Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26

New York.-How the White Star
liner Titanic, the largest ship afloat,
sank off the Grand banks of Newfound-
land, carrying to their death /, 1,595 of the
2,3O4 persons aboard, was told to the
world in all its awful details for the
first time with the arrival in New York
OF the Cunard liner Carpathia, bearing
the exhausted survivors of the catas-
trophe. Of the great facts that stand
out from the account of the tragedy,
these are the most SALIENT
The death list has been increased rath-
er than decreased. Six persons died af-
ter being rescued. The list of prominent
persons lost stands as previously re-
ported.
Practically every woman and child,
with the exception of those who refused
to leave their husbands, was saved. The
survivors of the lifeboats saw the lights
on the stricken vessel glimmer to the
last, heard the band playing and saw
the doomed hundreds on her deck and
heard their groans and cries when the
vessel sank.
Accounts sary as to the extent of the
disorder On board.
Yot only was re Titaglc tearing
through The night "a nez doom with
s<snek seasn d9d u1. cut
she ~as under orders from the general
offices Of the lire TO malse All The speed
of which she was capable. This Was the
statement made by j. II. Moody, a
quartermaster of the vessel and helms
man on the night of the disaster. He
said the ship was making twenty-one
knots an hour, and the officers were
striving to live up to the orders to smash
the record.
1T was close to midnight" said
the second officer, who was in command.
Suddenly he shouted, Port your helm!'
l did so, but it was too late. We struck
the submerged portion of the berg"
OF the many accounts given by the
passengers, most of them agreed that
the shock when the Titanic struck the
iceberg, although ripping her great sides
like giant can-opener, did not greatly
jar the entire vessel, for the blow was
glancing one along her side. The accounts
also agree that when the passengers were
taken off on the lifeboats there were no
serious panics, and that many wished
ito remain on board the Titanic, believ-
ing her to be unsinkableA"
The most distressing stories are those
giving the experiences of the passengers
in lifeboats. These tell not only of their
own suffering, but give the narrowing
details of how they saw the reat hulk
of the Titanic break in two and then
plunge to the bottom. As this awful
spectacle was witnessed by the groups
of survivors in the boats they plainly
saw many of those whom they had just
left behind leaping from the decks into
the water
Real Misery in the Steerage.
The arrival of the Carpathia brought
vast multitude of people to the Guard
docks. They filed the pier sheds and
overfowing for blocks crowded the near
by streets in a dense throng. Through it
all rain fell steadily, adding funeral
aspect to the scene. The landing of the
survivors was attended with little excite
ment, the crowd standing in awe-like
silence as groups from the hip passed
along.
The 200 and more steerage passen-
gers did not leave the ship until IL
o'clock. They were in sad condition
The women were without wraps and
the few men wore very little clothing.
A poor Syrian woman carried in her
arms baby girl. The child wore only
light calico dress, was barefooted and
barelegged. This Woman had lost her
husband and three brothers. Il lost
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