The new era., 1912-04-25

and a half after the great White Star
steamer hurled itself against an Ice
berg last Sunday night.
Disiigured by calamity and misery
and oppressed BY awful sorrow. the
women and children and the few men
who escaped from the worlds great
est sea disaster are in better ply steal
condition than the most optimistic
had hoped for.
Out of the great company that walt.
ed for hours In bitter cold among the
grinding bergs. many OF them thinly
clad. many bruised and hurt by the
collision which destroyed their ship.
few needed the ministrations OF ply.
sicians when they put their feet on
land In sight OF the vast crowd that
had been waiting in almos, unbear'
able uncertainty.
Survivors Well In Body.
Many. II Is true. were weak and
nervous and hystericai from an expert
ence that had left the world void and
empty for them. But-and thousands
thanked God for 1t us they watched
the majority OF the sad and bereaved
company We're well In body.
Only one OF the THAMES survivors
died while the Carpatnia was driving
through fogs and storms 10 this port.
Four OF the THAMES people had per.
ished trying TO get aboard the Car
pathia and another Titani. passenger
lost his life by the overturIing OF u
boat. One woman. u second cabin pas.
senser who was landed. was suffer
ing from broken arm.
Thirty-Nine Women Widowed.
The Carpathia reported that there
were 7lO saved out Of a passenger list
which the White Star line figured al
2.lSO. making loss OF l.47O lives. The
Titanics passengers say there were
745 rescued out o; passenger list
OF 2.340.
The list OF names furnished on the
Carpathia on Its arrival show 1SS first
class cabin passengers saved. lis IN
the second cabin. It's third class. and
206 OF the crew. u total OF 687 saved.
A woman passenger on the Carpathia
heard from the ships doctor that 495
OF the passengers and 2l0 OF the crew
had been saved and that 80 women
lost their husbands. Six OF these we're
brides.
The worlds annals has provided
few more intense and dramatic mo-
men,s than when nll that was left OF
the great company that sailed SO gay
ly on the Titanic appeared on the
Cunard pier.
Tragedy In Their Faces.
tra U..i, af tk rls
ten on the iaces OF nearly all OF her
survivors. Some. 1t is true. who were
saved with their fatSilies. could not
repress the Joy ana thankfuiness tha,
filed their hearts. but they wee few
compared 10 the number OF Tue res
cued. These others bore the impress
Of their time Of darkness when their
people passed In an accident that
seemed like an insane vision OF the
night. Their faces were swollen with
weeping. They had drunk us deeply
Of sorrow as Is ever given TO human
kind.
But many. whose spirits were faint.
ing from despair. walked lrmly
enough down the gang plank. Some
walked unseeing in kind OF dread.
ful somnambul:sm o: despair.
Officers Shoot Men Down.
1t was with difficulty that the
tongues OF many were looseIed TO
speak OF the scenes OF agony aId fear
that fell over the Titanlc's peaceful
company when 1t became swiftly
known that the ship must go down.
Some told ha!tingiy. with dread still
frozen In their eyes. OF men who
strove and struggt ed against women
for the lifcboats and OF officers shoot.
Ing them down. One woman saw an oil.
cer shoot two men. she said. and 9th.
Or passengers recalled how officers
had stood with drawn pistols while the
women and children were being guild.
ed into the boats. o
No one seemed to know the exact
fate OF the Titanic's captain. T.. J.
Smith. There was n story that he
had committed suicide. but the Titan.
les passengers did not know that was
true. Many OF them had heard shots
fired. They believed some OF the fir.
Ing was done to warn back s,cerage
passengers.
Praise for Titanic's Crew.
For the Titanic's officers and crew
the rescued seemed to have nothing
but praise. These men acted calmly
and coolly In the face OF certain found
ering. was the report brought here by
the rescued.
The unhappy company so marvel
ously torn from the grip OF the sea
was received solemnly and with re-
markable quiet by the enormous
crowd which gathered near the Cunard
piers and by the few hundreds that
penetrated by right OF relation or
.I.iendship or merciiul business to the
interior OF the pier.
There was no cheering no upraising
= ,.1aicau n Into nI the lNinu inI