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Every Cabin Had Been Filled, And Women And Children Were
Sleeping On The Floors In The Dining Saloon, Library And Smoking
Rooms. The Passengers Of The Carpathia Had Divided Their
Clothes With The Shipwrecked Ones Until They Had At Least
Kept Warm. It Is True That Many Women Had To Appear On
Deck In Kimonos And Some In Underclothes With A Coat Thrown
Over Them, But Their Lives Had Been Spared And They Had Not
Thought Of Dress. Some Children In The Second Cabin Were
Entirely Without Clothes, But The Women Had Joined Together,
And With Needles And Thread They Could Pick Up From Passenger
To Passenger, Had Made Warm Clothes Out Of The Blankets
Belonging To The Carpathia.
Women Befriended One Another
The Women Aboard The Carpathia Did What They Could By
Word And Act To Relieve The Sufferings Of The Rescued. Most
Of The Survivors Were In Great Need Of Clothing, And This The
Women Of The Carpathia Supplied To Them As Long As Their
Surplus Stock Held Out.
J. A. Shuttleworth, Of Louisville, Ky., Befriended Mrs.
Lucien Smith, Whose Husband Went Down With The Titanic.
Mrs. Smith Was Formerly Miss Eloise Hughes, Daughter Of
Representative And Mrs. James A. Hughes, Of Huntington, W.
Va., And Was On Her Wedding Trip. Mr. Shuttleworth Asked
Her If There Wasn't Something He Could Do For Her. She Said
That All The Money She Had Was Lost On The Titanic, So
Mr. Shuttleworth Gave Her $500
Deaths On The Carpathia
Two Of The Rescued From The Titanic Died From Shock And
Exposure Before They Reached The Carpathia, And Another
Died A Few Minutes After Being Taken On Board. The Dead
Were W. H. Hoyte, First Cabin; Abraham Hormer, Third
Class, And S. C. Sirbert, Steward, And They Were Buried At
Sea The Morning Of April 15th, Latitude 41.14 North,
Longitude 51.24 West. P. Lyon, Able Seaman, Died And
Was Buried At Sea The Following Morning.
An Assistant Steward Lost His Mind Upon Seeing One Of The
Chapter 10 Pg 82Titanic's Rescued Firemen Expire After Being Lifted To The Deck
Of The Carpathia.
An Episcopal Bishop And A Catholic Priest From Montreal
Read Services Of Their Respective Churches Over The Dead.
The Bodies Were Sewed Up In Sacks, Heavily Weighted At The
Feet, And Taken To An Opening In The Side Of The Ship On The
Lower Deck Not Far Above The Water Line. A Long Plank Tilted
At One End Served As The Incline Down Which The Weighted
Sacks Slid Into The Sea.
"After We Got The Titanic's Passengers On Board Our Ship,"
Said One Of The Carpathia's Officers, "It Was A Question As To
Where We Should Take Them. Some Said The Olympic Would
Come Out And Meet Us And Take Them On To New York, But
Others Said They Would Die If They Had To Be Lowered Again
Into Small Boats To Be Taken Up By Another, So We Finally
Turned Toward New York, Delaying The Carpathia's Passengers
Eight Days In Reaching Gibraltar."
Survivors Watch New Boats
There Were Several Children On Board, Who Had Lost Their
Parents--One Baby Of Eleven Months With A Nurse Who, Coming
On Board The Carpathia With The First Boat, Watched With
Eagerness And Sorrow For Each Incoming Boat, But To No Avail.
The Parents Had Gone Down.
There Was A Woman In The Second Cabin Who Lost Seven
Children Out Of Ten, And There Were Many Other Losses Quite As
Horrible.
Mr. Ismy "Pitiable Sight"
Among The Rescued Ones Who Came On Board The Carpathia
Was The President Of The White Star Line.
"Mr. Ismay Reached The Carpathia In About The Tenth
Life-Boat," Said An Officer. "I Didn't Know Who He Was, But
Afterward Heard The Others Of The Crew Discussing His Desire
To Get Something To Eat The Minute He Put His Foot On Deck.
The Steward Who Waited On Him, Mcguire, From London,
Says Mr. Ismay Came Dashing Into The Dining Room, And Throwing
Himself In A Chair, Said: `Hurry, For God's Sake, And Get
Me Something To Eat; I'm Starved. I Don't Care What It
Chapter 10 Pg 83Costs Or What It Is; Bring It To Me.'
"Mcguire Brought Mr. Ismay A Load Of Stuff And When He
Had Finished It, He Handed Mcguire A Two Dollar Bill. `Your
Money Is No Good On This Ship,' Mcguire Told Him. `Take It,'
{Illust. Caption = Diagram Of The Titanic's Arrangement And Equipment
The Titanic Was Far And Away The Largest And Finest Vessel Ever Built,
Excepting Only Her Sister-Ship, The Olympic. Her Dimensions Were: Length,
882 1/2 Feet; Beam, 92 Feet, Depth (From Keel To Tops Of Funnels), 175 Feet
Tonnage, 45,000. Her Huge Hull, Divided Into Thirty Watertight Compartments,
Contained Nine Steel Decks, And Provided Accommodation For 2,500
Passengers, Besides A Crew Of 890.}
{Illust. Caption = Upper Deck Of The Titanic, Looking Forward}
Insisted Mr. Ismay, Shoving The Bill In Mcguire's Hand. I
Am Well Able To Afford It. I Will See To It That The Boys Of The
Carpathia Are Well Rewarded For This Night's Work.' This
Promise Started Mcguire Making Inquiries As To The Identity
Of The Man He Had Waited On. Then We Learned That He Was
Mr. Ismay. I Did Not See Mr. Ismay After The First Few Hours.
