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.

CHAPTER XIII
THE STORY OF CHARLES F. HURD

How the Titanic sank--Water strewn with dead bodies--
Victims met death with hymn on their lips.

CHAPTER XIV
THRILLING ACCOUNT BY L. BEASLEY

Collision only a slight jar--Passengers could not believe the vessel
doomed--Narrow escape of life-boats--Picked up by the Carpathia.

CHAPTER XV
JACK THAYER'S OWN STORY OF THE WRECK

Seventeen-year-old son of Pennsylvania Railroad official tells moving
story of his rescue--Told mother to be brave--Separated from parents--
Jumped when vessel sank--Drifted on overturned boat--Picked up by Carpathia.

CHAPTER XVI
INCIDENTS RELATED BY JAMES McGOUGH