“Mr. Harris was told it was the rule for women to leave the boat first. ‘Yes, I know, I will stay,’ Harris said. Shortly after the lifeboats left a man jumped overboard. Other men followed. It was like sheep following a leader. “Captain Smith was washed from the bridge into the ocean. He swam to where a baby was drowning and carried it in his arms while he swam to a lifeboat, which was manned by officers of the Titanic. He surrendered the baby to them and swam back to the steamer. “About the time Captain Smith got back there was an explosion. The entire ship trembled. I had secured a life preserver and jumped over. I struck a piece of ice but was not injured. “I swam about sixty yards from the steamer when there was a series of explosions. I looked back and saw the Titanic go down, bow first. Hundreds of persons were in the water at the time. When the great steamer went down they shrieked hysterically.” MRS. PAUL SCHABERT’S STORY. Mrs. Paul Schabert, of Derby, Conn., said: “I was in stateroom No. 28, on the port side and was asleep at the time of the collision. The shock awoke me, but there seemed no excitement and people were walking about in orderly fashion, many stateroom doors being opened simply to permit inquiries as to the cause of the shock. “Then in the midst of all this quiet, came the startling cry of ‘Ladies first,’ and it was the first intimation of danger that we had. Many of us, however, went back to our staterooms to dress, and did it in rather leisurely fashion, until the order was passed that women must leave their husbands, brothers and other male relations and take to the lifeboats. “By this time the ship’s orchestra had been ordered to play as the lifeboats were sent away from the Titanic’s side. I refused to leave unless my brother also was permitted to go with me. “I stood aside and saw about a dozen boats rowed away and several times officers of the boat tried to persuade me to go along. When the next to the last lifeboat was ready to leave, there was not another woman in sight and the word was passed that I might take Philip with me. “The Titanic sank about 1.50 o’clock Monday morning, and it was 6 o’clock the same morning that the Carpathia put in an appearance and we were picked up. We were probably a mile from the Titanic’s grave when taken aboard the Carpathia.” C. H. Romaine, Georgetown, Ky., tells his story as follows: “I had just retired for the night when the Titanic crashed to its doom. The jar was so slight that not much attention was paid to it. Before going on deck I was told that there was not the slightest danger. “Forty-five minutes afterwards we were told that the vessel was sinking. Men, women and children were gathered together on deck. Men stood aside to let the women and children take their places in the boats. The men who remained behind were confident that the Titanic would float for hours. I was commanded to row in one of the first boats that left the ship.