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I Got On Deck I Could, With The Aid Of My Glasses, Count Seven
Boats Headed Our Way, And They Continued To Come Up To Half
Past Eight O'clock. Some Were In Sight For A Long Time And
Moved Very Slowly, Showing Plainly That The Oars Were Being
Handled By Amateurs Or By Women.
"No Baggage Of Any Kind Was Brought By The Survivors.
In Fact, The Only Piece Of Baggage That Reached The Carpathia
From The Titanic Is A Small Closed Trunk About Twenty-Four
Inches Square, Evidently The Property Of An Irish Female
Immigrant. While Some Seemed Fully Dressed, Many Of The
Men Having Their Overcoats And The Women Sealskin And Other
Coats, Others Came Just As They Had Jumped From Their Berths,
Clothed In Their Pajamas And Bath Robes."
The Sorrow Of The Living
Of The Survivors In General It May Be Said That They Escaped
Death And They Gained Life. Life Is Probably Sweet To Them As It
Is To Everyone, But What Physical And Mental Torture Has Been
The Price Of Life To Those Who Were Brought Back To Land On The
Carpathia--The Hours In Life-Boats, Amid The Crashing Of Ice,
The Days Of Anguish That Have Succeeded, The Horrors Of Body
And Mind Still Experienced And Never To He Entirely Absent
Until Death Affords Them Its Relief.
The Thought Of The Nation To-Day Is For The Living. They
Need Our Sympathy, Our Consolation More Than Do The Dead,
And, Perhaps, In The Majority Of The Cases They Need Our
Protecting Care As Well.
Chapter 10 Pg 77
On Board The Carpathia
Aid For The Suffering And Hysterical--Burying The Dead
--Vote Of Thanks To Captain Rostron Of The Carpathia--
Identifying Those Saved--Communicating With Land--
The Passage To New York.
If The Scenes In The Life-Boats Were Tear-Bringing, Hardly
Chapter 10 Pg 78Less So Was The Arrival Of The Boats At The Carpathia
With Their Bands Of Terror-Stricken, Grief-Ridden Survivors,
Many Of Them Too Exhausted To Know That Safety Was
At Hand. Watchers On The Carpathia Were Moved To Tears.
"The First Life-Boat Reached The Carpathia About Half-Past
Five O'clock In The Morning," Recorded One Of The Passengers
On The Carpathia. "And The Last Of The Sixteen Boats Was
Unloaded Before Nine O'clock. Some Of The Life-Boats Were
Only Half Filled, The First One Having But Two Men And Eleven
Women, When It Had Accommodations For At Least Forty.
There Were Few Men In The Boats. The Women Were The Gamest
Lot I Have Ever Seen. Some Of The Men And Women Were In
Evening Clothes, And Others Among Those Saved Had Nothing
On But Night Clothes And Raincoats."
After The Carpathia Had Made Certain That There Were No
More Passengers Of The Titanic To Be Picked Up, She Threaded
Her Way Out Of The Ice Fields For Fifty Miles. It Was Dangerous
Work, But It Was Managed Without Trouble.
Aid For The Suffering And Hysterical
The Shrieks And Cries Of The Women And Men Picked Up In
Life-Boats By The Carpathia Were Horrible. The Women Were
Clothed Only In Night Robes And Wrappers. The Men Were In
Their Night Garments. One Was Lifted On Board Entirely Nude.
All The Passengers Who Could Bear Nourishment Were Taken
Into The Dining Rooms And Cabins By Captain Rostron And Given
Food And Stimulants. Passengers Of The Carpathia Gave Up
Their Berths And Staterooms To The Survivors.
As Soon As They Were Landed On The Carpathia Many Of The
Women Became Hysterical, But On The Whole They Behaved
Splendidly. Men And Women Appeared To Be Stunned All Day
Monday, The Full Force Of The Disaster Not Reaching Them Until
Tuesday Night. After Being Wrapped Up In Blankets And
Filled With Brandy And Hot Coffee, The First Thoughts Were For
Their Husbands And Those At Home. Most Of Them Imagined
That Their Husbands Had Been Picked Up By Other Vessels, And
They Began Flooding The Wireless Rooms With Messages. It
Was Almost Certain That Those Who Were Not On Board The Carpathia
Had Gone Down To Death.
One Of The Most Seriously Injured Was A Woman Who Had
Lost Both Her Children. Her Limbs Had Been Severely Torn;
But She Was Very Patient.
