The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-20
HUNDRED Of SURVIVORS
ARE IN HOSPITALS
Relief Funds are Coming in
Z Rapidly and Bodily Suffering
of the Poorer People Among
the 7O5 Survivors is Being
Lightened.

New York April 20. Nearly week has
passed since the White Star Liner III
tanic sank Oft Newfoundland, and much
of her story still is untold. The mum
Der of the dead probably will never be
exactly determined, as the complete list
of passengers went down with the YES
sell The number Of survivors is fixed
at 705 by the report of Captain Rostron
Of the rescue steamer Carpathia and the
White Star officials believe the death to-
tai approaches $50.
The narratives gathered from the sur
yiyors pav tribute without precedent to
the bravery of the men and the women,
and by common consent, the churches
of the world will set aside their pulpts
tomorrow for reverent consideration Of
the disaster and mourning for the lost.
As to the needs of the living. ample
provision is rapidly being made, and the
relief funds already total hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. The survivors IN
the hospitals are doing well.
aster vet obtained is being gathered by
the members OF the Senate investigating
committee. A number of witnesses, in
Guiding officers of the ship, have been
called for to-day's session. The bur
den of the testimony thus far empha-
sizes the unquestioned faith Of the til
tanic's officers in her unsinkabie char
acter, the recklessness of steaming full
speed through a sea where it was known
there were icebergs, and the remark
able calmness with which the passengers
and crew faced the last moments of
the sinking ship. The wreck has al
ready resulted in prompt action by the
trans Atlantic companies to insure that
the liners here take course far to the
south of the course pursued by the IL
tanic, hut the promised official state
ment by the White Star line relating
to the disaster has not been forthcom-
ing.
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of
the White Star line, who was a wit
ness before the Senate investigating
committee yesterday, characterized the
investigation as "brutally unfair" "The
Injustice lies heaviest upon me" he said;
81 took the chance to escape when It
came to mel did not seek it. Every
woman and child had been cared for be-
fore left the boat"
He was not sure in Just what boat
he left the Titanic, nor was he sure
how long he remained on the liner aft
or she struck He denied that there
had been any censoring of messages from
the Carpathia.
Other witnesses, including Captain
Rostron. bore him out in this, with the
explanation that the lone wireless opera
tor on the rescue ship, swamped with
personal messages, was unable to send
matter for the press.
Interest, second only to that in the
tales of survivors. centered upon Mr.
Ismay's recital. In Washington, SEN
ator Rayner of Maryland bitterly ar
raigned him before the Senate, and hoped
that this country might rely on British
Justice "to bring to bay the guilty di-
rectorate of this company"
Liners Lane Shifted 12o Miles South.
From Washington came the opinion
of expert naval photographers that no
blame should attach to Captain Smith
because. as they contend, analysis of
ocean charts has shown that the skip
per. warned of the presence of icebergs,
had steered the Titanic fully so miles
regular southwark from the regular
course. In spite of this caution the
mass of ice was struck, and as pre-
ventive of similar disasters, the hydro
graphic office in New York last night
issued an order shifting the lanes of
trans Atlantic liners $50 miles south
ward from the path which the Titanic
followed
After giving his testimony before the
Senate committee, Captain Rostron of
the Carpathia took charge of his ship
which departed late yesterday for the
Mediterranean. The vessel had been
hurriedly renovated and cleared of the
disorder caused by the presence OF the
Titanic survivors. and she left with cab
ins full II is commented upon as a
curious fact that, notwithstanding the |
Titanic disaster, there has as vet been |
no falling off in the volume of trans |
Atlantic travel Captain Rostron wept |
as he told how the Carpathia had picked |
up the unfortunate set adrift from the
Titanic, and before he left on his ship, |
admiring passengers presented him with |
a loving cup.
Captain Rostron stirred the committee |
when he said that he knew he was run
ming a risk when he drove the Car /
pathia through the sea of ice at top