs. ore rung from the erow 's nest, indicating - DECLARE 2 her causal rate of from 24 to 25 knits anor" > © amis 1 think 130, Sret-cinaa, 68 second-class those_sa’ ed. Ww re on the Carpathia. pomnethinng PigDe: OOF ’ : Quartermaster Kennedy, who was at the helm, gajd that. the ship ee Oe “therd-clans ‘pessengers.”. y. € rp fi 11:45 p. m.—Titanic crashes into iteberg: Engine is emi ‘Water- was making 21 knots, and that the offieers were under orders at the ‘Tell the committee all that a, ‘*T feel vals Mrs, Futrelle said hours afterward, or I can tight compartments are closed. time to keep up speed in the hope of making a. record “lwo heauel ‘oa of the dock at noon passage. ery now.” 12 midnight—Capt. Smith notes that ship is sinking by the héad in. They Were Only Seveniteen in TM tat orders were being carried put. ip. the face-of Kaowselee | li thetsiap Up4deneaee : bout one foot every. five minutes. that the steamer was in the vicinity of great icebergs sweeping ' ae Among the men conversation centered on the accident and the|| 19:95 wpa” +. Smith orders all passengers to assemble on upper It, Says One of Cre d : down from the North. That very afternpon, according to the |}@d fine clear weather. At 12:3 Mon- ot P t reg on record of the hydrographi¢ office, the Titanic had relayed ashore a |j|4ay morning I was informed of the ; r fea, f that the Titanic, in deck. Stewards arouse passengers in staterooms. : : : . ibility for it. Many expr essed the belie ge: stinky Seven Men Manned It. wireless message warning from the steamer Amerika, that an unusual |/¥rgent distress signal from the Titanic.” | ob

12:35 a. —Chief Officer Murdock orders ‘*Crews to the boats.’’ ; 9 on with othér vessels, had ‘had warning of the ice packs, brt “Sy gay ae Smith orders “Lower your boats. Women and children field of pack ice and bergs menaced navigation off the banks. ‘By whom? ae ‘ “The wireless operator and first of- | that in the effort to establish a record on the maiden run sufficient first.” Sixteen ‘boats are’ lowered into water. ‘Ship -sinking ce es aes g | ——o . | — ’ fast. Boats row off. _ |] NEW YORK, April 19.—Mrs. W. J.[ >" ficer. The message was that the Titante, he ' was in immediate danger. I gave tha ae, ts heed had not been paid to the warnings. The failure of the safe Y 2:15 a. m.—Men wearing life-belts begin jumping overboard. Cardeza of Philadelphia, who went ESTI MATES OF THE DEAD order to turn the ship around ag soon as from the bridge direét. 7 jit boiler explosions begins, breaki hi Wo.. traight t . ° compartments, ‘said to have been closed 4 7 2:18 a. m.—A- series of. boi P gi ing ship in + ¢] | straig ® the~Ritz-Carlton from the ‘the Titanic had given her position. I oe ; .m—- ks in two sections forward half bow first ; after i m GE : se rthe accident, was the occasion of amazement, and one theory 20a oe eo i , oT gies cede nn ee V ARY r R O M ! 47 6 . TO 1726 set a course to pick up the Titanic, which — a j , 3 was 58 milés west of my position, I om ‘was that the doors had, for some reason, not. worked in the 5:45 a. m.—Carpathia sighted. ~ : : | ae Alreached the hotel. ‘The burden of her lsent for the chief engineer, told him to ik clined Cc 5:30 a. m.—Carpathia arrives an picks up li eboats, talk was an.arraignment of J. Bruce T= number of dead in the Titanic disaster, in various attains: ranges [I put on another watch --« bthe deck by the second of the two explosions of the hoilers, and was naaaa fhoeege tg ection alae like figure. l@et out the lifeboats posh be ready for , oe ; ; ; » “an no- ae Ag » Co lai t Officers (Km btiep va Sey han two hours, he: declares, before he: was picked |}; ANY women‘ went down with the boat. Among them were many of [lany emergency.”’ oe ~esee nplai t Agai or ‘Crew. in 7 water more tha . bl pig + Prymrel wed Se ae eee Baca the women in the steerage who weré unable to~ get to the upper Capt. Rostron ° said ‘i mentee the 4 The requirement that che officers on the bridge should’ take up DY a raft. - sxaniiens.. caveman, . and “20s Jleeee ‘decks, stewardesses who were overlooked and cabin passengers who cause of humanity demanded the high- — a ; 1 tes to indicate the a ; ‘‘The explosions,’’ Whiteman said, ‘‘were send by the rushr'| reckoned him to get into the'hoet Phan tf ee meee. est speed of him when he received the ~ > ‘ temperatures of the water every 15 minutes to i .# ‘no in of the icy water on the boilers. A bundle of deck chairs,|Mr. Cardeza hau to handle an aaa tae OUR dead men were taken aboard the Carpathia from. the Titanfo’s life- |] Wireless call. Although he knew the of proach. of i 1ce€,--Was diseussed. As to the hehavior of officers and crew S: in 9 va the next three hours. I don’t think boats. Four of the survivors died on the voyage to New York. Eee ee Bled With te eee full | : ward of complain wan heard fromthe men, ” They” were roped together, was blown off the deck with me, and struck my very: highly of Mir. lamay's sourtee?* Tt : =] ee vane ane and steamed through the en : /no i : # : a : — ony ci reegee arkness for the Titanic’s: position. * t back, injuring my spine, but it served. as a temporary raft.~ The accusation -of Mrs. Cardeza 1s — Picked Up First Boat at 4 A. ee In the same breath orted by memb f the crew. Arrivi h the scéne of th $4 sengers had faith in the bulkhead system to rerrrrn ee evn seeders ior . , The crew and passeng Mr. Ismay? Why, sure I saw. him Capt, Rostron testified, he saw an ice- save the ship and were lowering a Benthon collapsible boat, all con-|He got away in the first boat. Sure of ( apa ( aptain Tells berg straight ahead of him, and, stop- a ping at 4 a. m., 10 minutes, he gp - ¥ -eabin who had stood salenty waiting for their turn—the turn ‘thick + th it? Why, of course I am. Didn' ‘ rough, when she took a tertific dip for- n't I see rident the ship would ge 8 P him? He rushed to the deck a few up the first lifeboat. The officer d shortness of time—never came . because “f a of boats and sho ‘| ward and the water rushed up and swept over the deck and into the minutes after the ship struck the jze- Sot hb bad note ane mgt for most vu t em. . oe >. Sc > L. beng, and,,well it’s not up to the likes of | OW I in Ie S Were avec ‘}and “was having difficulty in a ” here ” said-a a rich New York engine shameene Saiee ime, a common, ordinary sailor, to talk? his boat. ni God knows. I’ m not proud a” » .**The boat went clean down and I caught the pile of chairs’ as Tl about the man ~ who owns ‘thee 7 | _ “By the time IT got the boat abontd, nd wh + ei T.got on.a hoat when they were 7" to ae ab we was washed up against the rail. Then came the explosions and blew Oe tiie PS CREE magia cr poltlndae 2 Ge! 50 day was breaking,’”’ said the captain. } oy delays below, there was no woman to take p ma ‘15 feet. watkuke.ns°4e & a “i seaman on the “Tell us about the actual sinking I don’t. think any man who was saved is deserving of censure, bitt pas at > & month, made this state- ithe: women: were simply picked up and} oe we ghip.” the other lifeboats. On alll sides of us | 4.4 ‘After the water had filled the forward compartments, the}™ent to the Fost-Dispatch, last. night.| «Four. I. think the man in wages Gl did mot see her go dows. I was|inc hon enn thee wane ae nh Si ‘ feet high, and there were numerous © i realize. that, in contrast with those who ‘welt: down, we "anny ~ a Thay di né shi o. | It was backed“up by his sailor chum, was quartermaster.” r fo doy j.cnes.at the stern could not save her. y did. delay the ship’s g0- |i hiam French. itunes taka stusee imeeke ahete WA pen ae Lae now pela aon back :€6 her.. | small icebergs, or ‘growiers.’ W ’ 0. see her go, down, was strewn about us... | tg red unfavorably.” .. ....