The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-19

were strengthened until the officers In
the first line were five rect apart. white
an inner line stationed about twenty
feet apart guarded against any rush
by souvenir hunters.
AT the Pennsylvania Railroad term
inal not far away. stood three spe-
cial trains. One was there to take
p. A. B. Widened to Philadelphia,
and the other was there for the sur
viyors OF the family of J. A. Thayer.
The chief Of police of Philadelphia.
and corps Of assistants were on
hand to escort Philadelphia surviv-
ors TO taxicabs in which they were
whirled to the Pennsylvania station
and placed in the special.
Back of the throng were those who
had no taxis. no special trains. or
special guards for their relatives.
Crowd Shrieks.
AS the vessel approached her pier.
1t seemed FOR one agonizing moment
as though the wildly shrieking throng
would break through the police line
and storm the pier. Hats and UNI
brellas were thrown into the air and
the cries Of the waiting thousands
the Carpathia and her escorting tug
boats. The immediate approach to
the gang plank was held by a squad
o. policemen with drawn clubs. To
the right OF the gang plank stood the
customs officials and thanking them
We're nurses and doctors. To the lef.
stood the committee from the stock
exchange, their hands filled with bills
for those survivors, In immediate need
OF money.
The scene was one that for genuine
despair has probably never beer
equaied. Black clad women wrune
their hands and cried ptteously
Strong men surrendered to their over.
whelming emotions. When the greai
PROV of the dead-laden vessel wa.
heard pushing its way through the
| smooth waters OF the river, a grea,
silence overspread the throng. The
word was passed back that the shiI
was about to dock. The great eli
max to the appalling disaster OF tht
| age had arrived. Then. when the
( towering side of the ship rank inft
| the cushioned pier. all the pent W
hysteria broke out anew. It was a
| though the Carpathia had towed t
port and exposed to the view of tn.
sorrowing thousands the battered ant
helpless TitanSc and her deep sea car
| go Of corpses. The feeling OF thu
! crowds went up in a wailing that wa.
, caught by the winds from the rivel
| and waited up Fourteenth street Il
! broadway. that famous avenue O.
| gaiety which for one night at least
I was In the DEEPEST mourning.
Prominent People There.
| Among the first on the pier ant
! nearest to the vessel In fact in small
| group at the end Of the gang plank
| were Vincent Aston, Katherine Force
| William Harris. Jr., son Of Henry B
| Harris whose mother was on boar<
| the Carpathia. bu. whose father per
| ished and Samuel Wallace, brother
| in-law Of Mr.. Harris.
Tho Carpathia reached hcr docl
at S:46. The nurses and doctors
waited impatiently to begin theil
work Of succor. The customs booth
was turned into a relief station and
into 1t went three members Of tht
stock exchange committee, while
others remained outside to listribut.
the immense pile OF money ainoni
the survivors. Only the white uni
forms OF the intsrnes ana nurses ~,
lieved the black poraperctive. A
the end OF tho pier shed stood tn,
wagons OF the undertaking compa
lnies. Moving about made the police
ropes were the black CARRIED assis
tants. talking 70 no one. waiting fo
the beginning Of the work OF re
moving the dead.
4 Tug Boats IN Wake.
AS the vessel warped into her dock
for perhaps a minute she was "a
! voloped IN scmi-dArkness tina
made her decks invisible to Ill bu
those on the pier. Then Hash
lights from q iecore Of boats lynn
nearby. suddenly sprang Into iilumi
nation and spread a lurld glare owe
the entire scene. Lining tho rail .
Il the Carpathia, were scores OF tn
survivors. many Of them crying Ou
4, and ringing their hands
Trailing In the wake VI Carpath
twas = tug host with three u tn
iT1tanic'a life boats In tow. A. "A
shoeta drew tie esewd siewly. Weve