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There Was A Woman, Usually Supported By Two Male Escorts,
Weeping Softly To Herself.
On The Whole It Was A Frantic, Grief-Crazed Crowd. Laborers
Rubbed Shoulders With Millionaires.
The Relatives Of The Rich Had Taxicabs Waiting Outside The
Docks. The Relatives Of The Poor Went There On Foot In The
Rain, Ready To Take Their Loved Ones.
A Special Train Was Awaiting Mrs. Charles M. Hays, Widow
Of The President Of The Grand Trunk Railroad. A Private
Car Also Waited Mrs. George D. Widener.
Early Arrivals At Pier
Among The First To Arrive At The Pier Was A Committee From
The Stock Exchange, Headed By R. H. Thomas, And Composed
Of Charles Knoblauch, B. M. W. Baruch, Charles Holzderber
And J. Carlisle. Mr. Thomas Carried A Long Black
Box Which Contained $5000 In Small Bills, Which Was To Be
Chapter 11 Pg 91Handed Out To The Needy Steerage Survivors Of The Titanic
As They Disembarked.
With The Early Arrivals At The Pier Were The Relatives Of
Frederick White, Who Was Not Reported Among The Survivors,
Though Mrs. White Was; Harry Mock, Who Came To Look
For A Brother And Sister; And Vincent Astor, Who Arrived In A
Limousine With William A. Dobbyn, Colonel Astor's Secretary,
And Two Doctors. The Limousine Was Kept Waiting Outside
To Take Mrs. Astor To The Astor Home On Fifth Avenue.
Eight Limousine Cars
The Waldorf-Astoria Had Sent Over Eight Limousine Car
To Convey To The Hotel These Survivors:
Mrs. Mark Fortune And Three Daughters, Mrs. Lucien P.
Smith, Mrs. J. Stewart White, Mrs. Thornton Davidson, Mrs.
George C. Douglass, Mrs. George D. Widener And Maid, Mrs.
George Wick, Miss Bonnell, Miss E. Ryerson, Mrs. Susan
P. Ryerson, Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, Miss Mary Wick, The Misses
Howell, Mrs. John P. Snyder And Mr. And Mrs. D. H. Bishop.
Thirty-Five Ambulances At The Pier
At One Time There Were Thirty-Five Ambulances Drawn Up;
Outside The Cunard Pier. Every Hospital In Manhattan,
Brooklyn And The Bronx Was Represented. Several Of The
Ambulances Came From As Far North As The Lebanon Hospital,
In The Bronx, And The Brooklyn Hospital, In Brooklyn.
Accompanying Them Were Seventy Internes And Surgeons
From The Staffs Of The Hospitals, And More Than 125 Male And
Female Nurses.
St. Vincent's Sent The Greatest Number Of Ambulances, At
One Time, Eight Of Them From This Hospital Being In Line At The
Pier.
Miss Eva Booth, Direct Head Of The Salvation Army, Was
At The Pier, Accompanied By Miss Elizabeth Nye And A Corps
Of Her Officers, Ready To Aid As Much As Possible. The Sheltering
Society And Various Other Similar Organizations Also Were
Represented, All Ready To Take Care Of Those Who Needed Them.
An Officer Of The Sixty-Ninth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., Offered
The White Star Line Officials, The Use Of The Regiment's Armory
For Any Of The Survivors.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Mrs. August Belmont And Mgrs.
Chapter 11 Pg 92Lavelle And Mcmahon, Of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Together
With A Score Of Black-Robed Sisters Of Charity, Representing
The Association Of Catholic Churches, Were On The Pier Long
Before The Carpathia Was Made Fast, And Worked Industriously
In Aiding The Injured And Ill.
The Rev. Dr. William Carter, Pastor Of The Madison Avenue
Reformed Church, Was One Of Those At The Pier With A
Private Ambulance Awaiting Miss Sylvia Caldwell, One Of
The Survivors, Who Is Known In Church Circles As A Mission
Worker In Foreign Fields
Free Railroad Transportation
The Pennsylvania Railroad Sent Representatives To The Pier,
Who Said That The Railroad Had A Special Train Of Nine Cars In
Which It Would Carry Free Any Passenger Who Wanted To Go
Immediately To Philadelphia Or Points West. The Pennsylvania
Also Had Eight Taxicabs At The Pier For Conveyance Of
The Rescued To The Pennsylvania Station, In Thirty-Third
Street.
Among Those Who Later Arrived At The Pier Before The Carpathia
Docked Were P. A. B. Widener, Of Philadelphia, Two
Women Relatives Of J. B. Thayer, William Harris, Jr., The
Theatrical Man, Who Was Accompanied By Dr Dinkelspiel, And
Henry Arthur Jones, The Playwright.
Relatives Of Saved And Lost
Commander Booth, Of The Salvation Army, Was There
Especially To Meet Mrs. Elizabeth Nye And Mrs. Rogers
Abbott, Both Titanic Survivors. Mrs. Abbott's Two Sons Were
Supposed To Be Among The Lost. Miss Booth Had Received A
Cablegram From London Saying That Other Salvation Army
People Were On The Titanic. She Was Eager To Get News Of
Them.
