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CHAPTER XII
THE TRAGIC HOME-COMING
THE CARPATHIA REACHES NEW YORK—AN INTENSE AND
DRAMATIC MOMENT—HYSTERICAL REUNIONS AND CRUSHING
DISAPPOINTMENTS AT THE DOCK—CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS
—FINAL REALIZATION THAT ALL HOPE FOR OTHERS IS
FUTILE—LIST OF SURVIVORS—ROLL OF THE DEAD
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RUMORS AFLOAT
The arrival of the Carpathia was the signal for the most sensational rumors to circulate through the crowd on the pier.
First, Mrs. John Jacob Astor was reported to have died at 8.06 o'clock, when the Carpathia was on her way up the harbor.
Captain Smith and the first engineer were reported to have shot themselves when they found that the Titanic was doomed to sink. Afterward it was learned that Captain Smith and the engineer went down with their ship in perfect courage and coolness.
Major Archibald Butt, President Taft's military aide, was said to have entered into an agreement with George D. Widener, Colonel John Jacob Astor and Isidor Straus to kill them first and then shoot himself before the boat sank. It was said that this agreement had been carried out. Later it was shown that, like many other men on the ship, they had gone down without the exhibition of a sign of fear.
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CHAPTER XII
THE TRAGIC HOME-COMING
THE CARPATHIA REACHES NEW YORK—AN INTENSE AND
DRAMATIC MOMENT—HYSTERICAL REUNIONS AND CRUSHING
DISAPPOINTMENTS AT THE DOCK—CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS
—FINAL REALIZATION THAT ALL HOPE FOR OTHERS IS
FUTILE—LIST OF SURVIVORS—ROLL OF THE DEAD
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters | |