OTHER PASSENGERS' STORIES
"WOMEN FIRST." TLTANICS BOILERS EXPLODE. (Received April 20, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 19th April. The New York World publishes passengers' stories of the wreck. It is etaied that an iceberg eighty feet in. height "was sighted a, quarter of a mile ■away. Whoa the Titanic crashed into .it the engines were stopped and the bulkheads were closed almost simultaneously by the levers on the bridge. Captain Smith, was on the bridge, and ordered all to take life-savers. The boats were lowered first. They contained more males than females, as the men were first to reach the deck. When the women and children appeared the rule " Women first!" was strictly observed. The officers drew their revolvers, but the weapons were not used in most cases. The impact of the collision made a hoie in the vessel's starboard, ad•mitting ice and water, and causing an -explosion of the boilers which broke the 6hip in two. i NEW YORK, 19th April. Th© New York Herald cays Mr. Charles Stengel, of New York, one of the survivors, describes the- impact as terrific, tons of ice falling and killing men. The vessel's bows were torn asunder, and the water poured in. Pandermonium reigned on board, but Mr. Sten■!gel paid a tribute to the bravery of 'the sailors and officers.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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217OTHER PASSENGERS' STORIES Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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