<P> Carpathia docked at 9: 30 p.m. on 18 April at New York's Pier 54 and was greeted by some 40,000 people waiting at the quayside in heavy rain . Immediate relief in the form of clothing and transportation to shelters was provided by the Women's Relief Committee, the Travelers Aid Society of New York, and the Council of Jewish Women, among other organisations . Many of Titanic's surviving passengers did not linger in New York but headed onwards immediately to relatives' homes . Some of the wealthier survivors chartered private trains to take them home, and the Pennsylvania Railroad laid on a special train free of charge to take survivors to Philadelphia . Titanic's 214 surviving crew members were taken to the Red Star Line's steamer SS Lapland, where they were accommodated in passenger cabins . </P> <P> Carpathia was hurriedly restocked with food and provisions before resuming her journey to Fiume, Austria - Hungary . Her crew were given a bonus of a month's wages by Cunard as a reward for their actions, and some of Titanic's passengers joined together to give them an additional bonus of nearly £ 900 (£ 82,000 today), divided among the crew members . </P> <P> The ship's arrival in New York led to a frenzy of press interest, with newspapers competing to be the first to report the survivors' stories . Some reporters bribed their way aboard the pilot boat New York, which guided Carpathia into harbour, and one even managed to get onto Carpathia before she docked . Crowds gathered outside newspaper offices to see the latest reports being posted in the windows or on billboards . It took another four days for a complete list of casualties to be compiled and released, adding to the agony of relatives waiting for news of those who had been aboard Titanic . </P> <P> In January 1912, the hulls and equipment of Titanic and Olympic had been insured through Lloyd's of London . The total coverage was £ 1,000,000 (£ 91,000,000 today) per ship . The policy was to be "free from all average" under £ 150,000, meaning that the insurers would only pay for damage in excess of that sum . The premium, negotiated by brokers Willis Faber & Company (now Willis Group), was 15 s (75 p) per £ 100, or £ 7,500 (£ 680,000 today) for the term of one year . Lloyd's paid the White Star Line the full sum owed to them within 30 days . </P>

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