The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-26

the lAkdAlC WtI5 ltuue4 " inc ~
pathia, which rescued them two hour
and a half after the great White Sta
steamer hurled Itself against an Ice
berg last Sunday night
DisGgured by calamity and miser!
and oppressed by awful SORROW, tn
vomen and children and the few NE
Who escaped from the worlds great
est sea disaster are IN better physica
condition than the most optimistic
had hoped for.
Out Of the great company that walt
ed for hours In bitter cold among The
grinding bergs, many Of them thiDiJ
clad. many bruLsed and hurt by the
collision which destroyed their ship
few needed tho mInistrations Of ply
sicians when they put their feet on
land In sight OF the vast crowd that
had been waiting In almost unbsar'
Abls uncertainty.
Survivors Wall In Body.
Many, It Ia true, we're weak lad
nervous and hysterical from al expert.
sncs that had loft the world void and
empty for them Buk-and thousands
thanked God for it/as they watched
the majority Of the sad and bereaYed
company were well In body.
Only u 81 the TitRuic's survivors
died while tho Carpathia was driving
through iogs and storms to this port.
-four 81 the Titanic's people had per
hSed trying TO get aboard the Car
pathia and another Titanic passenger
lost his life BY the oYerturning Of a
boat, Ono woman, a second cabin pas
Senger who was landed, was suffer
Ing from a broken arm.
Thlrty-NIne Women Widowed.
The Carpathia reported that there
were 10 saved out OF a passenger list
which the White Star line figured at
2.l80, making a loss Of 1910 lives. The
THAMES passengers say there were
74b rescued out Of a passenger list
OF 2.3i0.
The list Of names furnished on the
Carpathia on Its arrival show 1888 first
class cabin passengers saved, 1l5 In
the second cabin, IFS third class, and
R06 Of the crew, a total Of 687 saved.
A woman passenger on the Carpathla
hoard from the ships doctor that 495
OF tho passengers and 2l0 Of the crew
had been saved and that 80 women
lost their husbands. Six of these were
brides.
The worlds annals has provided
few more Intense and dramatic mo-
ments than when all that was left OF
the great company that sailed 50 gay
ly on the Titanic appeared on the
Cunard pier.
Tragedy In Their Faces.
The tragedy of the Titanic was writ
ten on the faces of nearly all OF her
survivors. Some, it is true, who were
saved with their families, could not
repress the Joy and thankfulness that
nlled their hearts, but they were few
compared to the number Of the res.
cued. These others bore the impress
Of their time of darkness when their
people passed In an accident that
seemed like an insane vision Of the
night. Their faces were swollen with |
weeping. They had drunk as deeply
Of sorrow as Is eYer given to human
kind.
But many, whose spirits we're faint. !
ing from despair. walked firmly
enough down the gang plank. Some
walked %unseelng in a kind of dread |
full somnambulism of despair. !
officers Shoot Men Down.
1t was with difficulty that the
tongues Of many were loosened to
speak of the scenes of agony and fear
that fell over the Titanic's peaceful
company when 1t became swiftly
known that the ship must 20 down.
Some told haltingly. with dread still
In their eyes. Of men who
and struggled against women
Tor the lieboats and OF officers shoot.
them down. One woman saw an off,
shoot two men. she said, and 9th.
passengers recalled how officers
had stood with drawn pistols while the
women and children were being guild.
cd into the boats.
no one seemed to know the exact
tate OF tho T~itnniC's captain, e ]
smith. There was a story that he
had committed suicide. but the Titan.
IcS passengers did not know that was