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ten thousand and several similar.
New York, April 19th-The Carpathia has
arrived with seven hundred and forty five
survivors. The number of lives lost is fifteen
hundred and ninety five.
The newspapers print countless pages OF
interviews with the wireless operators. Mr..
Bruce Ismay and other survivors. 1t is
impossible to cable all, but the New
York Herald summarizes the leading
points established. In its opinion the Titanic
struck sideways, not an extreme shock, hung
" short time and slid back, three boilers
exploded, and she sank slowly One of the
last acts of Captain Smith was to put a
baby into a lifeboat he shot himself
dead on the bridge, the chief engineer
also committed suicide. The band played
constantly, sometimes ragtime, but its last
notes were "Nearer Ny God 70 Thee" Two
lifebOats were lowered almost on end, they
capsized and spilled out everybody who
occupied them, and the "Carpathin" found
them floating bottom up. Three men were
shot to death to keep order while the boats
were launched, nevertheless the general
conduct was excellent, often highly heroic.
Over one hundred passengers We're killed
and others MANNED by the boiler explosions.
New York, April l9th-The Titanic sur
vivors appointed IL Committee, which issued
IL S'Su6 l SllI6 menu. IpllOllllAtd ~ SlaleS IL
was II starlight ,moonless night, With Il smooth
SEA when the Titanic struck HE iceberg, and
the report to the bridge was too la!e to avert
IL collision.
The Carpnthia showed the survivors touch
ing care and attention, irrespective of tit
class of passengers, officers and crew surren-
dering staten ooms and clothing aud what
ever was needed. All honour to them.
The THAMES certificate allowed three
thousand five hundred passengers, but re-
CURED lifebOat accommodation for only nine
hundred and fifty three, there were two
thousand three hundred and forty persons
aboard, and the survivors are about eighty
per cent of the maximum capacity of
the lifeboats eve, it states, "feol 1T our
duty to call public attention to the made
quacy of life saving appliances on modern
steamships, and recommend that Immediate
steps be taken to compel accommodations
for the maximum number on board. The fol
lowing facts also should be considered: lack
of seamen. for lifeboats, stokels and stewards
being Inefficient, the iuadeQuacy OF officers
to execute emergency orders and oversee
the launching of the boats, an absence OF
searchlights.
The Board of Trade rules allow too many
occupants in each boat for their proper
handling, and the boat-deck being seventy
five feet above water it is impossible to load
and lower them with their full compile
ment, the boats should also be equipped
with the necessities for supporting life and
handling them; boat drills should be more
f., quent, and speed should be less under
such conditions. international action should
be taken for the enactment Of Identical laws,
and the United States Government should
take such an initiative us soon rs possible.
jamaica, 10Th Quarantine has been de-
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New York, April 18th.
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