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Date 1912-04-19

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April 18th; 1912, 00) . - 75 y today. ness pro- creep from rous friends and Piist seven years and begs to state carried on as a for the company in assurance of a as always been KINNON. 235-d-tf Ma stastecte-stestect SP-eSe-ase-ase-atesloetocter ie SY ae RMS + ee + F high that ae ke advan- next year, + ee ing you-a 2 row, while uggest to- in buying 4 Sg safest 100.00 D Seatoctesfocoatocgoaty milton, the or the ladies the st ) and John Cross Am- muple of lines of Can + carried. S one of the most un- attractive windows. iting with their neat- es of footwear. The building and-also the ished in a yellow bur- 1s woou, while the ex- d in a wine color. The tly arranged as s the. of the store. Mr. r-conducts a similiar y so that orders that here can be supplied without a long wait. 7e rubles 1. a large inakes as Terrible Drama 1500 copies daily. 900 clreulated In city noo copies Thursday. Advertisers in Daily a the henellt of the Weekly country cireulation no extra charge. Books open to ad vertisers, VOL. 2, NO 239. lt;BR. 2 B.A. PANDO. Ss Be TELEGRAPHIC. SERVICE think one person in ten would have noticed at tha ttlme, no signs of the) ama Enacted When the Titanic went Down M Vividly Portrayed by S . Scenes-and- Memories tha c os t Time can Never Efface Deeply Im --Wierd Tales of the Desper Agonized Cries of the Drown Fortunate Ones before they Minds and Brains of the Rescue their Lives--Of the Terrible Privations and Suffering of the up Related by Men Survivors.. tie order to go on again when some (if ling matter bad been adjusted But in yfew momenta we-saw. the covers Jift d from the boats and the crews allotted to them standing by) and curling up the ropes which were to lower them by the pulley blocks into the water: We then began to reatize it was: more serious than had been supposed and my first thought was to go down and get more clothes and some money but seeing people pouring up: the stairs decided was better to cause no confusion to the people coming. up ht for 01 Presently we heard the order: All men stand back from the boats and all ladies retire to next deck below, the smoking room deck or B deck. The men all stood away and remained in absolute silence, leaning agaiust the end rail- ings of the deck and pacing slowly up and down, The boats were swung ee cae taacae cc MEN STOOD ONDECK qi en She lay Just as if she were waiting away WANTING FOR THE END-- NEANGR MY GOD 10 THEE, PLAYED BAND Mra Dick of Calgary Tells of Her Last Views of the Ill-Fated-Titanie- (CW. A, P. Dispateh.) New York, April 19 Mrs. A.A, Dick, Calgary, was canght few minutes as: the boat finally settled, she said: We, in the lifeboats, could hear the band playing, Nearer My -God to Thee. For some time after the ship had xun Into the Teederg not oue of the passengers realized then that there Was the least danger, they Just hung about the decks and ehattered about the lee field and the usual gossip of a steamship. How wax It so. muny men were saved she was usked. z They were permitted to get Into the first two Ifeboats as no one seemed to quite realize the danger, they the oifleers bezan to reserve the places for the women and throughout the conduet of everyone was splendid. 3 The Sea was rite calm and it wis Ught, They managed to get away outs and: two collapsible boats, but none of the Ife crafts, i but what I remember best was as the ship sank we could hear the band pinying and the tune wes Nearer My God to Thee we looked back and coeld se the men stinting on deck absolutely waithig for the end. y told ve would have per- out and lowered from A deck ob ebb bob bk be ok in all directions, particularly in front terwards We woul im Reece PEPE EEE + hen lights showed and rockets were te blow that came When they were to the level of B + 1595 DROWNED; 705 SAVED. * fired in another. We learned later deck where all the ladies were col- + : a . that the lghts and rockets came from from the cold, e8- lected the ladies got in quietly with + ew York, April 19 The following were given out this after- one of the Titanic s lifeboats, and so us who had 00 the exception of some who refused te 4 . e ' 2 Sr an nee before weyteave their husbands. In some cas bei: the authentic figures of the lost: First class; a je night with waves wash. ve os t erm Hapateigs euird class, 550; Officers and crew 780; total, - ns over, us, and the raft buried deep feached the CAFPAthia, where all were they. were torn from thein and pushed e598 abe 2 Bo in the water under. our fect, ready for as wil maeeivine, food. and into the boats, but in many instance: ob Saved: First class, 202; second class; 178; third class, 115; Dia we pray, men who seemed to ae they were gliowed to remain hecause. E ceew, 210; total, 705. 