The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-19
RESCUE SHIP LANDS
IN NEW YORK PORT
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hour and the officers were striving 10
live Hp to Tie orders TO smash The
record
Moody. and was ON the bridge with
! the second officer. who was in com
mand 81 ldenly he shouted Port
+ your nem, / did o. but it was too
late. We struck the submerged l,or.
tion oC the berg
! OF ,he MANY accounts given by the
PASSENGERS most of item agreed that
the shock when the T nic struck
/ he iceberg. although ripping her
great sides like a giant can opener
did not greatly jar the entire yes
sci for the blow was a glancing one
along her side. The accounts also
agree that when the passengers We're
taken off on the life boats, there
were no serious panics and that many
desired ito remain on board the III
tanic, believing hercto be unsinkable.
! The most distressing stories are
| those giving the experiences Of the
passengers in boats. They tell not
lonly of their own suffering but give
the narrowing details of how they saw
| the great hulk of the Titanic break
in two and plunge to the bottom. As
this awful spectacle was witnessed
hy the group of surv yQrs in the boats
they plainly saw many Of those whom
they had Just left hehind lcapins
from the decks into the water
J. Bruce Ismay. president Of the In
ternational Mercantile marine. owners
OF the White Star liner. was among
hC anEcutt- nd. ,,py, ouvoI
z a Franklin vice president OF
the White Star line. and Senator VIII
liam Alden Smith. chairman of the
senate Investigating committee. held
Ia conference aboard the Carpathia
soon after the passengers had come
ashore last night After nearly an
hour Senator Smith came out of the
cabin and said he had no authority TO
subpoena witnesses at this time but
would begin an investigation into the
canse OF the loss of the Titanic at the
aldorf-Astoria hotel Friday. He an.
norlncel that Mr. lslay had consent
ed TO appear al ,he hearing aid th3t
Mr. Franklin and the four surviving
officers of the Titanic would appear
Tor examination by the senate com.
mlttee. He said the course the in
vestigation would follow would be de
termIned after the preliminary hear
ing
senator Smith was questioned as 6
the speed that the Titanic was maxi
ing when she crashed into the ae-
DerS He said he asked Mr lsmav
but aeclined TO say what the reply
was
Nh Ismay gave out the following
prepared statement on the pier:
Ia the presence and under the
shadow Of catastrophe so over.
Whelmlng my feelings are TOO deep
lor expression in words. ! can only
say that the White Star line officers
and employees VIII do anything POS
sibie 10 relieve the suffering ana sor-
row Of the relatives and friends of
those who perished The Titanic was
the last word in ship building. Ev-
cry regulation prescribed bv the
BRITISH board of trade had been
strictly complied with. The master
officers a-vl crew were The most eX
perienced and skll1ful in the British
service. | heartily welcome the mos
complete and exhaustive inquiry an
any aid that ! or my assistants or orr
builders or naYigators can render il
AZ the service of the public and OF
the governments OF both the United
states ani Great Britain Under
these circumstances = must defer
making any further statement at this
hour
Mr., lsmay said Informally before
giving out ais statement that he left
the snip in the last boat one Of the
collapsable on the starboard side
I do not know the speed at which
the Titanic wab going ne sail.
The ariga Of the Carpathii
brought a vast multitude Of peOple 10
the Cnnard docks They filed the
pier sheds and Oyerflowing for blocks
crowded the nearby streets in a dense
hrong Through it al rain fen
steadily, adding funeral aspect 10
he scene The landing Of the sur.
'lNofs was attended with little OK
,itement the crowd standnC in aNrd |
Ike silence a. group8 from tho shin
passed along. The locking actually |
legan shortly after 2 O'Clock and the |
ieOarkng Of DasseDge's was so quick !
) disposed OF by the waiting officers
nat everything had been concluded 4
~ 1880 o O'CiOck. The crowds remain
u about the piers long after this to 4
get glimpse OF the re 5cuc stcaGher
md hear narrowing stories brought /
'ack by the ship
physicians and nurses went aboard |
he Carpathia before anyone Was H. |
owed to go down. gang way. but |
Don after The first cabin passengers
5omen prcdOminating began ascend
~ the incline Some walked llnaid \
j., some were assisted By friends rel 4
tlfes and nurses and some were on
iretchers. Mrs John Jacob Astor :,
ow widow was met by her stepsDn \
'lncent. and her sister Miss Force /.
her .er 1raCad with { tars hurried t. \
ii automobile ant drove to the Astor 4
)wn house
The 200 and more stecrase pas ssen-
er5 did not leave the sir until J. II
clock They were i'm sad condi- II
on. The women were without WRAPS Il
no he few men wore very little Il
othing. 4 poor Syrian woman car
lei in her arms a baNv girl The Il
hid wore oniv a light calico drass
as barefooted ana oareiegged This i
oman had lost her husband and
lree brothers II lost four Of nay !
en folks she cried
one OF the most sensational stories
lat came from the Carpatha was
TAT Captain Smith and the first Off
sr and the chief engineer had shot
al rgeaft-ne u-Iar r.a4Tfya.I thaE