Arizona republican., 1912-04-19
Strains of Nearer, My
 God, to Thee" Floated on the Ocean Air When the Titanic Took Her
 Final Plunge ;,
STEAMER TORN
 BY MASS OF ICE
Vast Crowd Gathers at White Line Pier, New York, When Carpathia Landed Survivors Early Yesterday Evening
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 NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Cunard liner Carpathia, a ship of gloom and succor. came into New York harbor tonight with the first news direct from the great White Star liner ri. tanic. which sank off the Grand Banks. Newfoundland. early Monday morning last. The great liner went down with her band playing Nearer, My God, To Thee" taking with her to their death all but 745 Of her flu- man cargo of 234O souls. To this aw- full death list six more persons must be added. One died in a lifeboat which pu, off from the Titanic's side and five succumbe,1 aboard the Car pathia. The list of prominent men stands as previously reported and the total death list. as brought to port tonight by the Carpatfia, is 1901. The survivors in the hfeboats, huddled in the darkness. at d safe distance from the stricken ship. and saw her go down, bow first
 As to the scene on board, when the liner struck, account disagree widely. Some maintain that com
 
 wild disorder broke out and that there was a nan1 cal struggle for the lifeboats. That the liner struck an iceberg as reported by wireless was confirmed by all.
 Sensational stories were told by hysteSicsil passengers. who did not give their names, and who said Cap tain Smith had killed himself on the bridge: that the chief engineer had taken his life, and that three Italians were shot in the struggle for the boats. These rumors could not be confirmed in the early confusion at tendant upon landing the survivors.
 Ripped from stem to engineroom by a great mass of ice, being struck amidships the Titanic's side was laid open as if by q gigantic gouge.
 She quickly listed to starboar5 and great mass of ice feIi on her fore castle deck. Shortly before she sank she broke in two aft, and as she disappeared beneath the water the ex- pulsion of air caused two explosions. which were plainly heard by those in the lifeboatS above. A momen1 later the great Titanic, the largest ship afloat. had gone to her doom with hundreds of souls gathered on her after deck. To the survivors they were visible to the last, and their means and cries were pitiable. In a drizzling rain 350 policemen gathered tonight at the Cunard pier at West Fourteenth street. North river. preparatory to handling the i crowds Inspector McClusky was in 1 charge of the squad. and ropes. dotted with green lights. were stretched "a yards in front of the piers to hold back the throngs. No one without 1 q special pass was permitted to pass | the ropes. As early as eight o'clock l automobiles. in which yelled women and silent men were seated, began to arrive: and by S:30 the crowd had grown into an army.
 l small hotel across the way had I been rented and converted into head quarters for the Associated Press and other newspaper men. Here, also some of those bereaved by the loss of the Titantic, found a temporary resting place until the Carpathia ] docked. Though silence was not ob l ligatory, everyone spoke in SUD- | many who hoped against hope that loved ones were still among the res 1 cued. though their names did not ap- pear in the list sent ashore.
 The coming of the steamer was re- :! ported successively from various soprceSs Outside the Hook at 6:2o the vessel was reported passing the harbor mark. reaching quarantine at 7:35. She was not held up d mo- ment by the quarantine officials. Doctors in tugs hurried alongside and
 as the Carpathia slowed down,
 Health Officer O'Connel was put
 aboard The Carpathia then proceed
 ed slowly to the dock under the
 escort of tugs. passing the Statue of
 Liberty at 7:50, the Battery at S:10 and then on past the forest of ship ping and tugs. AS the liner passed
 the Battery the great mass of hu- , manity banked behind the seawalf
 stood in silence. At intervals the sea was lighted up as photogra phers
 from the decks of tugs let go great
 quantity of flashlight powder On the
 dock there were many physicians,
 nurses and invalid chairs to aid those
 who might be in need of assistance.
 When the ship docked at 9:30 the
 gangplank was quickly lowered and
 the doctors and nurses went aboard.
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