3 nave forgotten long ago how to ad- ceed We apr of those who DFO; there was no one to insist they shoul + Of the members of the crew saved four were officers, 39 sea- aress their Creator, called prayers: ae gt; aa an Se a go. men, 96 stewards and 71 firemen. lof their childhood and murmured on (oaSis Looking ,over the side one saw Ry t oP ones 1 ge State * them over and over again. had (oer of 1812, which he had spent a isee oo he-swater slip v var a iM wh eek ebb eb teh ob bb the Lord's Prayer again and again to- - ping quietly away into the darkness/ PEEEEEEEEEE gather: time in preparing, He sald he would) 14 sspecially the boats near to me (W. AP. Dispatch.) : New York, N- .-April 18 Col. Archibald Grace, U, 8, A., who jumped trom the topmost deck ofthe Titanic as she sank and swam about until he found a cork liferaft and then helped Tescue others who had jumped into the water, added to the statement last night: phe Titanic was struck by the berg on her port side, Col. Grace said,- ughe was ripped from near the middie bow to bow, after the fashion of a can opener opening.a box of sarines. The compartments wefe closed im- mediately as far as possible under the circumstances. The interval be- tween the collision and th siuking-of the ship was two hours. and twenty jnigutes, timed by my watch which lay open on the dresser. It stopped at 2.22 am., when I jumped into the water. I was dressed in the cabin at midnigh ip, 1 : s pelied by come great force through the water and occasioned -by explos- ions, while under)-the. water ffelt shocks, I-recall that Iwas most fear- ful of being boiled to death. The second officer who was on the top deck, fold me that he had a similar experlence: Imrumerable thoughts of a personal nature flashed through my brain. ws h Again and again I prayed for del- swam to it, I caught the arm of aj We dared not.turn about to look, so iverance, although I felt sure that man who. grasped t, threw my les fearful were : hat we would dis over the boat and rested om it: turb the balan e, The second officer my end had come. My greatest dif- fieulty was in holding my breath un- ji 1 came tothe surface, reached the surface after a time that seemed unending. There was nothing in sight save ice, the ocean and a lerge field of,wreckage. There were dying men and women all about e, groaning-and crying pitiously. 'The-second officer-and J.B. Thayer, Jr., who were swimming near told me that just as.my head ap gt; eared aboye the water one of the Titanic s funneis parted and fell a- : ble. boat that was called a raft. There were already. mote than twenty men who seemed to belong to the Titanic s crew. Some men; on the bow others on the stern. Presently the raft became so full that it seemed we would sink if more came aboard, and the crew for self preservation, had to tefuse to per- mit othets to claim floating. Most pathetic scenes were seen by all. The cries of those around still ring part near me, scattering bodies in in my. ears, I will remember them to the water, my dying day. Faw WFCOKAES every WHEFE, was shouted. to each man who tried to get aboard. One-more-of-you-B- Hboard Would sink us all and any tl whom we refused answered as they i went to their death, Good -Iuck and God bless you. All the time we were P buoyed and sustained, we saw lights that came within my reach, I clung to. A great cfate-like block of wood floated within my grasp and I grab bed ft, It neemed to be sufficiently large to keep me afloat. At this mo- ment, however, saw an overturn boat short stance away and Captain, First Officer Chief Engi Commander to Go Down Unlike Others They Captain. Refused to Try and Save Bis Life. stricken Titanic, cost the lives of jLord Cone Durr Gordon and his wife, Lady Duff Gordan. according to. . H. B, Stengel, of Newark, N. J. T saw them getting into a lifeboat, said Stengel. Just as they were lowered the boat tipped over and they fell tn to the water. New York, April 19. Capt. Ez J. Smith shot himself on the bridge. The chief engineer lkewise committed suicide. Three Italians were shot to death in the struggle for the life- oats, The passenger who first told of the captain's end said that two at- tempts were necessary before he was successful in ending his life. Brother: officers wrested revolver from his hands in the library, but he froke away; rushed tothe bridge and shot himself thete through the mouth. New York, April 19 Phillips, the first Marconi operator aboard the TT tanic, stuck to his post until the last and then jumped. from the sinking ship, He was taken aboard the Iife faft and died before the rescuers could reach him, according to story told here today by Thomas Whitely, who was a waiter in the saloon of the Titanic. Et Wittely is in St. Vincent's Hospi- tal suffering from a fractured right leg and numerous bruises, Phillips was on the overturned life boat with me. Whitely said. He was dead when taken aboard the Carpathia. They tried to revive bim but it w too late. There were four burials at sea, one sailor, two firemen and Phillips, the brave wireless operator. It is believed that Whitely s story clears the doubt surrounding the iden- tity of the fourth man buried from the Garpathia, It was at first be- Hevea that this man was a cabin pas- New York, April 19 The crew of the Carpathia picked up the bodies of three men and one baby, and the three ed from the Titanic died from exposure, They were buried at sea. Quartermaster Moody, of the Titan- 4e, said thet First Officer Wilde of the Titanic who was on the bridge when the yesol struck the berg, Killed himself. He ssid that Wilde drew his revolver and shot himself as soon as he realized that the accident was serious. Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, tried to get-on a life boat, + but the second officer held him hack. A third class passenger who tried to climb in the boats was shot and killed by the steward. ancing ourselves, fearful lest the deli- ate balance should be disturbed, and all of us thrown again into the wal- ers. The hand of God have smoothed the water, which was caim. we first saw the twinkling lights of the Carpathia. ognized her as our rescuer. that it was the(Carpathia. pered that there wi finally ordered ofi )tman to look be- have meant the death, probably of all of us. ed the word that there was no. ship behind. When day broke, four. of the Titanic s life boats were Seen on our port side. went forward. The- Second Officer was the last man off the raft. before he left it, he lifted into the boat the body of a sailor who'had died from cold and eposure, heavy overcoat, heavy with water. try- equilibrium: of the craft/in this bodt more than its completement, sixty-five. was close, otherwise, the officers af- Smith and His Chief Lieutenants Ended All when Ship Started Went to Their Watery Graves Dead Long before light we stood in col- mns, tWo deep, back to back, bal- seemed to An age Seemed to have passed wher We knew her and rec- op by saying that he, too, knew When we looked, some one whis- ship behind us. rT The man who looked /pass- The transfer, fraught with pefil, Just Thad on my Titmost not to disturb the saw several of-my companions on. he Taft. Others should have. gotten into the other beat. Our boat had persons, Fortunately the Carpathia and said Whitely, in collapsi- ble boat No. 2, and on the starboard jammed. The second officer was packing at the ropes with Kief and I was being dragged around the deck by that rope wh I looked up and saw the .bost with all aboard turn trutle. T come away, got overboard. myself and clung to am oak dresser. 1 was not more than sity feet from the Ti- tanic when she Went down. Her stern rose up in the air and she went down bow first. I saw machinery drop ont of her. During the half hour I was in the water I could hear the cries of thousands of people it- seemed although ihere must have been but hundreds, I drifted near. a boat wrong side up and about thirty men were clinging to her-and they refused to let me get aboard. Some of them tried to hit me with an oar but I scrambled aboard. There was a bit of a panic when chief officer shot one man. jally the firemen. to see the berg. An upset lifeboat, tipped over as it Was lowored from the tivets of the senger, but Whitely declares it was Phillips, I hetped fill the boats with wie Marconi operator; one of tire thinty-five on-the ralt, confirmed: our Sie. Dispatch? Fhearing-people going upstairs, I went the accident first happened. The of- ficers had.to use thelr revolvers, The 1 did not ee this but three others did, and then he shot himself. But everybody, pret- ty much, behaved splendidly, espec- It was a black berg we otruck and although the night was perfectly clear it was impossible T saw another Itke tt when we were drifting on the ov- return: to England to duplicate the data, were lowered and with much creak - ing as the new ropes slipped througt the pulley blocks down the 0 fect whica separated them from the wa- ter. An officer in uniform came up. but at once went down and shouted, When you ate afloat come around to (W. A. P. Dispatch) Winwipeg, Man, April 19 The Beasley aecdunt of the Titanle disaster way given by L. Beasley, a Cambridge University man who resides In London. Mr. Beasley seond cabin and had for orders. was in the , Tot heen mentioned in the Ust of Ave. aye, sir, came up the reply, he save but I don t think any boat was able i the companion ladder and stand by to obey the order. When they were : Two Life MRS, HAYS HOME. (W. A. P. Dispatch.) . Montreal, April 19. The special train bringing home Mrs. C. M. Hays Mrs, Davidson and th relatives who went to New York to meet the Car- pathia, crept slowly into Bonaventure station at thre minutes to ten o'clock with the engine bell tolling? The-flag Boats are Missing s.r PROBABILITY THAT TWO MORE als of the Grand Tronk and a few BOATS MAY. BE SAFE. near fiiends of the two bereaved