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ANTHONY FULLER
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on the streets of London nt
y a time. The balladmonger preserves the legend of the band playing "Nearer my God to Thee
The band was playing as the.
ally that the band played the Church of England June, "Autumn."
But tradition dies 'hard, and many who were 100 DUST, worried, and frightened, Lat night to even hear the band, are now convinced that they heard the band play; "Nearer My God to Thee."
However, regarding the film, this incident is the mod mov- ing of all. I first saw the film at the lush Odeon in Leleester Square.
The audience were deeply moved, and many
tears ashamedly wiped their eyes as the berole bands- men carried on with their duty until the sea washed over them, Not one survived.
the ship went down, Near my God to Thee;. Plicy ame to save their lives. Over the ice-bound sea." Of course, to make the in- worthy of the eldent of the band playing episode, senti- ment would demand that the band play that rather maudlin lune, But as it happened, the Some of the more imaginative and was really a good one, episodes were dropped once the landpleked for the Titanic, The facts were made
came from but Bandmaster
the known.
His name Was the story of the passenger who Mauretania.
ice ftoe to fee Wallace Henry Hartley, and he was a fine musician. The film Hoe until he reached a bant, held for a few days, un-
does not give the names of the id the
in realised it bandamen, but Hartley is piny- with a cover story to account for ed by an actor who gels one of bie being in a life-boat at all,
the most moving roles in the whole film. After dismissing the try
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There was a legend that Ilved right Into the thirtles which had millionaire Jaco Astor stepping out of the Hie- boat, and offering his seat to n her mother with a baby in arms. It mude a fine story, and It offset, to some extent, the
of scandal which told male Oral class passengers un-
for gallantly scrambling
the boats, read this story myself of the aumiversary otc stories of the Titanic, and the writer had John Jacob Astor standing back and with ไปส arms folded, waiting while the waters closed over him.
Such a tale is nonsense, for enough no survivor was close at the end to witness what the angle of the ship, and the vio- its con- The other bandsmes, hearing lent death throes of siddle, turn back and join vulsive plunge, rendered phy. when
him. Ronks compromise with sically Impossible. blood,
The immortal glory of this the episode, and William Mac- partic would Quitly has them play the tone herole legend belongs to Miss
krown es Horbury, to which is
Edith Evans. As the last boat sung the words of "Nearer My was being lowered, she stepped God to Thee." All we know for aside to allow Mrs John Murray certain, the band broke of Brown to go ahend. "No, you playing light muste, and as the go. You have children waiting ships tilted, struck up a bymn for you." Miss Evans went down tune. The survivors in the with the ship. boats caught the sound, and in needs very little to persuade people in their position that the melody was the ranters lomn tune.
the But the greatest of all legends is that of the band BUNDAY POST-HERALD playing "Nearer My
Not so Sir Comme and Lady God to Врасе for commercial hee," as the ship went down.
Durr Gorden. Their trouble was advertising strould ba
that they protested too much, backed
Everyone agrens later than
the
and although their first stories that sinking of the Titanic marks
of hunting for survivors until noon on Wednesday.
the end of an age and the be- The best evidrice that they were almost drawn below Ding of a new Ta. That ty given by Second Wireless by the ship's suction, made good true adeo in particulur vĮ The Oneer fiarold Bride. He gave newspaper copy, this brief dealt evidence at the London enquiry Jegend did not survive the en- these events
wit- quiry. by the balladmonkers, and was a most rellable for the ballud of the Titanic ness, as well as being a man Any man who took off in the
trained were
to boats was hard put to justify it incident to receive the attention proceed with his professional later, unless he happened to be of the balladmonger, who com- dulles, Alto he was of a musical a member of the crew in charge posed it, printed it, and sold it inclination. He states emphatic of that particular boat. But os it happened. Sir Cosmo and Lady Dua Gordon more or less, hed a private lifeboat of then
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The Titanic's chief radio officer, Phillips (Kenneth Griffith) receives a message that the Titanic is nearing ice.
lifeboat; Murdoch, the ambi- tious First Officer placed them in the lifeboat.
In
Was this pre-vision? A warn- ing? A stranga premonition? do not know.” It was written in the book in that fashion.
The eccond incident WOR brought to my notice by Mru Jack Martin who lives in this Colony. It is found in the book
Time Out Of Mind," John Grant, is a strange book that tells of what people call accond sight,. Memory."
and she calls
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TO THE
EDITOR
Inside Nehru's India
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Sir-Poor. Thomas! Imagine the predicament he must have been in until his epudiatory letter appeared in your columns. By virtue of his profession, he must have been cornered and harassed by his Indian friends for allowing
"nefatious" "Farifying"
and article like Gardner's to go unchallenged. And Thomas, caught in an exuberance of patriotism and the verbosity of his pen, lost his reasoning whilst brandish-
incomplete article.
