The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-19
THE CARPA1H|A
REACHES PORT
HUNDREDS OF REREAvED RELA-
TIvEs CAUSE NEAR-sTAM-
PEDE ON THE wharf.
Thousands of People Gathered to Hear
News of Awful catastrophe-Report
ed Explosion Occurred in Titane's
Engine Room-Some of Survivors
Died on Carpathia.

NEW YORK, April 1s.-(Mid ,isht.i
The scene at the wharf of the Cuna ID
line when the steamer carpath'a ar
rived late tonight begears description.
1t took almost the entire police force
of the city of New York, special de-
tectives and extra officers to keep
the crowds from rushing to the
steamer. AIeost a stampede was Gre
ated when the steamer finally landed
and survivors from the iIl-fated IT,
tanic stepped on the wharf. Mothers,
faith ,rs, husband, wives, sisters, broth
,ers md sweethearts were gathered on
the wharf to greet their lovod ones,
some of them TO be overcome with
JOY and others, who had all along
held cut hope. to be turned away with
the information that the loved one
which he or she was seeking had
doubtless gone down with the other
unfo, ,tunates aboard the Titanic. It
was a. scspe never before. witnessed
in New~fork or any other city -se
MANY SURVIVORS DIE. ..~
Owing to the lateness Of the arrival
of the carpathia, full details of the
great disaster have not yet been Sc
cured. The excitement was so great
and the survivors were surrounded by
SO many anxious people that little
opportunity did they have to relate the
awful story. Another sad feature an
'nounced upon the arrival of the ves-
sci, was the announcement that two
or three of those who were rescued
had since died while aboard the Car
pathia. They had suffered so great
from the excitecent and from the ex
posure that death followed.
EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
Stories told by many of the sur
vvors differ materially, which only
proves that the excitement was so
great that few of them really know
N;at cid happen. 1t is generally stat
ed, however, that the water ru shed
into the Titanc's ensine-room and
caused a terrific explosion and that
soon thereafter the boat went to the
bottom.
WAS AsToR SHOT?
An unfounded report was current
today. that John Jacob Astor was shot
while on the Titanic, but this report
is denied today. 1t was also rumored
today that some vessel had picked his
body up near the scene of The wreck
This report was received in a wire
less message which reached port this
morning.
Physicians were on the pier await
irg the arrival of the Carpathia and
many people still i'll were rushed to
tie hospitals, where they are receiv-
ina medical attention.
New York, April 1S.-The Cunard
liner Carpathia, bearing survivors of
the sunken steamship Titanic, was
making her way slowly toward New
York this afternoon, cropping through
the fog, her wireless silent. Accord
ing to best reckoning, she will reacn
her cock here not before 1 O'Clock to-
morrow morning.
Wireless messages pelted the Car
nathia all last night and this morn
inq rut with minimum results. Even
q message from President Taft asking
for news of his aide, Major Butt,
remained unanswered. Indications are
that no details of the disaster will
be known until the Carpathia reaches
port.
Judging from the nature OF the Few
messages received from the SURVIVORS
aboard the Carpathia. the inference Is
shot most of them are unaware OF the
owfu1 tragedy that took place aboard
tho Titanic after she was abandoned.
Nanv wives were ignorant that their
husbands have perished, and are hop
;no that they were pcked up by some
passing liner. ,.no
In New York all preparations nave