fam- : ilies. New York, April 19. Following is/aition of the sinking boat- -was so patted New York, Apri a- None. wore badges of mourning, nor the account of Mr. Beasley, of Lon- much niore a sight for alarm for 2,19 Tyo Titanic boats were 4) dld they need to do so, the tragedy of ence a those in the boats. than those on ser picked up out of the six- 4. the occasion was plain on thelr: faces. ihe voyage from Queenstown had board that in common prudence the toon hat left the sinking sbip. As two widows stepped from the train been auite uneventful, very .fine sailors saw they could do.nothing but 2, 4; is considered there Is a ray Wp every head was uncovered and the last days raner evening it was almost too cold to be out on deck.at all, I had been in my berth for about ten minutes when at 11.05 p.m I felt slight jar and then soon after a second one, but not. suf- ficiently to cause any anxiety to any one, however nervous they may have been, However tis engines stopped immediately afterwards and my first thought was thatshe had lost a pro- peller. I went up onthe top deck in my dressing gown and found only e. had come up few pedple there who shafarly to'inaulre-why we had stop- and how completely. self-controllea: One by one th ped, but there was no sort of anxiety ob the ja the minds of amy one. We saw with women and children, through the smoking room window / game of cards golng-on and went In to inquire if they knew anything. seems they felt more of the jar, and looking through the window had seet fa huge iceberg go by close by the side of the boat, They thought we had just grazed it with a glancing blow and that the engines had been stopped to see if any damage had been done. No one, of courre, had happening at such times. was, imminent danger. ly In the sea, with nothing but ou board side. the deck to see if this was so., I mained where F was and: presentl: yore thaw eeuallz dangerous ina crowded boat, especially with women. There was no trace of any disorder or panic or rush to the boats and no scenes of women sobbing hysterical- ly, such as one generally pictures as Every one seemed to realize so slowly that there When it was realized that we must all be present- life belts to support us until we were: Lpicked up by: passing steamers it was) extraordinary haw calm everyone was were filled Towered and rowed away. Presently the word ;went round among the men, The men It are to be put-in boats on- the -star- I was on the port side, and most of the men walked across re- heard the call, j Any more ladies? Looking over the sid of the ship I saw the boat No. 13 swinging level with the B deck, half full of Iad- lies Again the call was repeated: 1 stilines upon the platform was brok- Weather was experienced and the sea vow from the sinking ship to save at) +. of nope in this for some of the +b) vee quite calm, fhe wind had been any rate some of the lives. They. BO 4 missing * len only. by the low whispers of greet westerly to erly the Whole doubi, anticipated that suction from) 5. me. 7 way but very Gold; particularly the such an enormous vessel woitld be Gice LE Seal ara et ene ok the Sones of theory cars passing Jarred on the ears as arty lriages Which Were waiting for them jto convey them to the residence of Mrs. Hayes, 27 Ontario Avenue. Mrs. ison accompanied her mother to home, New Yo ROTHSCHILDS rival of the Carpathia Mrs, Charles LIFE M. Hays, wife of the president of the WOWEN REPLACED D: STEWARDS AT OMR COUNTESS OF Gra: down the fll-fated Titanic, and Alice her two daughters, Davidson end Misg Margaret Hays, net by relatives and taken to New York, April 19. Miss Farnam, leading New York physician, escaped from the Titanic on the same were boat which Rotheschtid- he Countess is an expert oars: carried, te Countess) Another survivor of the Titanic, woman, said Dr. Leader, nd thor- Mrs. George Widener, whose husband oughly at home on the water. She was lost, burried from New Work om practically took-command-of-ourboatla special traii to her home in PRUS when it was found that the seamen, adelphia. wat ey who had been placed at the oars could not row skilfully. Several of tie o- CARPATHIA'S CAPTAIN WO) men took places with the Countess at ee hee and rowed in turns while the (W.A. P Dispatch) weak and. anskilled. stewards sat New. York) axMilete Capt) quietly in one end of the boat. Rowgrom, of the Carpathia, in a state of great exhaustig iy any concep pierced below by part of the submer- ged iceberg. The game went on with- out any thought of disaster and 1 re- tired to my cabin to read until we went on again. I never saw any of the players or the onlookers gain, A little later, Any more. ladies? is of the crew looked up and said: An: ladies on your deck, sir? No, F replied. Then you better. jump 1 as they cried: Lower away. out again and found everyone want- ing to know what the: engines had stopped or. No. doubt. many were awakened