He Must Have Kept To His Cabin."
A Passenger On The Carpathia Said There Was No Wonder
That None Of The Wireless Telegrams Addressed To Mr. Ismay
Were Answered Until The One That He Sent Yesterday Afternoon
To His Line, The White Star.
"Mr. Ismay Was Beside Himself," Said This Woman Passenger,
"And On Most Of The Voyage After We Had Picked Him Up
He Was Being Quieted With Opiates On Orders Of The Ship's
Doctor.
Five Dogs And One Pig Saved
"Five Women Saved Their Pet Dogs, Carrying Them In Their
Chapter 10 Pg 84Arms. Another Woman Saved A Little Pig, Which She Said
Was Her Mascot. Though Her Husband Is An Englishman And
She Lives In England She Is An American And Was On Her Way
To Visit Her Folks Here. How She Cared For The Pig Aboard Ship
I Do Not Know, But She Carried It Up The Side Of The Ship In A
Big Bag. I Did Not Mind The Dogs So Much, But It Seemed To
Me To Be Too Much When A Pig Was Saved And Human Beings
Went To Death.
"It Was Not Until Noon On Monday That We Cleared The Last
Of The Ice, And Monday Night A Dense Fog Came Up And Con-
Tinued Until The Following Morning, Then A Strong Wind, A
Heavy Sea, A Thunderstorm And A Dense Fog Tuesday Night,
Caused Some Uneasiness Among The More Unnerved, The Fog
Continuing All Of Tuesday.
"A Number Of Whales Were Sighted As The Carpathia Was
Clearing The Last Of The Ice, One Large One Being Close By, And
All Were Spouting Like Geysers."
Vote Of Thanks To Carpathia
"On Tuesday Afternoon A Meeting Of The Uninjured Survivors
Was Called In The Main Saloon For The Purpose Of Devising
Means Of Assisting The More Unfortunate, Many Of Whom Had
Lost Relatives And All Their Personal Belongings, And Thanking
Divine Providence For Their Deliverance. The Meeting Was
Called To Order And Mr. Samuel Goldenberg Was Elected Chairman.
Resolutions Were Then Passed Thanking The Officers, Surgeons,
Passengers And Crew Of The Carpathia For Their Splendid
Services In Aiding The Rescued And Like Resolutions For The
Admirable Work Done By The Officers, Surgeons And Crew Of The
Titanic.
"A Committee Was Then Appointed To Raise Funds On Board
The Carpathia To Relieve The Immediate Wants Of The Destitute
And Assist Them In Reaching Their Destinations And Also
To Present A Loving Cup To The Officers Of The Carpathia And Also
A Loving Cup To The Surviving Officers Of The Titanic.
"Mr. T. G. Frauenthal, Of New York, Was Made Chairman
Of The Committee On Subscriptions.
"A Committee, Consisting Of Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mrs William
Bucknell And Mrs. George Stone, Was Appointed To Look After
The Destitute. There Was A Subscription Taken Up And Up
To Wednesday The Amount Contributed Totaled $15,000.
"The Work Of The Crew On Board The Carpathia In Rescuing
Was Most Noble And Remarkable, And These Four Days That The
Chapter 10 Pg 85Ship Has Been Overcrowded With Its 710 Extra Passengers
Could Not Have Been Better Handled. The Stewards Have
Worked With Undying Strength--Although One Was Overcome
With So Much Work And Died And Was Put To His Grave At Sea.
"I Have Never Seen Or Felt The Benefits Of Such Royal Treatment.
I Have Heard The Captain Criticised Because He Did Not
Answer Telegrams, But All That I Can Say Is That He Showed Us
Every Possible Courtesy, And If We Had Been On Our Own Boats,
Having Paid Our Fares There, We Could Not Have Had Better
Food Or Better Accommodations.
"Men Who Had Paid For The Best Staterooms On The
Carpathia Left Their Rooms So That We Might Have Them. They
Fixed Up Beds In The Smoking Rooms, And Mattresses Everywhere.
All The Women Who Were Rescued Were Given The Best
Staterooms, Which Were Surrendered By The Regular Passengers.
None Of The Regular Passengers Grumbled Because Their Trip
To Europe Was Interrupted, Nor Did They Complain That They
Were Put To The Inconvenience Of Receiving Hundreds Of Strangers.
"The Women On Board The Carpathia Were Particularly
Kind. It Shows That For Every Cruelty Of Nature There Is A
Kindness, For Every Misfortune There Is Some Goodness. The
Men And Women Took Up Collections On Board For The Rescued
Steerage Passengers. Mrs. Astor, I Believe, Contributed $2000,
Her Check Being Cashed By The Carpathia. Altogether Something
Like $15,000 Was Collected And All The Women Were Provided
With Sufficient Money To Reach Their Destination After
They Were Landed In New York."
Under Any Other Circumstances The Suffering Would
Have Been Intolerable. But The Good Samaritans On The
Carpathia Gave Many
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