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fOg 4 Hegister-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Sun., Apr. 13, 1952 Woman Recalls Sinking of Titanic (Continued rom Page One) "Before I left England," Mrs. Woolcott recalled, " a friend told ne to 'look out' if the engines ever itopged. I remembered the wani ng. J threw on a dressing gown ind J-an up on deck. Only a few passengers had gathered by this :ime" Mrs. Woolcott said she picked lome ice fragments off the deck ind Jknew that the vessel had itruek an Iceberg. "I WENT BACK to get a life jelUbut there was none in my itateroom. Finally a steward found me ior me. It was large and bulky jut it helped keep me warm. "When I got back on deck, peo ple Were milling around and look ng 'for lifeboats. I don't think I vould have ever reached a boat if t hadn't been for a Dr. Paine, whom I had met early in the trip ind who said he would help if :here was ever any trouble." Frightened and cold, Mrs. Wool-iott-stood bewildered as people nostly women poured into wooden lifeboats. Dr. Paine, keep ng liis promise, searched for and louiid the frightened girl. "Come his; way," he said, "there is a ifeboat being lowered on the ither side." He helped Mrs. Woolcott into Jieboat, stepped back, and with i smile said, "I'll set you in the noming." HE NEVER DID. Ha stayed be lind and perished. After the lifeboat had been owered, passengers had to plead with two sailors to row away Irom the sinking Titanic. "Every me'was afraid of the suction that night be caused when the liner jlunged into the sea. Finally the larsmen decided to leave the im nediate area and we drifted out nto the freezing darkness. When the lifeboat had gone iboiit two miles, its 35 passengers th boat was only about half oc- lupied) turned to watcn tne "un linkable" Titanic die. The ship's lights in even rows ilong each deck were still burn, ng The passengers found it ter lfyjng to watch each row disap iea as the vessel gradually sank. Slowly the stern rose out of the rater. The angle Increased until ha .Titanic was entirely perpend! lular. It seemed to hang in this losrtlon for a few seconds and hen slid slowly below the surface. MRS. WOOLCOTT said she was oo" far away to hear the wall t fome 1300 persons who were ucked to their death in the whirling waters. vVhlle Mrs. Woolcott and the .undreds of other survivors were rifting in lifeboats, the Carpathia, 13,600-ton passenger liner, was peedlng to the disaster scene after licking up a wireless message that he .Titanic was in trouble. The Carpathia reached the scene bout 4 a.m., April IS, braving ountleas Icebergs the last few alias. She was the only vessel to Iclt up survivors. , "We were brought aboard about i.m. and given warm clothes and i ooj,"Mrs. Woolcott said. "People rare weeping all around me. Mrs. Ohn Jacob Astor was crvlne. too. ler; wealthy husband went down rith the Titanic. There were at last '0 young widows on the Car. ' athla." , Mrs. Woolcott said the Carpathia inded in New York on Thursday, tprtl 18. She said thousands of arsons mobbed the deck area she left the Titanic she heard loud reports which sounded like pistol shots. NEWSPAPER stories reported later that a few men had been shot while trying to rush the few remaining emergency obats. They were shot by ship officers. One man was reported to have dressed in women's clothing so he could get in a lifeboat. Of the 2223 persons aboard the Titanic, 1517 were drowned. Only 706 were saved. The rip in the Titanic's side was nearly the length of a footDaii field. Even with this wound the gigantic vessel stayed afloat two hours and forty minutes. Several third class passengers in the steerage were trapped below when ship officers pressed a button shut ting automatic bulkhead doors as the sea started to gush through the lagged wound. Except for a tragic circum stance, all passengers on tne 11 tanic might have been saved. A passenger liner, the California, was located only about 10 miles from the Titanic. It had stopped during the night because of field Ice. OFFICERS ABOARD