On a Sea of Glass by Fitch Tad & J.Kent Layton & Bill Wormstedt

Author:Fitch, Tad & J.Kent Layton & Bill Wormstedt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Published: 2013-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Harold Bride is carried off the Carpathia, his badly frozen feet wrapped in thick bandages.

Fireman John Thompson, Saloon Steward Thomas Whiteley, Trimmer William McIntyre, and Second Class passenger Emilio Pallas y Castillo at St Vincent’s Hospital following the sinking.

Survivors on the forward deck of the Carpathia as she sat at Pier 54 in Manhattan.

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Around the world, memorial services were organized in remembrance of the victims of the Titanic disaster. In London on Friday, April 19, a large memorial service was held in St Paul’s Cathedral. Over 5,000 people attended, including Alexander Carlisle, one of Titanic’s designers. Nearly twice that number of people had crowded outside of the cathedral, hoping to get in. The service, culminating with the ‘Dead March’ from Händel’s ‘Saul’, was described as highly emotional and touching, with many of the attendants openly crying or sobbing. People who attended described it as a ‘congregation truly representative of the grief of the nation, and, indeed, of many nations, whose citizens are among the roll of the missing.’ Carlisle, who occupied a seat in the choir, ‘appeared deeply affected,’ and fainted, falling back into his chair. Help was summoned, and an ambulance soon arrived, but by then Carlisle had recovered sufficiently to be driven home.’100

While efforts to memorialize and remember those lost were taking place, other efforts were underway to aid the living. In the days immediately following the disaster, New York Mayor Gaynor and the Red Cross established a relief fund, to help aid the survivors and families of those lost following their ordeal. By April 21, 1912, the relief fund had already received over $77,342.75 in donations. Many people gave small donations, but one of the biggest contributors was Vincent Astor, who donated $10,000 to the fund, with the message: ‘Will you please accept the enclosed check as a contribution from me to the fund for the needy survivors of the Titanic disaster?’ Mayor Gaynor wrote a very complimentary thank you letter for the donation:

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