Women Seeking News
Chapter 10 Pg 79In The First Cabin Library Women Of Wealth And Refinement
Mingled Their Grief And Asked Eagerly For News Of The Possible
Arrival Of A Belated Boat, Or A Message From Other Steamers
Telling Of The Safety Of Their Husbands. Mrs. Henry B. Harris,
Wife Of A New York Theatrical Manager, Checked Her Tears
Long Enough To Beg That Some Message Of Hope Be Sent To Her
Father-In-Law. Mrs. G. Thorne, Miss Marie Young, Mrs
Emil Taussig And Her Daughter, Ruth, Mrs. Martin Rothschild,
Mrs. William Augustus Spencer, Mrs. J. Stewart White
And Mrs. Walter M. Clark Were A Few Of Those Who Lay Back,
Exhausted, On The Leather Cushions And Told In Shuddering
Sentences Of Their Experiences.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor And The Countess Of Rothes Had Been
Taken To Staterooms Soon After Their Arrival On Shipboard.
Before Noon, At The Captain's Request, The First Cabin
Passengers Of The Titanic Gathered In The Saloon And The Passengers
Of Other Classes In Corresponding Places On The Rescue Ship.
Then The Collecting Of Names Was Begun By The Purser And
The Stewards. A Second Table Was Served In Both Cabins For
The New Guests, And The Carpathia's Second Cabin, Being
Better Filled Than Its First, The Second Class Arrivals Had Be To
Sent To The Steerage.
Tears Their Only Relief
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Wife Of The Novelist, Herself A Writer
Of Note, Sat Dry Eyed In The Saloon, Telling Her Friends That She
Had Given Up Hope For Her Husband. She Joined With The Rest
In Inquiries As To The Chances Of Rescue By Another Ship, And
No One Told Her What Soon Came To Be The Fixed Opinion Of The
Men--That All Those Saved Were On The Carpathia.
"I Feel Better," Mrs. Futrelle Said Hours Afterward, "For
I Can Cry Now."
Among The Men Conversation Centered On The Accident
And The Responsibility For It. Many Expressed The Belief
That The Titanic, In Common With Other Vessels, Had Had
Warning Of The Ice Packs, But That In The Effort To Establish
A Record On The Maiden Run Sufficient Heed Had Not Been Paid
To The Warnings
"God Knows I'm Not Proud To Be Here," Said A Rich New
York Man. "I Got On A Boat When They Were About To Lower
It And When, From Delays Below, There Was No Woman To Take
The Vacant Place. I Don't Think Any Man Who Was Saved Is
Deserving Of Censure, But I Realize That, In Contrast With Those
Who Went Down, We May Be Viewed Unfavorably." He Showed
Chapter 10 Pg 80A Picture Of His Baby Boy As He Spoke.
Pitiful Scenes Of Grief
As The Day Passed The Fore Part Of The Ship Assumed Some
Degree Of Order And Comfort, But The Crowded Second Sabin
And Rear Decks Gave Forth The Incessant Sound Of Lamentation.
A Bride Of Two Months Sat On The Floor And Moaned Her Widowhood.
An Italian Mother Shrieked The Name Of Her Lost Son.
A Girl Of Seven Wept Over The Loss Of Her Teddy Bear And
Two Dolls, While Her Mother, With Streaming Eyes, Dared Not
Tell The Child That Her Father Was Lost Too, And That The Money
For Which Their Home In England Had Been Sold Had Gone Down
With Him. Other Children Clung To The Necks Of The Fathers
Who, Because Carrying Them, Had Been Permitted To Take The
Boats.
In The Hospital And The Public Rooms Lay, In Blankets, Several
Others Who Had Been Benumbed By The Water. Mrs.
Rosa Abbott, Who Was In The Water For Hours, Was Restored
During The Day. K. Whiteman, The Titanic's Barber, Who
Declared He Was Blown Off The Ship By The Second Of The Two
Explosions After The Crash, Was Treated For Bruises. A Passenger,
Who Was Thoroughly Ducked Before Being Picked Up,
Caused Much Amusement On This Ship, Soon After The Doctors
Were Through With Him, By Demanding A Bath.
Survivors Aid The Destitute
Storekeeper Prentice, The Last Man Off The Titanic To Reach
This Ship, Was Also Soon Over The Effects Of His Long Swim In
The Icy Waters Into Which He Leaped From The Poop Deck.
The Physicians Of The Carpathia Were Praised, As Was Chief
Steward Hughes, For Work Done In Making The Arrivals Comfortable
And Averting Serious Illness.
Monday Night On The Carpathia Was One Of Rest. The Wailing
And Sobbing Of The Day Were Hushed As Widows And Orphans
Slept. Tuesday, Save For The Crowded Condition Of The Ship,
Matters Took Somewhat Their Normal Appearance.
The Second Cabin Dining Room Had Been Turned Into A
Hospital To Care For The Injured, And The First, Second And Third
Class Dining Rooms Were Used For Sleeping Rooms At Night For
Chapter 10 Pg 81Women, While The Smoking Rooms Were Set Aside For Men.
All Available Space Was Used, Some Sleeping In Chairs And Some
On The Floor,
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