the Cali fornia saw the lights or me Titanic but didn't realize the ves sel was in trouble. The California's wireless operator had gone to bed at 11:30 p.m. just 10 minutes be fore the Titanic struck an iceberg. This explains why the California received no SOS messages. As officers on the California watched lights on the Titanic sink into the sea, they thought the ves sel was steaming away. Mrs. Woolcott said she will never be able to forget those hours of 40 years ago. "Most of the year I don't think of the incident, but every April the whole event Is recalled as strongly as mougn happened yesterday." Monday at 11:40 p.m. It will be 40 years to the minute that Mrs. Woolcott felt the Titanic crunch against the Iceberg and start an event that was to make world headlines and bring sorrow to relatives on both sides of the Atlantic. (Rer-Guard photo. Wiltshire enRTavtns) THIS IS PROBABLY the place to make puns and jokes about the Easter Bunny or his cousin the hare of hare-and-tortoise fame, but anyway Boyd Schwary of Fall Creek was spading his garden a few days ago and dug up a clutch of turtle eggs. Mrs. Schwary placed them in a box of moist earth and set them along the south side of the house, and promptly two of them hatched. Here son John displays the fist one on his sweater, and the inset shows the baby turtle again, along with his discarded shell, a couple of his unhatched relatives, and Baby Brother Turtle who Is just emerging from his shell, (top part of insert). Some Easter Eggs! -X DIDN'T STAY on the dock, . ut.left word with the steamship ne that I would be staying with nends in the city. Arthur, Who first hentvt h. ewj in Buffalo while Journeying u... uuage urove to meet me, lade three trips to the dock be sre; he finally learned where : ' staying. yve were married two days iter, April 20, and started the , ng train trip to Cottage Grove ncijiome. Mrs. woolcott lost mora than 10 ..wedding presents and three uge trunks in the disaster. The ifts had been given to her by lends at a wedding shower just ! efoYe she left England. Mrs. Woolcott said there were iany acts of bravery aboard the oomed Titanic. She said the band ' laved until the last and that men jva their lifebelts to women and llldren. There were also cowards. Mrs. 'oolcott said a few minutes after HERE ARE A few points of in terest about the Titanic: . 1. It was a walk of four city blocks from stem to stern. 2. First class suites cost $4350 for a single trip. " 3. Some S million rivets were used in steel plates alone. 4. Facilities included winter gardens, card rooms, elevators which ran up and down nine stories, and even a minature golf links. 5. The vessel also contained turklsh baths, a swimming pool, tennis courts, a Parisian cafe, private promenade decks, and a main dining room which would seat 600 people. 6. Rivets in the ship's double bottom weighed 270 tons. 7. The vessel nearly met disaster when it left Southampton on April 10, 1912. It nearly collided with the passenger liner New York. The ships missed by a mat ter of feet. 8. Among the prominent per sons who died when the Titanic sank were Maj. Archibald Butt, close advisor to President Theo dore Roosevelt; Mr. and Mrs. Isador Straus, New York mer chant; William T. Stead. Enelish editor and author, who as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette was credited with being the founder of sensational Journalism; Benjamin Guggenheim, Industrialist; J. B. Thayer, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and many others. A Cold and Wei Easter Is Likely Throngs of Pilgrims Gather in Jerusalem By UNITED PRESS A good portion of the nation's Easter paraders won't be able to show off anything but new rain coats, the weatherman said Sat urday. Rain was expected to cover most , of the country east of the Mississippi River except for Flori da and possibly New England. Showers also were forecast for the Pacific Northwest and north ern California. High winds would present an other threat to Easter bonnets in the midwest. Fair skies were forecast for most of the