Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters by Logan Marshall (best reads of all time txt) 📕

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

Titanic'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

Costs 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

Arms. 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

Ship 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