Officer Lowe called out to tie together, and as soon as we could make out the other boats in the dark five were tied together. We could dimly see an overturned boat with about twenty men standing on it, back to back. As the sailors in our boat said we could still carry from eight to ten people, we called for another boat to volunteer and go and rescue them, so we cut loose our painters and between us got all the men off. Then when the sun rose we saw the _Carpathia_ standing up about five miles away, and for the first time saw the icebergs all around us. We got on board about 8 o’clock. * * * * * Mrs. Thayer’s affidavit: The after part of the ship then reared in the air, with the stern upwards, until it assumed an almost vertical position. It seemed to remain stationary in this position for many seconds (perhaps twenty), then suddenly dove straight down out of sight. It was 2.20 a. m. when the _Titanic_ disappeared, according to a wrist watch worn by one of the passengers in my boat. We pulled back to where the vessel had sunk and on our way picked up six men who were swimming--two of whom were drunk and gave us much trouble all the time. The six men we picked up were hauled into the boat by the women. Two of these men died in the boat. The boat we were in started to take in water; I do hot know how. We had to bail. I was standing in ice cold water up to the top of my boots all the time, and rowing continuously for nearly five hours. We took off about fifteen more people who were standing on a capsized boat. In all, our boat had by that time sixty-five or sixty-six people. There was no room to sit down in our boat, so we all stood, except some sitting along the side. I think the steerage passengers had as good a chance as any of the rest to be saved. The boat I was in was picked up by the _Carpathia_ at 7 a. m. on Monday, we having rowed three miles to her, as we could not wait for her to come up on account of our boat taking in so much water that we would not have stayed afloat much longer. I never saw greater courage or efficiency than was displayed by the officers of the ship. They were calm, polite and perfectly splendid. They also worked hard. The bedroom stewards also behaved extremely well. * * * * * Mrs. Stephenson’s and Miss Eustis’s story kindly handed me for publication in my book contains the following: “We were in the companionway of A Deck when order came for _women and children to Boat Deck and men to starboard side_. Miss Eustis and I took each other’s hands, not to be separated in the crowd, and all went on deck, we following close to Mrs. Thayer and her maid and going up narrow iron stairs to the forward Boat Deck which, on the _Titanic_, was the captain’s bridge.