western portion of the country. Light snow and sleet was ex pected to accompany the showers in the Upper Plains states and parts of the Midwest. In Jerusalem the largest num ber of pilgrims since the Arab Israeli war celebrated holy serv ices and . awaited the symbolic Easter sunrise. Congregations of various faiths represented nearly every country In Europe west of the Soviet Union as well as the United States. Car Badly Damaged In Springfield Crash A collision at 4th and F streets in Springfield Saturday at 5 p.m. caused serious damage to one car, Springfield police reported. Involved were a 1947 sedan driven by Harold W. Jobe, 195 Madison St., Eugene, and a 1936 sedan driven by Clarence Tim merman, 1010 Q St., Springfield. The Timmerman car was the most seriously damaged. No citations were issued and there were no injuries. NEWS BRIEFS 4 -ft? n m. U S ft. 9:01 p.m. 3.2 ft. Gleemen to Sing At Bethel Affair The Eugene Gleemen will sing at Willamette High School Tues day, April 15, as part of a benefit for Bethel community prefects. The affair is sponsored by the Bethel Lions Club. The lGeemen are asked to ap pear at 6:30 p.m. for dinner, dressed in tuxedos and ready to sing the concert at 8 p.m. Intermittent showers V. S. WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST: Eucene and vicinity: Cloudy with scattered showers Sunday, clearing Monday, cooler. Local Statistics: Highest tem perature Saturday, 70: low Sat urday. 38; rain in 24 hours end ing 10:30 a.m., none: total for month, 0.30 inches; normal for month. 2.07 Inches: stage of river at 7:30 a.m., plus 0.2 feet; wind at 8:30 p.m.. West 7; prevailing Saturday, West 3. Sunrise and Sunset (PST): Sunday, 5:33 a.m., and 6:53 p.m. Monday, 5:31 a.m., and 6:54 p.m. TIDES SUNOAY, APRIL 13. !?',,, ,. ls.w A:44 a.m. -0.8 fL 8:15 p.m. 2.9 ft. MONDAY. Arnlb 'l" Hisn ziztia.m. b.h u. tvi- o-m .m. .0.7 ft. vitrcniv AiD,r. 1. IQV X11SH a.m. n-o i,. u.vu .. . Ts,w 10:31 a.m. -0.4ft. 10:06 D.m. 3.5 ft. WEDNESDAY. APRII. 16. 19.W Low 1 1 :'36 a.'m.' -0.2 ft.' 1 1 :35 v'.m. 3.7 It.' THURSDAY, APRIL 17. 152 men a:xi a.m. i.nii. ciw p.m. o.a n. Tn' 12:44 n.m. 0.0 ft. FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 19.12 nisn 0:43 a.m. n. o:zu p.m. i.i n. Taw liBSa.m. 3.4 ft. 1 :51 p.m. 0.2 ft. SATURDAY. April 19. 19.13 Hign s:u4 a.m. 7.3 tt. u:i3 p.m. 7.7 n. Low 2:25 a.m. 2.7 ft 2:50 p.m. 0.3 ft SUNDAY. APRIL 20. 195S nign y:ma.m. (.3 it. a:oyp.m. B.a it. Low 3:30 a.m.- 1.8 ft 3:44 p.m. 0.5 ft. JOSEPH J. ADAMS, director of the news bureau at the Univer sity of Oregon school of medicinei will take part in the program of the American College Public Relations Assn. annual convention at Hotel Carter, Cleveland, Ohio, April 16-18. THE JOINT meeting of the Eu gene and Corvallis Moose Lodges has been cancelled due to an en rollment ceremony to be held In Corvallis. There will only be the regular meeting on Wednesday of the Eugene Lodge . A VIOLIN valued at $150 turned up in the University of Oregon library Friday after it had been listed with Eugene police as stolen. Greta Mae Guhch, 851 E. 15th Ave., reported that the Stadivarius copy was recovered although it had been moved from the place she left it Thursday afternoon. SPRINGFIELD Choral Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Springfield Memorial Bldg. with their new director, Mrs. Stella Young. All members and others Interested are urged to attend. Mrs. Young is a Springfield High faculty member. LANE COUNTY this week re ceived $176,282 as its share of $2,034,188 state highway revenues. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said the money was derived from state gas taxes, license fees, truck fees and motor vehicle violation from members will fines collected in the first quar ter of the year. EUGENE COUNCIL of Kadosh and Consistory (Scottish Rite Masons) will meet In regular business sessions Tuesday, April 15, 8 p.m. in Masonic Temple, 992 iQlive St. Officers in cnapier oi Rose Croix will oe insiaueu mm there will be an address by Ray ComDton. guest speaker Roseburg. Visiting be welcomed: MRS. ERMA LUSK, 1905 City, vlow Road, nicked a couple or clusters of sweet peas Friday and followed up with a challenge to anyone on Route F to do the same. She said the seeds were planted last fall. ABOARD THE transport An- tolak, scheduled to dock in Seat tle Monday from the Far East, are Sgt. Nolan R. Bell, Veneta, and Capt. Dwight H. Near Jr., Cot tage Grove. HELMET LODGE 33 will have as its guest speaker Monday eve ning James Stoval, professor of geography at the University of Oregon. He will accompany his talk with color slides taken during his field trips in the Northwest. Federal Jury Gives Mrs. Raish $41,5001 Mrs. Alma Raish, 56, formerly of Springfield, has been awarded $41,500 in a personal Injury suit against the Southern Pacific Rail road. The settlement grew out of an accident at the railroad's over head crossing on Highway 99 just south of Glenwood in Oct., 1950, in which Mrs. Ralsh's husband, Ivan, 63, and nephew, Jimmy Cal lahan. 4. were killed and Mrs. Raish was seriously injured. Tho Raishes were sitting in a narkpd car near the overhead when a trailer-truck struck an abutment on the trestle and collid ed with the Raish vehicle and three other parked cars. A FEDERAL COURT jury made the settlement award Friday. Mrs. Raish collected $27,000 from the trucking company earlier and the railroad was given permission to deduct that amount from the jury's award. Southern Pacific attorneys said they would file a motion for a new trial In January, 1951, a Lane County grand jury declared the state Pub lic Utilities Commisioner "could and should" use his authority to change the overhead request was unpreMnl-V.1?'- TJ county body. " tot jui, pointed out iv . between uprlsht. .ul railroad crossing , tmS. angles and leaves a of only 21 feet ..... "ft: "Knee" braces connecting t !!' rights to the girders Ilh further girders of t.'H redure tt,. y ?oeuarrinncLat th6 ' T?2 The State Highway Commi,, ts -a reet as minim,,- i "f "1 tal clearance fnr . u0t It was hnilt In itM, crossir.j THE OVERPASS ,in . . passed by a new highway ntjj Mrs. Raish rial that the truck was thrown 'l rnntrnl hv lrlMn .t.T".0111 l ...,..,,h m M t0 the overpass and crashed into . J Raish vehicle. She now 1. J The truck driver. Tk. . Embleton, Embleton, Oak Harbji ..cmira irom Marl in the accident. He had bd mZ. ,i 1. "sem nomicidl ii.c ii.ci ornus crusnea by u Green Chain Burns A welding torch set fire to the green chain at the Bauman Plan Ing Mill, 2500 W. 6th Ave., caus ing an estimated $50 damage be fore fire fighting equiDment from the Eugene Fire Department put out the blaze. The fire started about 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Man Found Dead William Henry Shahan, 73, was found dead In his home at 1159 Mill St., about 11:30 a.m. Satur day, the Lane County coroner's oftlce reported. Death was appar ently due to natural causes, they said. Truce by May Now Predicted (Continued from Pacje One) "probably" be reached represents a substantial change, although of ficials make the reservation that nobody can tell what the Reds will do until they have done It. THE NEW optimism Is based in part on the somewhat more agree able conduct of Red negotiators at Panmunjom, and In part on Rus sia s "peace " drive. The main purpose of this drive Is believed to be aimed at block ing West Germany's alliance with the Western Powers. One of the most dramatic steps the Com munists could take in this connec tion would be to agree possibly In time for the big Red May Day celebrations to wind up the fighting In Korea. From the Kremlin viewpoint It would be cheap, too. since RpH forces have been defeated in their strategy of conquering all Korea and appear to have nothing to gain by continuing the fight. Ill Stlftfc tor SHIch, You'rt Sttt.r Dr.ii.tf in WHIRRII Clolfcti You Specify. the style, the fabric, the individual varlotlonl when you choose a tailored-to-your-meaiurt suit from WHERRIE TAIiORING COMPANY. Pure virgin wool fabrics. ..expert tailoring. ..low prices. 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