TITANIC'S DEATH ROLL

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 7

TITANIC'S DEATH ROLL

OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED CONE- • - .• •: ;• ;• CAPTAIN AND CHIEF ENGINEER SUICIDE. ITALIANS RUSH BOATS—THREE SHOT. WOMEN CLINCTO HUSBANDS, BUT NO PANIC CARPATHIA IN NEW YORK. TITANIC SANK IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS. Bj Telegraph.—Press Association.— {Received April 19, 10.10 p.m.) 7 . ; v V , New York, April 19. The Cunarder Carpathian • bearing "'the survivors of the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic, arrived in port early this morning. Public interest was intense. Never in its history has the city of New York been so terribly impressed. \ Notwithstanding rain, enormous crowd*. the vessel, and 10,000 gathered at the Battery and watched her pass, amid an impressive silence. A thousand relatives . and friends, many weeping, were admitted to the pier. The docking of the Carpathia was delayed while 13 of the Titanic's lifeboats were lowered. A committee appointed by the survivors has issued a statement in order to forestall sensational exaggeration. It Hays:— • " The Titanic struck an iceberg at 11.40 o'clock on Sunday night. \ The iceberg was reported by the lookout, but there was no time to avoid it; The night was clear, cold, and starlit. The boats were lowered.'' " The Carpathia received a wireless call and reached the scene at • four o'clock in the morning (Monday), with everything ready for the work of rescue. The Titanic' complement of passengers and crew, and those rescued by the Carpathia, are shown below j Titanic's Survivors on Complement. Carpathia. First' Class passengers ... ... 300 210 Second<class passengers 320 125 Tfaird'Class passengers 750 200 Officers and crew ... ... ... 940 139 Total ... ... ... ... 2310 674 Leaving unaccounted for ... 1636 " The 139 saved from the crew ■ comprised four officers, 39 seamen, and 96 stewards." . . The statement issued by the Survivors' Committee further sets out that after the Titanic struck, orders were promptly given to put on and to launch the lifeboats. Distress signals were sent out by wireless, and rockets were fired. ' ~• The» Titanic sank at 2.20 o'clock on Monday morning, two hours and forty minutes after she struck the iceberg, and one hour and forty minutes before the Carpathia arrived. The 'Titanic carried 14 lifeboats, two smaller boats, and four collapsible boats; also, sufficient lifebelts for all aboard. The boats were entirely insufficient. There» was no panic while the women and children weVe leaving, everyone at the time believing that it was simply a measure of precaution. Several women were torn from their husbands when the order was given to rescue the women only. , j Even l then several wives refused to leave, and were drowned with their husbands. One woman died on a lifeboat, and three others died after reaching the Carpathia. It isi declared that the Titanic seemed to break suddenly in two, and to sink instantly. According to the statement of one passenger, it is impossible to to say what occurred aboard the Titanic after the survivors left.