ALLEGED SUICIDE OF THE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF ENGINEER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 20 April 1912, Page 5

ALLEGED SUICIDE OF THE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF ENGINEER.

HARROWING SCENES-PATHETIC FAREWELLS AT THE STEAMER'S SIDE* (Press Association. —Copyright.)

(Received April 19, 10.10 p.m.) Nl-AV YORK, April 19

The Oarpathia arrived at 8.30 in the evening. The interest was intense. Never "in its history has the city been so terribly impressed. Notwithstanding rain, enormous crowds awaited the vessel, and 10,000 people gathered at the Battery to watch her pass. An impressive silence prevailed. '

A thousand relatives and friends, many of them weeping, were admitted to the pier. Docking was delayed while 13 of the Titanic's lifeboats were lowered. The survivors appointed a committee, which issued a statement in order to forestall sensational exaggerations. The statement says that the Titanic struck the iceberg at 11.40 on Sunday night. When the look-out reported the berg there was no time to avoid it. The night was clear and cold, and starlight. The boats were lowered. Three Italians were shot dead in a struggle to get to the lifeboats. The Carpathia received the call, and reached the scene at four o'clock in the morning, having everything ready for .rescue work. The Titanic had 330 first-class passengers, 320 in the second class, and 740 in the third class. The officers and crew numbered 940. The Carpathia rescued 210 first class, 125 second class, and 200 third class passengers, four officers, 59 seamen, 96 stewards, and 71 firemen.