from sleep by the sudden stoppage of a vibration to which they had become accustomed during the four days we had been on the ship. Naturally. with such powerful engines as the Titanic carried the vigration was very noticeable all the time, and the sudden stoppage had something the same effect as the stopping of loud ticking grandfather's clock in a room. On going-on deck.again I saw that there was an undoubted list downwards, from stern to bow but, Knowing nothing of what, had. hap- pened concluded some of the front compartments ad filled and weighed, her down, 1 went down again to put on warmer clothes and as I dressed heard an order shouted, All pa: sengers on deck with Ure belts on: gt; We all walked slowly up with them tied on over our clothing, but even then presumed this was a wise precaution the: captain was taking. and that it should return in a short time snd retire to bed. There was a total absence of any panic or any ex- pressions of alarm and I suppose this can be accounted for by the exceed- water, fa line. water. shouted: Some one find the which releases the boat and pull up. nothing and board. Down we went and swell of the sea urging against the side. any signs of the wreck, The ship Was absolntcly still and except for a erturned boat. gentl tilt downwards which I don t 1 (Continued on page 4.) T saw none come on and then one I dropped. in and fell in the bottom) As the boat began to descend more ladies were pushed hurriedly through the opening and heaved into the boat and a-baby of ten- months passed af- for and rushed ter them. The crew called to those lowering each end to keep her level until we were some ten feet from the and here occurred the only anxious moment we had during the whole of our experience, from leav- ing the deck to reaching the Carpath- Immediately after the -boat was exhausted of the condensers a huge stream of water spouting out from the ship s side just above the water It was plain we ought to be right smart away from this not to. be swamped by it when we touched ze We had no officer aboard, nor petty officer or member Of the crew to take charge. So one of the stokers pin No one knew what it was. We felt as well as we could but found it was hard to move among so many people 60 or 70 on pretty soon the exhaust washing us away from the side of the vessel and the us back The resuit-of ait these forces was a force that carried ingly calm n ght and the absence of us back to the side of the ship and ander boat 14 which was filled rapid- ly with men and was coming down on is fast recovering today,-and will 80 be able to give a detailed account of the rescue of the passengers of t Titanic. When asked for a stat the Captain sald: I am all done and cannot say a word. 1 should Yery much to do so, but orders to me and to-the rest of the.ship's.crew. PITIFUL SCENES IN LONDON (W. A. P. Cable.) London, April 19. Pitiful scenes: were again witnessed at the White Star offices in London this morning. One woman,..cho had kept vigil throughout the day and most of the night since the first news of the dis- aster, found in the lost posted in the bids it. A statement from mets ab- office the name she had been waiting olutely impossible at this time, babi) y to the street shrick- a statement will come tater. 1 y ing he s saved. Memorial services fc were held at noon in St. Paul's Cath- edral, and this was attended by- the Hnenrers-ot-the-cabinet-and the di ploratic corps among whom Wi i bassalor Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid, and other distinguished per- sons, The entire congregation stood while the band played the Dead March from Saul. Hundreds of women and men broke down and sobs were audible ihrovghont the edifice. (W. A. P. Dispatch) who works at-a-local- store, is the son of the head purser of the Titanic, who is missing. i 400.00 tor two lots in block 24) buy xi the city today. H.C. Pettet Co. c Alexander Carlisle, designer of the Titanic, who was among the congre- EEEEEED ERE EE EES gation, was so affected that he faint- - i ed and had to be carried out. i Coupon No. it A memorial service is to be held in - St Patrick Church, Dublin, on Sun- 2. APRIL 19, 1912 day. This coupon, with one from each of the other fasues of The There was a fait attendance at the . Dafly News of the week end- Opera House last night to lear Ben- fs ing April 19th, and 10-centsy ough, though it did not prove a fim e ancial success for the Fire Depart-j-f ment. Bengoogh retains bis oki-time versatily and his sketches ami anec- dotes kept the andience in good burj 7 mor. - 4 Don't miss the Battle; shown at the zs Star. tonight. April 19. Upon the ar- Wi April 19 G. Latimer, High, School Annex. This 9 the best T sTowIy tothe CaY 1 Trunk Railway, who Went Mrs. Thorviton * The Grand-Grntrat States sehers they jeft for-Montreal on a special train. PURSER S SON AT PEG.

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