Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters, Logan Marshall [ebook reader with highlight function TXT] 📗

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Them With Pretty Suits And Little White Shoes And Playthings

A-Plenty? Then,  Too,  Miss Hays Had A Pom Dog That She

Brought With Her From Paris And Which She Carried In Her

Arms When She Left The Titanic And Held To Her Bosom

Through The Long Night In The Life-Boat,  And To Which The

Children Became Warmly Attached. All Three Became Aliens

On An Alien Shore.

 

Miss Hays,  Unable To Learn The Names Of The Little Fellows,

Had Dubbed The Older Louis And The Younger "Lump."

"Lump" Was All That His Name Implies,  For He Weighed Almost

As Much As His Brother. They Were Dark-Eyed And Brown

Curly-Haired Children,  Who Knew How To Smile As Only French

Children Can.

 

On The Fateful Night Of The Titanic Disaster And Just As The

Last Boats Were Pulling Away With Their Human Freight,  A

Man Rushed To The Rail Holding The Babes Under His Arms.

He Cried To The Passengers In One Of The Boats And Held The

Children Aloft. Three Or Four Sailors And Passengers Held Up

Their Arms. The Father Dropped The Older Boy. He Was

Safely Caught. Then He Dropped The Little Fellow And Saw

Him Folded In The Arms Of A Sailor. Then The Boat Pulled

Away.

 

The Last Seen Of The Father,  Whose Last Living Act Was

To Save His Babes,  He Was Waving His Hand In A Final Parting.

Then The Titanic Plunged To The Ocean's Bed.

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Travers

 

Still More Pitiable In One Way Was The Lot Of The Baby Survivor,

Eleven-Months-Old Travers Allison,  The Only Member

Of A Family Of Four To Survive The Wreck. His Father,  H. J.

Allison,  And Mother And Lorraine,  A Child Of Three,  Were

Victims Of The Catastrophe. Baby Travers,  In The Excitement

Following The Crash,  Was Separated From The Rest Of The Family

Just Before The Titanic Went Down. With The Party Were

Two Nurses And A Maid.

 

Major Arthur Peuchen,  Of Montreal,  One Of The Survivors,

Standing Near The Little Fellow,  Who,  Swathed In Blankets,

Lay Blinking At His Nurse,  Described The Death Of Mrs. Allison.

She Had Gone To The Deck Without Her Husband,  And,  Frantically

Seeking Him,  Was Directed By An Officer To The Other

Side Of The Ship.

 

She Failed To Find Mr. Allison And Was Quickly Hustled

Into One Of The Collapsible Life-Boats,  And When Last Seen By

Major Peuchen She Was Toppling Out Of The Half-Swamped

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Boat. J. W. Allison,  A Cousin Of H. J. Allison,  Was At The

Pier To Care For Baby Travers And His Nurse. They Were

Taken To The Manhattan Hotel.

 

Describing The Details Of The Perishing Of The Allison Family,

The Rescued Nurse Said They Were All In Bed When The Titanic

Hit The Berg.

 

"We Did Not Get Up Immediately," Said She,  "For We Had

 

 

 

 

 

{Illust. Caption = White Star Steamer Titanic Gymnasium}

 

{Illust. Caption =

Copyright,  1912,  Underwood & Underwood.

Captain A. H. Rostrom

 

Commander Of The Carpathia,  Which Rescued The Survivors Of The Titanic

From The Life-Boats In The Open Sea And Brought Them To New York. After

The Senatorial Investigating Committee Had Examined Captain Rostrom,  At

Which Time This Specially Posed Photograph Was Taken,  Senator William

Alden Smith,  Chairman Of The Committee,  Said Of Captain Rostrom: "His

Conduct Of The Rescue Shows That He Is Not Only An Efficient Seaman,  But One

Of Nature's Noblemen."}

 

 

 

 

 

Not Thought Of Danger. Later We Were Told To Get Up,  And

I Hurriedly Dressed The Baby. We Hastened Up On Deck,

And Confusion Was All About. With Other Women And Children

We Clambered To The Life-Boats,  Just As A Matter Of Precaution,

Believing That There Was No Immediate Danger. In

About An Hour There Was An Explosion And The Ship Appeared

To Fall Apart. We Were In The Life-Boat About Six Hours Before

We Were Picked Up."

 

 

 

 

 

The Ryerson Family

 

Probably Few Deaths Have Caused More Tears Than Arthur

Ryerson's,  In View Of The Sad Circumstances Which Called Him

Home From A Lengthy Tour In Europe. Mr. Ryerson's Eldest

Son,  Arthur Larned Ryerson,  A Yale Student,  Was Killed In

An Automobile Accident Easter Monday,  1912.

 

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A Cablegram Announcing The Death Plunged The Ryerson

Family Into Mourning And They Boarded The First Steamship

For This Country. If{Sic} Happened To Be The Titanic,  And The

Death Note Came Near Being The Cause Of The Blotting Out Of

The Entire Family.

 

The Children Who Accompanied Them Were Miss Susan P.

Ryerson,  Miss Emily B. Ryerson And John Ryerson. The

Latter Is 12 Years Old.

 

They Did Not Know Their Son Intended To Spend The Easter

Holidays At Their Home At Haverford,  Pa. Until They Were

Informed Of His Death. John Lewis Hoffman,  Also Of Haverford

And A Student Of Yale,  Was Killed With Young Ryerson.

