Titanic Disaster Evokes Patrol as Members Aid Survivors
Amid chaos as the band played Nearer My God to Thee the Titanic sank with hundreds aboard. A police squad held the gang plank while officials and medical staff oversaw the scene. Economists and stock exchange representatives stood nearby with hands full of bills for survivors at the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Blackelad Sellen
Carpathia
Titanic
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Vincent Astor
Katherine Force
William Harris, Jr
Henry B. Harris
Samuel Wallack
Mr. Harris
Stock Exchange Committee
Titanic Survivors Reach New York as Carpathia Arrives
Cunarder Carpathia docks at 8 45 p m with 745 Titanic survivors amid huge crowds. Reports recount heroism and grief as band plays Nearer My God to Thee while the doomed liner sinks two miles deep. Witnesses Describe Astor and others amid the tragedy and passengers’ farewells aboard the Carpathia.
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Evening Journal
New York
Titanic survivors land as crowds gather at Pier 53 New York
Reportage from Cunard Pier 53 in New York describes passengers awaiting the Carpathia with 25,000 awaiting crowds in drizzle and police lines. Survivors and rescuers move through traffic rules while nurses, doctors, and undertakers prepare for care and funeral service.
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New York
East Thirteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Carpathia
Titanic Disaster Echoes Heroism and Toll
The Titanic wreck claims 1726 lives with ship band playing Nearer My God to Thee as victims perish. Notable figures John Jacob Astor Henry B Harris Jacques Futrelle and Isidor Straus cited for bravery as Captain Smith and crew actions are described.
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Johu Jacob Astor
Henry B. Harris
Jacques Futrelle
Isidor Straus
Husband
Carter P. Hurd
Post Dispatch
The
Corp
Palliser Pit Company
New York
Pasengers
John Jacob Astor
Engmnes
Cotton
Carpathia
Captain Smith
Murdock
Isador Straus
How They Died The Titanic Victims Remembrances
Prominent passengers recount deaths aboard the Titanic. George A Braden describes Captain Smith on the bridge amid waves and the ship’s final plunge. Mrs Churchill Candee recalls injuries and ambulance speeds after boarding the Carpathia. Mrs Paul Schabert tells of refusing to leave her brother Philip and the “Ladies first” order. Mrs Isador Straus refuses to part from her husband as the ship sinks. Washington Dodge and family survive, and other survivors recount the chaos and final moments at sea.
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Carpathia
Edgar J. Meyer
New York
Erelish
George A. Braden
Captain Smith
Churchill Candee
Washington
Paul Schabert
Derby
Conn
Philip
Isador Straus
Titanic Survivor Describes Sinking at New York Pier
Miss Elizabeth Allen of St. Louis, first Titanic survivor off the Carpathia, recalls the captain’s order not to speak and that the big liner sank head first. She witnessed the collision at Cunard Pier New York on April 19 as passengers rushed on deck and were later told to return to berths. Mrs Eva continues transfer operations as witnesses recall safety orders.
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Carpathia
K.T. Andrews
Studson
N. Y
Mr. Astor
Thayer
Mr. Case
Col
John Jacob Astor
New York
Slater
Youngstown
Major Butt
Colonel Astor
Cunard Line
Thirteenth Street
Elizabeth Allen
St. Louis
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North River
Atlantic Ocean
Hays
Col. Gracie
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railroad
Ah Cunard
Mediterranean
Brother
Dan
Astor
Washington Dodge
San Francisco
Washington, Jr
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