MR. ISMAY "PITIABLE SIGHT"
Among the rescued ones who came on board the Carpathia was the president of the White Star Line.
"Mr. Ismay reached the Carpathia in about the tenth life-boat," said an officer. "I didn't know who he was, but afterward heard the others of the crew discussing his desire to get something to eat the minute he put his foot on deck. The steward who waited on him, McGuire, from London, says Mr. Ismay came dashing into the dining room, and throwing himself in a chair, said: `Hurry, for God's sake, and get me something to eat; I'm starved. I don't care what it costs or what it is; bring it to me.'
"McGuire brought Mr. Ismay a load of stuff and when he
had finished it, he handed McGuire a two dollar bill. `Your
money is no good on this ship,' McGuire told him. `Take it,'
DIAGRAM OF THE TITANIC'S ARRANGEMENT AND EQUIPMENT
[Description:
Blueprint-style drawing of a cross-section of the Titanic.
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The Titanic was far and away the largest and finest vessel ever built,
excepting only her sister-ship, the Olympic. Her dimensions were: Length,
8821/2 feet; Beam, 92 feet, Depth (from keel to tops of funnels), 175
feet; Tonnage, 45,000. Her huge hull, divided into thirty water-tight
compartments, contained nine steel decks, and provided accommodation for
2,500 passengers, besides a crew of 890.
UPPER DECK OF THE TITANIC, LOOKING FORWARD
[Description: Drawing of the upper deck of the Titanic. ]A passenger on the Carpathia said there was no wonder that none of the wireless telegrams addressed to Mr. Ismay were answered until the one that he sent yesterday afternoon to his line, the White Star.
"Mr. Ismay was beside himself," said this woman passenger, "and on most of the voyage after we had picked him up he was being quieted with opiates on orders of the ship's doctor.