- Jing down. If it wasn’t for the compartments, hardly anyone could are two of the Titanic’s crew who sur-|}owered?” ‘Did she break in two parts?” He. showed Aa picture of his baby ‘boy as he ‘spoke. have got away vived the disaster. They are at the “Certainly three.” ‘y “I did not see her.’ The la “At 8:30 all the “AS th d ti f rt {f the shi assumed some de-| ° P Sailors’ Mission, West street, opposite “Tell us how they were lowered?” Tsaw her was about See eee were sboara.” e day passe Le orepart of the ship ‘‘The water was too cold for me to swim and I was hardly |the Cunard piers. They expect to ship] “Well, they were swung. out on|), 4.) sii : "4 ae oda after we! ‘Then, with tears fill yreeof order and comfort, but the crowded second *edbin and’ rear more than 100 feet away when the ship went down. The suction | yes, to ‘their homes in Southampton. [these davits, then they were manned./ tights.” ‘chass A ee | Regtron sala Be bye tae poe 7 : ¢ ‘es,’ said French, in confirming the }the péople WeErS put in and they babe je! TH. reles wantel-to" Bete Wi vain ) decks gavc forth the incessant sound of laméntation. A bride o | was not what one would expect, and only rocked the water around | statement of Williams, “Mr, Ismay was. lowered, away.’ I rites fe have™ elesg operators did the thanksgiving for the living and a funer- tab al service for the dead. I went to Mr, two months sat on the floor and moaned her widowhood. “An | me. I was picked up after two hours. IT have done with the sea.’’]#iven attention—the kind as befits a big “Were there life boats on the va- tees Stained * eee “ officer of the company. rious decks?” “O , Ismay. He told me to take full ne was drowned, I Setowe,” saldjan Episcopal clergyman was fou 1 leeay

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nh. ' . pe © ; sa ’e iam. mother shrieked the name of her lost so Boy is Saved, His Father Lost. There were 17, all told, in the first} “They were on the sun deck. Mr. ‘Smith. Gordon was.one. Two of the ladies|in the boats.” erew former™ mentbers” of thie” English over the spot where the Titani iad e c went in Eygland had been. sold had gorie down with: him. © Other ehil: “How fast do you say the ship was Rostron testified, he was on the bridge 2? Yt ne f Rogér Anderson of the Episcopal Order of the Holy Cross over the first’’. order from the. boat who. was saved. | His Father ABODE provisions. for a, week. Twoc airtight’) :erow.: many:*.petons were » dm. ¥9Ur | of jolinned satioean tame arrived) Ashe veatched the séa ‘‘There is much and yet there is “little to tell of my experi- at least seven days, were in all the/put the other boats he saw were fairly] “No, sir. In the old. days.the White b™*® member Of the crew, the captain first of the weighted forms fell into the water. up our hope for life and rot oe eg resolved to yr “Mr. Ismay was one of the first pas-|or rough attempts made to get in the] «aren sata the witness, “the ‘Titanic Yivors of the Titanle were in no coms together and keep together if we could, so long as -either-of us ;5omers we Saw on deck after the Ti-lpoats by men?” herl' struck the berg head.on, she “But I mist say,” declared Capt. Ros- Mr. Ismay, who was almost fully ti if y uateciek was ‘who was in the water for hours, was restored during the day. G. Hae Typecast oy | og eee SRey “ent ae ee ee ee ‘Phen, with the explosions, the ship seemed to break in two, and the[ oo a ete. wns, sberiia, alee a ay er ged?’ AA “How many conipartménts were. filled 1 Three members of the Titanic’s crew. 3 n' after = kéd up, ‘caused much arfiuserent on the Carpathia, sod | An hour later, the first boat taken/¢, nis side of the boat. He was on the; 4 plan of the Titanic oh BP dnc mits Bist sea. + aa also soon-over the effects of his long swim im:the ity: wa- braft. paket, with the abandonment of the raft, I was taken aboard | was not emptied by the Carpathia: until era did not have the necessary NUMbOMaskead the witnéss’ “Whaf ths” Hé haa | Several of the lifeboats brought in on ught in Whe ‘he physicians of the Carpathia’ were, praised, as. was Chief Frederick K. ined, who sat next to W. me Stead at the Ti-] According to Williams and French, ‘aa , hen’: + ang 7 o’clock the next morning, when} ‘who dined with you?” away by tenders, he knew not where. oS a ° . ligt rem, off in the first boat did not pre-empt] .. ” Mon ‘ay. night.on the Carpathia was one of rest. Wailing and} New York campaign of the Men and Religion Forward Movement. e. firs wi SS » Ihave not.” - ‘Did you see any icebergs” . Wil- ‘ a Ismay and the other man, whom on bard almost until she sank. by ice falling on the déck?’ NEW YORK, April 19.—P. D. Daley we 7 wrote its story. He told of one person after another who, he said,| oot ina bouts and: therefore, idterit- | Lop say. exactly.” sea any.” ''** chars irate only: Gente Aa aE A girl of 7 i wept over the loss of her teddy bear and two dolls, — , lifeboat that left the ship. It was “How was the order given that the "Wee: so % nhamebies” among the passengers and he conducted while. her mother, with streaming eyes, dared not tell’ the éhild|.: Whiteman was one of those who heard the ship’s string band | manned by seven of the crew. Sir Duff} women and children should first £0) were any of members of the Titanic’s| wp nnn * “ie y» Jad 81 ..The service was-held,-he said, directl 1 that her | father was lost and that the money for which’ their home | Playing *‘ Nearer, me God, to ga a few moments nefore She | were Mr. Ismay’s daughters, I think.| “It was the natural -thing . thathy 4, a w Ae went down. Al were first-class passengérs.” .| women and children should go. first. “Tq déwn. He judges by the foeeber. and Z d e] to th ks of the fathe ho, be f' earrying R. M. Williams, a Philadelphia youth, on his way ‘Sees ‘eons ? 4 reall gprs eye tg ciety, oe he pany hegeligty Be pee ‘oye yon a ship's officer Will the wreckage. oT ron morni t ' », _ day, save fo d\the crowded condition of the ship, matters, took some- and the occult,’’ said Sew ard. He told a story of a mummy case | them. ‘It\s difficult to answer that. I was “Were ro oe stag chats Abe killed att | E what their nivmal appearance. in eee ey | in the British Museum which, he said, had had amazing adven-|,,,145 ana French ‘said they believed to “Hoy d k , | _ Survivors Raive Fund for the Destitute.. sai tures, but which punished with great calamities any person who|be Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, were ready | 5.1, fons does it take to lower @) “I do not think so; I heard that there|of New York jumped from the dec was 8 ay before the other passengers crowded v was some ice on the deck, but I did not |of the Titanic after it was announce@ “aif iad come to grief after writing the story and added that, although ed the first opportunity of being res- Wei you on = Titanic an hour! «wese mil the women, and) ébildren cued. They added, however, that the of- after..te collision’ waved, Mr, Ismay?” —s_—... Phe women and children, As he saw the Peed afiernoon, in the saloon a meeting of survivors was hela’ and plans fol\a testimonial to the officers atid’ éréw ‘Of' the Car. | _ pathja ‘and survivors of the Titanic’s crew were Givertested: It ‘was | be knew it, he would never write it. He did not say whether ill- [pre (rey econ noo evctiy after the} “WelhI should say an hour and @] uy ger afraid mot.” > ship settling gradually, -he swam : ”? ‘ ee . quarter. wey —S | “decided that relief «f the destitute shovfid first be considered and tick attached to the mere telling of it. crash, say that to. Mr. Ismay was given|" 14 |) see any passengers that~ on Pigg eine i — caver away with all his might to prevent f ea. | being carried down with the suction w : id, of astrange adventure of a voung|/#" immediate chance to secure a place a f neeting, Samuel Goldenberg, a ointed com- Stead also told, Seward said, o ge a young the chairman ¢ of the neeting, g, app. a SS tet ae being carried down with the auction

