Talks About the Titanic

A Culver Survivor of the Great Disaster telling audiences of that awful night

Aug. E. Wennerstrom, employed
at the Culver Military academy, delivered an address on the lTitanic in the Swedish Methodist Chruch Tuesday evening.

The address was full of interest and befoer it concluded most of the audience was in tears.

The church was filled and because there are many others who desire to hear it the lecture will be repeated in the Salvation Army barracks.

Mr. Wennerstom speaks in the swedish language.

His escape from deah when the boat went down was a trilling one.

Mr. Wennerstrom remained aboard the Titanic after the life boats had been filled with women and children.

Shortly after the lifeboats had drawn away from the ship Mr. Wennerstrom shays he and several others found a small collapasible lifeboat neat the pilot house.

Capt Smith told members of the crew to loosen the boat, but before they could do this there was a big rush of people for this sigle boat. Just at this time there was an expolsion on the ship and a shock as though the bottom was falling out.

A big wav his swept over the ship and most everyone was washed over boar. Wennerstom and several others crowded into the pilot house and this excaped the impact of the wave. This all occured in a few moments time.


Wennerstrom and those with him then rushed and loosened the little life boat and got it in a shape for the water before the Titanic had gone down completely. When the Titanic sank they were left without oars.

As the ship sank the water rushed into the funnels and there was an expolsion of the boilers. This pushed the lifeboat away from the ship and capsized it and all were thrown into the water. But they uprighted the boat and got in and helped about forty others.

When they were rescued there were but twelve living anf three of those were insane.

Mt. Wennerstom states that he saw one man's hair turn gray right in this little crafy when the man saw his wife who had become seperated from him sink to her death and he was was unable to reach her.

r> Wennerstrom states that he saw one man climb down the ow of the Titanic with the aid of the lines on the ship and drop onto a door that was floating and was saved.

He was on the Titanic when a Mrs. Paulson came up from below with four children. All the lifeboats were gone and Capt. SMith took one of the chidren in personal charge and told the mother that there was no way to be saved. The gried of the mother and children were heartrending.

Cansvas chairs were thrown from the Titanic to men floatinf in the water, but as the chairs were made of iron rounds they sank

Mr. Wennerstrom told many other thrilling incidents of the dreat disaster - Star, Marinette, Wis.

Mr. Wennerstrom has given his story in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior and other cities recently. - Mar 13, 1913 - Citizen.