ARRIVAL OF THE CARPATHIA

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE CARPATHIA

WATCHED BY AN IMMENSE CROWD NEW YOHK TERRIBLY IMPRESSED. REPORT BY SURVIVORS 1 < COMMITTEE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. NEW YORK, 19th April. The Cunard liner Carpathia, with the survivors of the wreck of the -^Titanic, arrived at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. The interest was intense. Never in ite history has the city been so terribly impressed. Notwithstanding the rain, enormous crowds awaited the vessel, and a crowd of ten thousand gathered at the Battery, and watched her pass in impressive silence. A thousand relatives and friends, many of them weeping, were admitted to the pier. The docking was delayed while thirteen of thje Titanic's lifeboats were lowered. Tha Survivors' Committee issued a statement in order to forestall sensa,--tional exaggerations, The statement eaya :—: — The Titanic struck an iceberg at 11.40 p.m. on Sunday. The look-out had reported that there was no time to avoid the iceberg. It was a cieai", cold, starlight night. The boats, were lowered. Three Italians w«re shot dead in the struggle for the lifeboats. Orders were promptly given to put on the lifebelts and launch the lifeboats^ Distress signals were sent out by wireless, and rockets were fired. The vessel sank at twenty minutes past "2 on Monday morning. The Carpathia received a call, and reached the scene at 4 o'clock on Monday morning. Everything jaas ready for rescue work. It is impossible to say what occurred on board after the survivors left. NOT COMPETENTLY MANNED LACK OF TRAINED SEAMEN INSUFFICIENCY OF OFEJCERS. BOATS DID NOT HAVE MAXIMUM LOADS. (Received April 20, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, 19th April. The Survivors' Committee statement point* out that there was an insufficiency of lifeboats and rafts, a lack of trained seamen to man the boats, insufficient officers to carry out emergency orders on the bridge and superintend the launching and control of boats , also the absence of search lights. The necessity of taking in passengers before lowering the boats to the water prevented the boats taking their maximum. The captain jumped overboard when the decks were awash. Revolver shots were heard prior to his sinking. The evening papers have published rumours that some of the officers committed suicide-, and tne crew acted with discredit.