The Washington times., 1912-04-19

NEW YORK. April ls.-As the rescue
shin Carpnthia swung into her pier
with the survivors OF the wrecked
Titanic, after an experience never
eoualed in the annals of the sea, the
tense strain OF the long days Of waiting
for definite word of the disaster waa
relieved.
Strong men wept as the drawn, wan
faces OF those who had been saved
from the ocean grave appeared at the
gangplanks, and the half-crazed sur
vivors came specter-like into the glare
of the lights of the cock. Men who had
faced death grew faint as the realiza-
ton dawned on them Of all that these
few had gone through. The suffering
Of years was imprinted on each face.
and their sorrow. lined deep by the fate
that had overcome them, called forth a
sympathetic sorrow from the waiting
crowd. 90.
There we're no light hcarts-only dull
thro bling souls who ended in deepest
gloom the voyage that had been begun
in hilarious. holiday spirit.
Sobs Amid Murmurs.
Pitiable as was the first sight OF
these sufferers, the awfulness OF the
situation was brought out forcibly
as the survivors were guided to the
alphabetical stations in the big. barn
like pier from whose high dome there
resounded the muffled tread and low
cred voices that had none Of the
! CHEEKY greeting that marks the usual
debarkation of the transatlantic
voyagers. Sobs broke constantly in
to the murmer OF the thousands who
surrounded the scant hundreds who
arrived. Sobs that burst from hearts
breaking with the anguish of memory
Of those awful hours that followed
| the crash of doom in mid-ocean.
What hope for the rescue of those
| left behind hope that had sustained
| the bereaved ones, was lost when
| the word was broken to them that the
loved ones-the heroes who had seer
| first to the safety of women and
| children, the aged and weak-had
gone down inevitably with the float.
ing palace.
Here and there groups could be seer
in which hysterical Joy prevailed
| the JOY of sadness, however, for
! though that survivor was without tn,
| sorrow OF having been parted from
| a husband, or brother. or dear friend
| the dreadful realization of the be.
reavement OF others settled like O
| pail over them and gave to theil
| hysterical outbursts that doleful tone
that comes to the church bell tollins
it's funeral dirge where once hat
been the ecstacy of festival.
| Men Blanch White.
| Men trained to stoicism in seeing tn
sorrow of others; reporters who ha,
! carried news Of death to cheerful
homes; writer's who had given to tn
| world details of disasters In wonderful
word pictures that depicted the horror
Of accident; men hardened in contac
with misery. blanched white as the
met the first grim evidence of thi
triumph of death In the sight OF tn
living victims of it's clutch. For I
these survivors death of everything bu
body and soul had come to scar tn
brain and brand forever it's imprint o.
| memory.
| Such scenes as those enacted on tn
long Cunard pier in the bright light
that were dimmed through the tear
| that fell unrestrained, seldom halt tn
gayety of an unthinking world; bu
the atmosphere of sadness that sur
rounded the host of waiting friends ant
relatives spread over the great city
dampering the spirits of the whole peo
pie who knew these sufferers had ar
| rived, and who, with no personal affiic
tion to bring home the tragedy OF
blunder. felt the pang of loss that ha,
amazed the civilized world and stunned
the nations with the first wireless flasl
| of disaster.
Busy sailors on the vessel and docl