" Here her voice broke and she turned and left
the railing, to reappear a few moments later and cry:
"Please report me as saved."
"What name?" was asked. She shouted a name that could
not be understood, and, apparently believing that it had been,
turned away again and disappeared.
"Nearly all of us are very ill," cried another woman. Here
several other tugboats appeared, and those standing at the
railing were besieged with questions.
"Did the crash come without warning?" a voice on one of
the smaller boats megaphoned.
"Yes," a woman answered. "Most of us had retired. We
saved a few of our belongings."
"How long did it take the boat to sink?" asked the voice.
TITANIC CREW HEROES
"Not long," came the reply? "The crew and the men were
very brave. Oh, it is dreadful--dreadful to think of!"
"Is Mr. John Jacob Astor on board?"
"No."
"Did he remain on the Titanic after the collision?"
"I do not know."
Questions of this kind were showered at the few survivors
who stood at the railing, but they seemed too confused to
answer them intelligibly, and after replying evasively to some
they would disappear.
RUSHES ON TO DOCK
"Are you going to anchor for the night?" Captain Rostron
was asked by megaphone as his boat approached Ambrose
Light.
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