The Green Forest tribune., 1912-04-26
TITANIC SURVIVORS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON CARPATH|A. Death List Increases With News From Rescue Vessel---Tales of Suffer-
 ing and Despair. MANY PROMINENT AMERICANS PERISH John Jacob Astor and Major Archibald Butt Die Like Heroes According to Survivors--Mrs
 Isadore Straus Stays by
 Husband.

Of the many accounts given by the passengers most of them agreed that the shock when the Titanic struck the iceberg, although ripping her great sides like giant can opener, did not greatly jar the entire vessel, for the blow was a glancing one, along her side. The accounts also agree that when the passengers were taken off on the lifeboats there were no serious panics and that many desired ito re- main on board the Titanic, believing her to be unsuitable"
 Saw Them Leap Into Sea.
 The most distressing stories are those giving the experience of the pas sengers in lifeboats. These tell not only of their own suffering, but give the narrowing details of how they saw the great hulk of the Titanic break in two and then plunge to the bottom. As this awful spectacle was witnessed by the groups of survivors in the boats they plainly saw many of those whom they had just left be- hind leaping from the decks into the water.
 J. Bruce Ismay, president of the h. ternational Mercantile Marine Con- pany, owners of the White Star line, was among the 70-odd men saved.
 MT. Ismay gave out the following prepared statement on the pier:
 'In the presence and under the shadow of catastrophe so overwhelm- ing, my feelings are too deep for ex- pression in words. I can only say that the White Star line officers and employees will do everything humanely possible to alleviate the suffering and the sorrow of the relatives and friends of those who perished. The Titanic was the last word Tn shipbuilding. Every regulation prescribed by the British Board of Trade had been stirct- ly complied with. The master, off cers and crew were the most experi- enced and skillful in the British serv- ice. heartily welcome the most con- plete and exhaustive inquiry, and any builders or navigators can render is at the service of the public and of the governments of both the United States and Great Britain. Under these cir cumstances I must defer making any further statement at this hour"
 ;nf giving out his statement, that he left the ship in the last boat, one of the collapsibles, on the starboard side. q do not know the speed at which the Titanic was going," he said.
 Crowds to See Carpathia.
 The arrival of the Carpathia brought vast multitude of people to the Gun ard docks. They filled the pier sheds, and, overflowing for blocks, crowded the nearby streets in a dense throng.
 Through it all rain fell steadily, ad- ding funeral aspect to the scene. The landing of the survivors was at tended with little excitement, the crowd standing in awe-like silence as groups from the ship passed along. The docking actually began shortly after g o'clock and the debarking of passengers was so quickly disposed of by the waving of the usual formali- ties that practically everything had been concluded by 10:30 o'clock. The crowds remained about the piers long after this, to get glimpse of the res etc nd ha Nuyir 1cr stories brought back to the ship.
 Physicians and nurses went aboard the Carpathia before anyone was al- lowed to go down the gangway, but gers-women predominating = began descending the incline. Some walked unaided, some were assisted by friends relatives and nurses, and some were on stretchers.
 Mrs. John Jacob Astor, now wid- ow, was met by her stepson, Vincent, and her sister, Miss Force. They em- braced with tears, hurried to an au- tomobile and drove to the Astor town house.
 One of the most sensational stories that same from the Carpathia was that Capt. Smith and the first officer and the chief engineer had shot them selves when they realized that the ship was doomed. These reports were de- nied by most of the passengers, al though one or two said that they had heard there was some shooting