 

The Two Were Hurrying To Philadelphia To Escort A Fellow-

Student To His Train. In Turning Out Of The Road To Pass A Cart

The Motor Car Crashed Into A Pole In Front Of The Entrance To The

Estate Of Mrs. B. Frank Clyde. The College Men Were Picked

Up Unconscious And Died In The Bryn Mawr Hospital.

 

G. Heide Norris Of Philadelphia,  Who Went To New York

To Meet The Surviving Members Of The Ryerson Family,  Told

Of A Happy Incident At The Last Moment As The Carpathia

Swung Close To The Pier. There Had Been No Positive Information

That Young "Jack" Ryerson Was Among Those Saved--

Indeed,  It Was Feared That He Had Gone Down With The Titanic,

Like His Father,  Arthur Ryerson.

 

Mr. Norris Spoke Of The Feeling Of Relief That Came Over

Him As,  Watching From The Pier,  He Saw "Jack" Ryerson

Come From A Cabin And Stand At The Railing. The Name Of

The Boy Was Missing From Some Of The Lists And For Two Days

It Was Reported That He Had Perished.

 

 

 

 

 

Captain Rostron's Report

 

Less Than 24 Hours After The Cunard Line Steamship Carpathia

Came In As A Rescue Ship With Survivors Of The Titanic

Disaster,  She Sailed Again For The Mediterranean Cruise Which

She Originally Started Upon Last Week. Just Before The Liner

Sailed,  H. S. Bride,  The Second Marconi Wireless Operator Of

The Titanic,  Who Had Both Of His Legs Crushed On A Life-Boat,

Was Carried Off On The Shoulders Of The Ship's Officers To St.

Vincent's Hospital.

 

Captain A. H. Rostron,  Of The Carpathia,  Addressed An

Official Report,  Giving His Account Of The Carpathia's Rescue

Work,  To The General Manager Of The Cunard Line,  Liverpool.

The Report Read: "I Beg To Report That At 12.35 A. M. Monday

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18th Inst. I Was Informed Of Urgent Message From Titanic

With Her Position. I Immediately Ordered Ship Turned Around

And Put Her In Course For That Position,  We Being Then 58

Miles S. 52--E. `T' From Her; Had Heads Of All Departments

Called And Issued What I Considered The Necessary Orders,  To

Be In Preparation For Any Emergency.

 

"At 2.40 A. M. Saw Flare Half A Point On Port Bow. Taking

This For Granted To Be Ship,  Shortly After We Sighted Our First

Iceberg. I Had Previously Had Lookouts Doubled,  Knowing

That Titanic Had Struck Ice,  And So Took Every Care And Precaution.

We Soon Found Ourselves In A Field Of Bergs,  And Had

To Alter Course Several Times To Clear Bergs; Weather Fine,  And

Clear,  Light Air On Sea,  Beautifully Clear Night,  Though Dark.

 

"We Stopped At 4 A. M.,  Thus Doing Distance In Three Hours

And A Half,  Picking Up The First Boat At 4.10 A. M.; Boat In Charge

Of Officer,  And He Reported That Titanic Had Foundered. At

8.30 A. M. Last Boat Picked Up. All Survivors Aboard And All

Boats Accounted For,  Viz.,  Fifteen Life-Boats,  One Boat Abandoned,

Two Berthon Boats Alongside (Saw One Floating Upwards

Among Wreckage),  And According To Second Officer (Senior Officer

Saved) One Berthon Boat Had Not Been Launched,  It Having

Got Jammed,  Making Sixteen Life-Boats And Four Berthon Boats

Accounted For. By The Time We Had Cleared First Boat It Was

Breaking Day,  And I Could See All Within Area Of Four Miles.

We Also Saw That We Were Surrounded By Icebergs,  Large And

Small,  Huge Field Of Drift Ice With Large And Small Bergs In It,

The Ice Field Trending From N. W. Round W. And S. To S. E.,  As

Far As We Could See Either Way.

 

"At 8 A. M. The Leyland S. S. California Came Up. I Gave

Him The Principal News And Asked Him To Search And I Would

Proceed To New York; At 8.50 Proceeded Full Speed While

Researching Over Vicinity Of Disaster,  And While We Were Getting

People Aboard I Gave Orders To Get Spare Hands Along And Swing

In All Our Boats,  Disconnect The Fall And Hoist Up As Many

Titanic Boats As Possible In Our Davits; Also Get Some On Forecastle

Heads By Derricks. We Got Thirteen Lifeboats,  Six On Forward

Deck And Seven In Davits. After Getting All Survivors Aboard

And While Searching I Got A Clergyman To Offer A Short Prayer

Of Thankfulness For Those Saved,  And Also A Short Burial Service

For Their Loss,  In Saloon.

 

"Before Deciding Definitely Where To Make For,  I Conferred

With Mr. Ismay,  And As He Told Me To Do What I Thought

Best,  I Informed Him,  I Considered New York Best. I Knew

We Should Require Clean Blankets,  Provisions And Clean Linen,

Even If We Went To The Azores,  As Most Of The Passsengers{Sic}

Saved Were Women And Children,  And They Hysterical,  Not

Knowing What Medical Attention They Might Require. I

Thought It Best To Go To New York. I Also Thought It Would

Be Better For Mr. Ismay To Go To New York Or England As

Soon As Possible,  And Knowing I Should Be Out Of Wireless

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