wreckage near the Titanic.

Harry Senior, the fireman, with his eight or nine companions in
distress, had just managed to get a firm hold in the upturned boat when
they saw the Titanic rearing preparatory to her final plunge. At that
moment, according to the fireman's story, Captain Smith jumped into the
sea from the promenade deck of the Titanic with a little girl clutched
in his arms. It took only a few strokes to bring him to the upturned
boat, where a dozen hands were stretched out to take the little child
from his arms and drag him to a point of safety.

"Captain Smith was dragged onto the upturned boat," said the fireman.
"He had a life-buoy and a life-preserver. He clung there for a moment
and then he slid off again. For a second time he was dragged from the
icy water. Then he took off his life-preserver, tossed the life-buoy
on the inky waters, and slipped into the water again with the words: "I
will follow the ship."

OTHER FAITHFUL MEN

Nor was the captain the only faithful man on the ship. Of the many
stories told by survivors all seem to agree that both officers and crew
behaved with the utmost gallantry and that they stuck by the ship nobly
to the last.

"Immediately after the Titanic struck the iceberg," said one of
the survivors, "the officers were all over the ship reassuring the
passengers and calming the more excitable. They said there was no cause
for alarm. When everything was quieted they told us we might go back to
bed, as the ship was safe. There was no confusion and many returned to
their beds.

"We did not know that the ship was in danger until a comparatively short
time before she sank. Then we were called on deck and the life-boats
were filled and lowered.

"The behavior of the ship's officers at this time was wonderful. There
was no panic, no scramble for places in the boats."

Later there was confusion, and according to most of the passengers'
narratives, there were more than fifty shots fired upon the deck by
officers or others in the effort to maintain the discipline.

FIFTH OFFICER LOWE

A young English woman who requested that her name be omitted told a
thrilling story of her experience in one of the collapsible boats which
had been manned by eight of the crew from the Titanic. The boat was in
command of the fifth officer, H. Lowe, whose actions she described as
saving the lives of many people. Before the life-boat was launched he
passed along the port deck of the steam