dmi English railroad coach, whicl i agp cid tc my ac SSN seeing any. There “Did y oy att mipt Watellena with 7 : | wi mirer in an English railroad coach, which was d re- — ROY SOND’ 5G lBserIene Wit _ mittee consisting of I..G. Frauenthal, Mrs. J. J. Brown, William tbe ore ores 8s a fin uestion to his i i a Resolutions were adoptud praising the’ Titanic’s’ surviving | Had Harold Cotton, Marconi operator on ac Carpathia, gone. INCREASING CLOUDS. ? ol tte any passengers with life Ismay Wak as od hal Be une 2 when soidineet | rese “I was numb _offictits' ind crew, and thé officers, drew and passengets of the ‘Car-|to bed Sunday night at his usual time, the Carpathia would, have ‘AND APRIL SHOWERS | “Nearly alt saw had lite preservers.’ [he gdt.tnto the Ufeboat. — - eink cue 2 pig: — after Le “When yotentered the lifeboat, were 4 pair of slippers, a pair of pajamas, discuss,”

me hep * : ) Smet ‘aud déeblaritig that a teibovial is néedéd for ‘‘those who'in| known nothing of the Titanic’s plight, and the lifeboats, without THE aor ig Kat 51 |there any pakengers on that side of the |® SU!t of clothes and an overcoat,” he x 4 terolc self sacrifice made possible the reseue’of $0 many others.’” . ‘food or water, might have been the scenes of even greater tragedy 8 & ™. 43 12 ino . ship?” : replied. Carpathia to Safl Today for ‘Rain ‘and fog marked the Ca*pathia’s homeward! course, dnd] than the great death ship itself. | push enany’® Temperatures, | “There wer}tione. as rendnas’ eae Prager. he NEW YORK—April 19.—The Gu. - mm, w, . . sk you § any st le BH : . . & »“wiho- were not seasick when New York was reached were ‘The Carpathia, an easy going Mediterranean ship, has only one +h oer "peg passengers tolnter Ficeage 3 pgp call before the committee. Senator oe — ocicials announced tonight 4 | ge gs She . . | ne _ | Smith anneunced it was desired to hear m fe mone the less sick of thé séa. Marconi man, and when Cotton had not’ the receiver on his head “yep, spring is} of sBock Beer on : “Twenty boa rigid beats aad men could not have performed completely. §._V. Silver-| in the direction of the Titanic, which was weed miles or more from: tt Ble } ‘ap.’ four collapsible.” “ Baseball Game “Were all the oats accounted Pee of orn - aided greatly, by lending x mé his first eabin pas-| us.’’ . ra oday—Bunks . Y% + seep eng i list, on of the féw in existence.“ ‘‘Before I could tell the. Titanic we were coming, — theit ) ‘unks — Diagiond |? payeve s0.”. ‘Two Hours in es on Chairs. “g§ QS,” and the operator added, ‘I’m dfraid we’re gone.’~ f told | “““Sirwberry shor Bog, aie “whep the Carpath) arrived, was the sea calm?’ ‘ G | Dip genes Palmyrs, N. J., the Titanio’s barber, was lower- him we were coming, and he went on sending out signals in every | Peden Seat Sareaparitia’ Com: |. “Ye%, there was cheely a ripple of thos after the “pat 6 Be arate officers on| direction.” BR ong Dasa ——, water.” a as bridge, one of them First Officer Murdock, promptly worked An assistant Marconi-man from the Titanic, not on duty at] ‘Keep Off the Grass.’ es Play es sata oe apparatus for closing the water-tight compartments. | the time of the wreck, was among the survivors.and assisted Cot-/ « Gon whist’ I Zeal punk. Something's | Wireless operator?” es the machinery ‘Was in some 80 damaged by the| ton in his work after Wednesday, having been laid up the two pre-| wrong with my liver.’ * Ce it the front emareent | failed to close tightly, although | vious-days by the shock of the chill he suffered in the water and rictnity" Increasing cleudinces” wre we Say sachet <Atieth | | te rg cient hing. ea Pip, the Titans itera the er ¥.4 tet, no the Titanio?”

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