LIFEBOAT NOT FILLED, KARL BEHR DECLARES
Newark Evening News
“I knew exactly where the lifeboats were,” explained Mr. Behr today, “so we went to the top deck. All was perfectly calm. We waited while the first boat was being filled and lowered. We went in the second boat. At that time we supposed there were plenty of lifeboats for all the passengers. One of the ladies asked Mr. Ismay whether the men could go with her. I heard Mr. Ismay reply quietly:
“‘Why, certainly, madam.’
“We all got go into the boat. Even then it was not filled, and Mr. Ismay ordered an officer and two or three more of the crew to join us. We were apparently the last passengers on the top deck.”
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