Also On The Pier Was Major Blanton, U. S. A., Stationed At
Washington, Who Was Waiting For Tidings Of Major Butt,
Supposedly At The Instance Of President Taft.
Senator William A. Clark And Mrs. Clark Were Also In The
Company. Dr. John R. Mackenty Was Waiting For Mr. And
Mrs. Henry S. Harper. Ferdinand W. Roebling And Carl G.
Roebling, Cousins Of Washington A. Roebling, Jr., Whose
Name Is Among The List Of Dead, Went To The Pier To See What
They Could Learn Of His Fate.
J. P. Morgan, Jr., Arrived At The Pier About Half An Hour
Chapter 11 Pg 93Before The Carpathia Docked. He Said He Had Many Friends
On The Titanic And Was Eagerly Awaiting News Of All Of Them.
Fire Commissioner Johnson Was There With John Peel, Of
Atlanta, Gal, A Brother Of Mrs. Jacques Futrelle. Mrs. Futrelle
Has A Son Twelve Years Old In Atlanta, And A Daughter
Virginia, Who Has Been In School In The North And Is At Present
With Friends In This City, Ignorant Of Her Father's Death.
A Man In Hysterics
There Was One Man In That Sad Waiting Company Who
Startled Those Near Him About 9 O'clock By Dancing Across The
Pier And Back. He Seemed To Be Laughing, But When He Was
Stopped It Was Found That He Was Sobbing. He Said That He
Had A Relative On The Titanic And Had Lost Control Of His Nerves.
H. H. Brunt, Of Chicago, Was At The Gangplank Waiting
For A. Saalfeld, Head Of The Wholesale Drug Firm Of Sparks,
White & Co., Of London, Who Was Coming To This Country On
The Titanic On A Business Trip And Whose Life Was Saved.
Waiting For Carpathia
During The Afternoon And Evening Tugboats, Motor Boats
And Even Sailing Craft, Had Been Waiting Off The Ambrose
Light For The Appearance Of The Carpathia.
Some Of The Waiting Craft Contained Friends And Anxious
Relatives Of The Survivors And Those Reported As Missing.
The Sea Was Rough And Choppy, And A Strong East Wind Was
Blowing. There Was A Light Fog, So That It Was Possible To
See At A Distance Of Only A Few Hundred Yards. This Lifted
Later In The Evening.
First To Discover The Incoming Liner With Her Pitiful Cargo
Was One Of The Tugboats. From Out Of The Mist There Loomed
Far Out At Sea The Incoming Steamer.
Rescue Boat Sighted
Chapter 11 Pg 94
"Liner Ahead!" Cried The Lookout On The Tug To The Captain.
"She Must Be The Carpathia," Said The Captain, And Then
He Turned The Nose Of His Boat Toward The Spot On T He Horizon.
Then The Huge Black Hull And One Smokestack Could Be
Distinguished.
"It's The Carpathia," Said The Captain. "I Can Tell Her
By The Stack."
The Announcement Sent A Thrill Through Those Who Heard
It. Here, At The Gate Of New York, Was A Ship Whose Record
For Bravery And Heroic Work Would Be A Famuliar{Sic} Name In
History.
{Illust. Caption = Copyright By G. V. Buck.
Mrs. Lucien P. Smith
Formerly Miss Eloise Hughes, Daughter Of Representative And Mrs.
James A. Hughes, Of West Virginia. Mrs. Smith And Her Husband Were
Passengers On The Titanic. Mrs. Smith Was Saved, But Her Husband Went
To A Watery Grave. Mr. And Mrs. Smith Were Married Only A Few Months
Ago.}
{Illust. Caption = Major Archibald Butt
Military Aide To President Taft. Of Major Butt, Who Was One Of The
Victims Of The Titanic, One Of The Survivors Said: "Major Butt Was The Real
Leader In All Of That Rescue Work. He Made The Men Stand Back And Helped
The Women And Children Into The Boats. He Was Surely One Of God's
Noblemen."}
Chapter 12 Pg 95
The Tragic Home-Coming
The Carpathia Reaches New York--An Intense And
Dramatic Moment--Hysterical Reunions And Crushing
Disappointments At The Dock--Caring For The Sufferers
--Final Realization That All Hope For Others Is
Futile--List Of Survivors--Roll Of The Dead
It Was A Solemn Moment When The Carpathia Heaved In
Sight. There She Rested On The Water, A Blur Of Black--
Huge, Mysterious, Awe-Inspiring--And Yet Withal A Thing
To Send Thrills Of Pity And Then Of Admiration Through The
Beholder.
It Was A Few Minutes After Seven O'clock When She Arrived
At The Entrance To Ambrose Channel. She Was Coming Fast
Steaming At Better Than Fifteen Knots An Hour, And She Was
Sighted Long Before She Was Expected. Except For The Usual
Side And Masthead Lights She Was Almost Dark, Only The Upper
Cabins Showing A Glimmer Here And There.
Then Began A Period Of Waiting, The Suspense Of Which
Proved Almost Too Much For The Hundreds Gathered There
To Greet Friends And Relatives Or To Learn With Certainty At
Last That Those For Whom They Watched Would Never Come
Ashore.
There Was Almost Complete Silence On The Pier.
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