Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-19
Special TRAINS PROVIDED
REAL CASH BROUGHT TO PIER
IN Bon - FLASHLIGHTS
SEEMED As BOMBS.
STATEMENT BY SURVIVORS
Inadequate supply of Life Saving ap-
paratus-Every Attention Given
Irrespective of Glasses.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-In a drlz-
zling rain. two hundred and fifty po-
lce,nen gathered early tonight at the
Cunard line piers at west Fourteenth
street preparatory to handling the
crowds,
Inspector McCusky was in charge
of the squad and ropes dotted WIN
green lights were stretched for 30
wards In front of the piers TO hold
back the throngs. No one without
special permit was allowed beyond
these ropes. AS early as O'CLOCK
automobiles, in which the yelled Wo-
men and silent men were seated pe-
gan moving and by $3.50 smai'
crowd had already entered the great
steel and concrete structure Whieh
covers the piers.
A small passageway had been con-
verted into headquarters for the
newspapers and press ASSOCIATIONS
and a meeting place for those WIN
had been bereaved or had relatives
aboard the Carpathia Although
there was no rule for silence, every
one talked in whispers. In TINS as
samblage were those who hopeu
against hope that some dear one WAS
alive although the list of survivors
had failed to show their names
Crowd Easily Handled.
pol.oe regulations were made more
rigid as the evening wore on. All
traffic on West Fourteenth street.
right in front Of the piers was divert
ad n, Fourteenth street on the north
and with Thirteenth street on the
scuth. Another line was drawn Oh
.ba east at Eleventh avenue. Ihe
entire block Immediately in front Oh
the piers were held sacred to those
Immediately concerned In the tras-
edv. Shortly before s o'clock news
came that the Carpathia was PASSING
the Statue of Liberty. AT that hour
more than fifty automobiles were
marking in front OF the piers.
one hundred and fifty custom OF
ficials were on the pier under the ui-
rectlon OF General Nelson F. Henry
surveyor OF the port. They came to
facilitate the landing of survivors
For Relief Work 100000.
Friends and relatives who gathered
inside the pier sheds took up then
positions under the customs alpha-
betical arrangement, eSch one uhuer
the initial of the name OF the surNi-
vor Assoc o'clock stream OF peo-
pie WAS filing into the pier entrance
and automobiles continued TO take
their places in the street.
A committee from the New YORK
stock Exchange came to the pier
shortly before the Carpathia arrived
bringing $4,000 in cash to he dis
trlbuted among Those most in need
of assistance.
This money was raised on the ex-
change by popular subscription anu
brought TO the pier i'm an oblony ooN'
Several Red Cross nurses ana a
dozen physicians arrived upon the
n,or and two ambulances stood out
side
SpcciaI Trains Provided.
The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
many had a special train waiting al
mir station at Thirty-fourth street
ana a number Of taxicabs to convey
survivors desiring to go to Philadei-
nhia 10 their friends. J: Pierpont
Morgan. Jr.. put in an appearance as
Tho boat was about to dock. Repre-
ssutatiyes Of the Widener and Thayer
sa,,iiv of philadelphia were also
early arrivals, having chartered a
snecial train. There were a thousand
nersons in the sheds at S:4S o'clock
- of whom were crying. Outside
Tho automobiles kept coming.
The pilto Of a tug boat engaged 10
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