New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

out against the officers who had IN
duced them TO leave the ship without
knowledge of the peril of their hus-
| bands.
Berg as Large as the Capitol.
at was like rescuing people on polar
sea. There was ice on every side, and
one great berg in the distance as big as
the Capitol at Washington. II was bit
terly cold on deck. even for those or us
who were well wrapped up. The poor
people seemed half frozen. OF course we
have been frightfully crowded since, but
we have all been busy helping those who
were saved
There were thirty pet dogs on the
Titanic, and three of these were saved
The women just clung TO them Ike
babies 1 think it would have been bet
ter if they had found babies to cling 10.
Asked how II was that there appeared
10 have been so little panic on the IL
tanic, Mrs. Harrington said she under
stood it was because the officers per-
suaded the people they were leaving
the ship only temporarily. therefore,
many were reluctant to go in the boats
This was confirmed by other passengers
some of whom had been on the Titanic.
carpathias Men Silent.
No one Of the officers or crew OF the
Carpathia would say anything for pup
Iication. and many Of the passengers
4 lot
unwise to talk to newspaper men, as
their accounts would be distorted and
ec+itious pictures Of them printed, ana
so on.
The officers Of the Carpathia seemed 10
have only one idea. to avoid publicity
and defeat the efforts Of the newspaper
men. and in their determination they
kent the Secretary Of Commerce and La
bor. the members of the Senate commit
tee and General Uhler, CHIEF OF lhe
Steamboat Inspection Service, waiting at
tho qangplanks for nearly an hour.
These officials were bufreted about oy
the crowds and repulsed by the SHIPS
officers. who appeared too exciteo TO ,
comprehend the identity Of the secretary
and his associates when 1t was ex-
n,ained TO them. Finall, however. they
were admitted. and held brief con-
ference in the surgeons cabin.
II was asserted by passengers that
among those saved was the daughter OF
Representative ]. A. Hughes, a MEMBER
of congress from West Virginia, bride
whose husband was lost.
Among those who came down the
eangplank were many women whose
agony was so plainly written on their
faces that no one had the heart 10 IN
tr,,de on their sorrow. The horror OF
the scenes they had lived through was
o,,ious IN ewes which seemed still to be
riveted on that awful scene when the
great ship bearing perhaps all that was
dear to them plunged to the depths Oi
fine lev ocean. These were caim' ClilS
their blanched faces and terrorstrlcKeh
ewes told the story OF their su1erIhe.
Others were hysterical, weeping aS
tbev came down the gangplank, or SOD
hing uncontrolably as they fell into the
outetretched arms OF the friends VINO
awaited them. Still others, compare
tively few remained on bOar0 IN chaise
NJ the charitable women who had lorineu
a committee to succor them
These last are mostly homeless ana
friendless, or at least have no lriehus
80 Most OF them were as If stricken
dnmb. and some could only answer TO
the simplest question: Il don't know; IL
is all a blank" - .,
II was admitted by an officer OF the
Carpathia that some had lost their rea-
SON as q result of their terrible exper-
fence. and he would venture no predlc-
tion as TO whether this condition was
temporary or permanent
Tter the first and second cabin pas
e,n ngers had gone down the gangplanks
tba steerage passengers were permitted
90 ,eave the vessel and one of the sad
Sest sights New York ever had seen
nassed into history.