Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-24

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Passes Statue of Liberty.
Shortly before o'clock news came
that the Carpathia was passing the
Statue of Liberty. A hundred and
fifty customs officials were on the
pier under the direction of Gen. mel
son p. Henry. They camo to facili-
tate the landing Of the survivors.
Friends and relatives who gather
ed inside the pier sheds took up
their positions under the customs al
phabctical arrangement, each one
under the initial of the name Of the
survivor.
$4,000 for the Sufferers.
A committee from the New York
Stock Exchange came to the pier a
short while before the arrival Of the
Carpathia, bringing $4,000 in cash
to be given to those most In need Of
assistance This money was raised
on the exchange by popular subscrip-
ton. About the same time n number
of Red Gross nurses and a dozen ply
sicians arrived at the pier, and two
ambulances stood outside.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany had a special train waiting at
their station at 34th street, and there
were number Of taxicabs ready to
convey survivors desiring to go to
Philadelphia, to their friends.
An Apnn;yinu Nyoi.yno
A commissioner OF immigration
"~ae nraen"t :" "~""d'tn the landing
. SH'rrn i"s. ...t ~ ten miu-
arh5 pest ,inC u..nuh urr0 Hns aH
a2JDiaud WsNUlz hiic ,ue .oot was
uo.ne g'ow!N warped int9 hev ou.f'0.
me scene at lnls t,n.v -. Nud
about The great pier was one of ami
nation and eager expectancy. The
crowds had been steadily augmented,
but there was perfect order, and an
awe-like air Of waiting. The crowd
in automobiles continued to arrive
in numbers. and the crowd about the
entrance to the pier maintained
respectful silence.
bttkS biutk Win IcOp".
The great ship came up slowly and
had hard time docking Her decks
were black with passengers.
News that the Carpathia was ont
side Of the harbor and rapidly APP
preaching sent thousands of people
TO vantage points along tho city's
water front. At the battery, the
first point on Manhattan Island which
the rescue ship would pass, a crowd
estimated at 10000 persons were
gathered and the points of vantage
further up town were crowded with
spectators eager to get first glimpse
OF the approaching Carpathia.
Like Funeral Bout"
On up the river the Carpathia
steamed ,bea ring out we'll the descrip-
tion given OF her by the observers
who saw her as she crept past quar-
antine and tclcgraphed word back to
the city that. dimly lighted and slow
moving as she was, she looked like a
funeral boat.
the scene by the presence Of scores
Of Whitehead hospital attendants.
with stretcbcrs, while, prepared for
the worst, there mingled in the |
throng attaches from the coroncr's f!
staff. Many invalid chairs also we're
rolled up TO the pier entrance ana |
placed in waiting for those unable |
TO walk.
When the ship docked at $50 the |
gang plank WAS quickly lowered and |
the doctors and nurses went aboard.
The first survivors began to leave
the ship at Gas. AS they came into
the street dead silence fell over the
crowd, and even the nash-light bat
terry for moment ceased its bonn
bardmcnt.
statement by Passengers.
me following statement. issued by
committee OF the surviving passcn-
gers, was given TO the press on the
arrival OF the Carpathia:
1--WE, the undersigned, surviving
passengers from tho steamship II
tanic, in order TO forcstall any SON.
ltional or exaggerated statements.
eem 1t to be our duty to give TO the
Jress statement Of facts that have
ome to our knowledge, and which
20 believe to be true.
con Sunday, April ii, 1912, at
about 40 H. m on cold vtar