The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

.a tbe last heard her band plaNlhs anu saw the doomed hundreds on her ueeNs ana heard their groans and cries "f'e" the vessel sank .,4 oe the i Accounts vary as 10 the eN'0
 disorder on board .a,.,,e, .hrouoh inc night to her doom with every ounce of steam crowded on, but she "as ,,ndar orders from the general oifleets oa tha line to make all the speed ot Whlenl sbe was capable. This was lae nent made tonight by J. II. MoouS i" ouartermaster of the vessel, ana hei' | sss,,, on inc night of the disaster. he na,a ,ba shin was making 2f knots an t,a,,r ana the officers were striving to ,,,se m 10 inc orders to smash the recolu' .s.+ ,.aaa close to midnight, said Moous' uand I was on the bridge Wlih the ses ond officer. who was in commapu. .,, danl,- nc shouted Port your helm l ulo so. but 1t was too late We s't u
 submerged portion of the berg
 Of the many accounts gwen ps 1i,s tlsa seneers. most of them agreed thai me shock when the Titanic struck the ief- hare although ripping her great sluss ,si-. a riant scan opener. did not grea'iy saf. tba entire vessel. for the blow Was . elancinss one along her side ne ae- aeo agree subsequently that Ni,s'' neers were taken off on the ais ,e vas no serious panic and that .bed to '.remain on board the Relieving her to be unsinkaple. .ryiyors Suffered Terribly most distressing stories are those tic experiences of the passensefs fe boats These tell not only or tiieit aten suffering, but give the narrowing seta;,s ae now they saw the great hulk nf ,be Titanic break in two and then nlnnee to the bottom. AS this aWiul suectaele was witnessed by the groups ot .,,rvivots in the boats they plainly saw ,,,a,,t- of those whom they had Just ielt behind leaping from the decks into ene water.
 ]. Bruce Ismay president of the n ', national Mercantile Marine owners oi tle s White Star line, who was among the io odd mon saved: P. A s, Franklin, vice president of the White Star line, ana Ifn;tadf States Senator William Alden Smith chairman of the Senate investl- rating committee. held a conference aboard inc Carpathia soon after the pas eeneers had come ashore tonight. . After nearly an hour senator Sflitt. came out of the cabin and said he had no authority to subpoena witnesses at this time, but would begin an inVestlga- |tion into the cause of the loss of the Titanic at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to- MOTION. @as slggk BH ssas He announced that MT. Ismay had consented to appear at the hearing, ana that NIr. Franklin and the four surViv- |fnc officers of the Titanic would ap- | ear for examination by the Senate com mjttee He said the course the in vestieatfon would follow would be de- termined after the preliminary hearing. Senator Smith was questioned as to the speed the Titanic was making when ebs crashed into the iceberg. He said Irt4r 10 say what Mir Ismays reply was. Ismay Gives Out Statement Mir 1smay .qave-nut the following pre- pared statement on the pier;
 s.Tn the. presence and uhder the shadows of a catastrophe so oyerwnelm- the my feelings are too deet for ex- rression in words, I can only say that Inc White Star line officers and en- r1oves will do everything humaniy pos sibie to alleviate the suffering ana sof row Of the relatives and frlenas oi those who perished. The Titanic WAS the last word in shipbuildins ENerV regulation preserbed by the bfl1lsh poard of Trade had been strictly com y,lied with The master. officers and crew were the most experienced anu s,xillful in the British service. heafu- ly welcome the most complete ana eN- haustive inquiry and any ald that ot rov associates or our bullufI5 aoi tia VI : gators can render is at the service pf the public. and of the governments of the United States and Great Britain. Under thtse circumstances 1 must dei sf making any further statement at tlis four." st.sfI Mir Ismay said informally before eiV- ing out his statement that he left the ship in the last boat. one of the colfap- sihle on the starboard side.
 T do not know the speed at whieh the Titanic was going" he said
 Vast Multitude on Pier
 The arrival of the Carpathia brought a vast multitude of people to tho Cunard docks. They filled the pier sheds and, overdowing for blocks. crowded the near
 bv streets in 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 i'll awe-iike
 silence as groups from the ship passed
 along The docking actually began short
 ly after o'clock and the debarking of
 messengers was so quickly disnosed of by inc waiving of the usual formalities that
 practically everything had been concluded
 by l0.aD o'clock. The crowds remained
 about the piers long after this tn get a
 glimpse of the rcszne steamer and hear
 narrowing stories brought back by the
 sship.
 Physicians and nurses went aboard the Carpathia before anyone was allowed to
 go down in the gansway, but soon after
 the first cabin passengeis, women pre-
 dominating, began descending the incline.