Arizona republican., 1912-04-19

statement, issued by a committee or survivors, was given to the press on the arrival of the Capathia:
 We. the undersigned surviving passengers of the TitantiC, in order to forestall any sensational or eX- aggerated statements, deem it our duty to give to the press q state ment of the facts which have come to our knowledge and which we be- licVe to be true. On Sunday, April fl. 1912, at about 11:40 D. m, on Q cold, starlight night. on smooth sea and with no moon. the ship struck an iceberg which had been reported to the bridge by lookouts, but not early enough to avert a collision. Steps were at once taken to ascertain the extent of the damage and to save the passengers and the ship. Orders were given to all to put on life belts and the boats were lowered. The ship sunk at about 2:3O a. m Monday and the usual distress signals were sent out by wireless and rockets were firal at intervals from the ship. Fortunately. a wireless message was received by the Cunarder Carpathia at about midnight and she arrived on the scene at g. m. Monday. The officers and crew of the Carpathia had been preparing all night for the rescue and comfort of the survivors and the last mentioned were received on board with the most touching care and kindness. every care being given them, irrespective of class. The passengers and. of course, the crew, Ionf rI1 h and comforts for our benefit All 1 honor to them. The English board of trade certificate of those aboard the Titantic showed approximately
 $500 The same certificate called | for life boat accommodations for ap- proximately 95O in the following
 boats:
 Fourteen large lifeboats. two l smaller boats, four collapsible boats Life preservers were accessible anC apparently in sufficient number for al 1 on board. Approximately the num- i Der of passengers carried at the time 1 First class, 330; second class, 320,
 third class, 750 Total, 1.400 Of.
 ficers and crew, 94O. Total 2.340 Of the foregoing the following wer, ItSNuCu. lISt- Nld9S, -lV+ SttbIlu 125; third. 200: officers. 1: seamen
 39 stewards, 96; firemen, T. Total 210 of the crew. This net total o 745 saved was about 80 per cent o l the capacity of lifebOats. We feel i our duty to call the attention of tn
 public to what we consider the in adequate supply of life saving appI ances provided for on modern pas senger steamers and recommend tha immediate steps be taken to compe passenger steamers to carry sufficien | boats to accommodate the maximum number of people aboard. The fol
 lowing facts were observed and shoul
 be considered in this connection: 'Tnsufficiency of lifeboats, raft. etc; lack of trained seamen to ma
 the same; stokers, stewards and tn
 like are not sufficient for boat hand
 lers; there were not enough officer to carry out orders on the bridge an to superintend the launching and con
 trol of lifeboats in the absence ( searchlights. The board of trad ? rules allow for entirely too many peo
 pie in each boat to permit the sam [ to be properly handled On boar the Titantic the boat deck was : feet above the water and consequent l ly compelled authorization before th , boats were lowered, and allowing bl
 so per cent capacity to be take
 aboard. In conclusion, We sugge:
 that an international conference 1
 called to recommend identical law
 providing for the safety of all (
 sea, and we urge the United State
 government to take the initiative ( soon as possible
 The statement is signed by Samu Goldenberg, chairman. and by twer
 ty-five other survivors.
 ? A passenger aboard the Carpathi
 made the following statement:
 T was awakened about 12:3O ' night by a commotion on the decl
 which seemed unusual but there wa no excitement. As the boat was mo1 I ing, I paid little attention to it, ar went to sleep again. About o'cloc I was awakened again. I went c
 deck. The Carpathia had change
 her course. Lifcboats were the
 sighted. and soon began to arril l alongside. There were sixteen in d T and the transferring of passengel : was most pitiable. Adults were a: , sisted in climbing up the rope lac I dcrs, by ropes adjusted about the Q waists, while the children and babit : were hOisted aboard in bags. Son e of the boats were crowded and otl l CTS not half full. This I could n, 7 understand. Some people were in flu . evening dress and others in nigl 9 clothing, or wrapped in blankets. A l were hurried into the saloon for : hot breakfast They had been in ope , boats in the most biting air I evt l experienced.
 l There were husbands Withol = wives, wives without husbands, pe t rents without children and childre I without parents. But there was n 3 demonstration-nO sobs, and scarce 5 ly a word spoken All seemed to . stunned. Immediately after break r fast divine service was held in tl l saloon. One woman died in the life
 boat and three other women aftC 9 reaching our decks, and they wer ] buried at sea at , o'clock that aftel = noon. None of the rescued had an : clothing except what they had ol Our passengers contributed enoug