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
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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.
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Negotiators Ordered
To Stand Firm
WASHINGTON (U.R) Allied
truce negotiators at Panmunlnm
have been ordered to stand firm
against granting major conces
sions to the Communists to win
a quick armistice, administration
oniciais revealed Saturday.
There have been reports the Al
lies were ready to grant big con
cessions. But officials familiar
with Washington and Allied policy
said the negotiators have been In
structed to play the Red waiting
game and not give in on funda
mental principles.
"The Reds may think the Amor
icons nnai V W 11 av 'TV,, k.n
with it and quit the war on their
erms, an official told a reporter.
But we can wait just as long as
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( vhich Mra. John Bonzer, 2614 Van Ness, held out for con
sideration by Gary Inks, 8, student at tho Children's llos-
)ital School, The check inside tho egg was donated by the
John Fhetteplaco Guild.
McCarty Given Post
TOKYO UPi-Brig. Gen. Ches
ter r.. jwciarty, Portland, Ore.,
will take over command of the
315th Air Division.
the Far East Air Force announced
Saturday. He is a former Oregon
state senator and a former assist
ant Oregon Attorney General.
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