April were all on
the root of Seacourt, watchinging Gardner for his honest but the Titanic go down the Scient past the isle of Wight ou
I say honest, because having her
Ilved in India for full 25 years, maiden voyage. Mother, who
the until then had been as cheer- can only confirm that ful as everyone else, clutched depressing and Inhuman scenes Father's atm
ho has
described so vividly as though she were dizzy and cried out, That are exactly as they are to be
Been Poverty and ship is going to sink before
sutering larger she reaches America. He tried amongst the
masses, to soothe her but she only be bribery and corruption amongst the upper classes have become agitated. By now was listening. The things chronie.
exploded into
I have seen the scene on the nervous giggles and the other Hoogly, where in an excess of cervants looked
fervour embarrassed maindjusted and hastily withdrew to the far card of the roof. People gathered round Mother and tried to convince her that the Titanic had been built in a new way which made it impossible 10 sink her. All this did was to make her angry. Don't stand there staring at me! Do some thing You tools, I can see hundreds
of people
struggling is the key water! Are you all blind that you are going to let them drown?"
people
com-
bathe in the holy waters pletely unaware of the deadi bodies floating by. Any won- der why epidemics of one sort or another have come to stay.
I have scen In Madras, hungry, emaciated, loln-clothed children hover about cast-bing, squabbling for what they might contain.
These ond innumerable others are the sights to be be- held. I say incomplete, because Gardner like Beverly Nichols Looking at it that way, one
"Verdict "....During the
on is overwhelmed with an uneasy
in his infamous five next
by the feeling that it just had to be days everyone was ca ful not India" stopped only
Ho did not raise his the Sir Cosino might have over- Of all the chances her to mention
Titanic, but gutters. awed Symons and made him favour, none came off.
Mother was nervy and Father eyes to the industrial achieve- ments which Indio has struggled, return to plck up survivors; So ever since has hovered looked harassed. It must have
and is straining to accomplish but I doubt whether he did or that supernatural element that been if he could,
the when
tho with cook 6-year plan But there is no is Immerially Inked with
graciously Joaned her reason why Sir Cosmo should Titanic tragic
an leeberg; money destiny. Most Titanic has struck have received the slating he people to whom I have epoken not nearly so lonely as waiting by the West India is a country did.
knew she was
going to until it happened." Much is made of the fact sink, I find tỏ be wise after the This is the Bioty that he tipped the crew in his event. But here are two strange legends which still surround bout £5 each on arriving in cases fully authenticated.
the Titanie. Not every detail New York. In that he behaved
- known, and it will remain this more generously than did the
way until the sea gives up its deed,
other passengers. Sir Cosmo
who
did this when he discovered The first is briefly mentioned that the crew ceased to be paid by Walter Lord in his book, from the moment they aban "A Night to Remember" In doned ship!
1898. an unsuccessful, author
almost #relier to her
know everyone
THE END
of the
William MacQuitly decides named Morgan Roberston wrote the issue by itoring the in- a story about an enormous CROSSWORD ekdent altogether, and this Atlantic liner; he called 5 would have hurt the Duff Gor- book "Futility," dons more than anything that happened that night. don't see them in the ilim.
else
You
This
While in these times, we had it hard to sympathise with the Du Gordon's attitude to the whole affair, such making their arrival in New York something of a social event, later stories of the Titanle have been a little hard and unfair to the aristocrats,
The fact is Firel Offcer were crowded, especially Murdoch allowed Sir Cosme Southampton which was a city ceccomodate more than a trac- into the lifeboat, This was bereaved.
tion of the people and crew against orders, On the other From these services arose the aboard. But in both cases, the hand, only a few passengers biggest legend of all, that God carrying of lifeboats were around at the time, and in His anger at the pride
meaningless gesture, both ships, Murdoch placed six stokers in men, placed His finger upon In fact and fiction, were unsink- The boat as well. This seems to the ship, and struck her. me that Murdoch really placed People, now grown old, who his faith in Influence at this remember the incident, will moment, and was not persuad- give you ample evidence of by an iceberg one cold April ed that the Titanic was sinking. this, It is possible to talk to night. The Titanic of fact was For he sent the boat away with only twelve people in f
book told of a ship impossibly huge. Her length was 800 fest. The Titenle was 002 feet;
the fictional ship hardt a displacement of 70,000 tons, the Titanic had adis- On Sunday, April
Both 21, placement of 66,000 teas. 1012, Memorial Services were fact and fiction agreed on the held pil over Great Britain and the number of passengers, about the United States. Churches 3,000; and also agreed on
the fact that the lifeboats could not
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people who knew the ship sunk on a cold April night. would sink,”
such God would not permit arrogant pride to pass without notice, Man had stated that the Titanic was unsinkable, Sho
sonk upon her raaiden voyage, What greater proof was need-
Obviously, Bie Court of En- quiry would want to know why there were only twelve people in the boat; that having been explained the next question ed? would be, "Did the lifeboat at- The point is well made by tempt to pick up any of the Kenneth More, who stearing an people who plunged into the
BIBLE THOUGHT-
FOR - TODAY.
upturned Keboat to safely, s And all the people shall sea from the doomed Titanie." made to utter all the points
Amen Deuteronomy The Duff Gordons; who were made in the sermons. If the any
Titanie had been going a bit 27:16. faster or a bit slower, "if she
photographed with the survi vors in their lifeboat received
But you must follow
you must make it so.
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all the contempt that could be had struck the iceberg head-on your Amens by your resolve. thrown at them. But it was not, instead of side-on. If the and it is not fair. Lookout Californian had been on the Symons was in charge of their alert, in fact, if everything.
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