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

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

Handed 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.

Lavelle 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

Before 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

"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."}

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.