The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-19
Loss Sustained BY Disaster Stagger-
ing.


ing.
London, April 1S.-Whether the
underwriters that carried policies on
the ill-fated Titanic will be able to
meet their obligations will not be
known for several days. The losses
are staggering, the greatest in the
history of marine insurance. Just
how large they are cannot definitely
be stated for some time, but in ad-
dition to the vessel, cargo and con-
| tents of her stronghold there was a
big registered mail shipment and
the women passengers in the first
cabins carried with them many
thousand dollars worth of precious
jewelry. All this is now more than
two miles below the surface of the
ocean.
All the insurance that the White
Star people could have written on
this vessel was $3,7OO,0O0, and they
carried some $750,000 of it them
selves. They had tried to write poll
cies for $5,000,00O but the Contin-
entail and British ma: kots could no.
carry that amount.
Bodies Will Rise to Surface.
Dondon, April !S.-The bodies of
the passengers who had life beltsat-
tached and were sucked down by the
whirlpool that followed the sinking
of the Titanic will come to the sur
| face, and some of them may be re-
covered.
A thrilling story of what is termed
| the last moments of the Titanic was
| published here this afternoon. 1t did
not give the source of the informa
! ton, but according to the account the
great ship sunk by the head, and had
reached an angle of about 49 degrees
before the final plunge came.
The passengers, it is to be pre-
sumed, retreated to the stern as the
vessel began to tilt forward. Many
very likely hurriedly put on life
belts. Some probably lost their foot
ing and fell overheard. Others jump
ed overheard, hoping to be able to
swim away from the vessel before
she took her final plunge. The Ti-
| tanic went down bow foremost, her
stern propellers flying high into the
! air. AS the leviathan sank beneath
the ocean, a great spout of water
probably indicated that the boilers
had exploded. There must have
been at least thirty explosions in the
furnace room as the sea water reach
ed the fires.
The authorities at the admiralty
compute the Titanic's position at the
bottom as not less than eight miles
from the spot where she collided.
They say it must have taken thirteen
minutes to reach the bottom and that
at the spot where she now lies the
water on the chart is indicated as
two and one-quarter miles deep.
More Than $21 200, 900 Went Down
With Titanic.
Insurance men today estimated
the losses entailed in the sinking OF
the Titanic as follows:
Ship (estimated value), $4,000
600.
Furnishings, fittings, etc, ST.
100000.
Diamonds carried by passengers
and other values of a personal ma
ture, IS, 100000.
Rubber in cargo, $125,OOO.
Tea in cargo, $4,000.
Freight Il 400 tons), 100000.
Baggage carried by passengers, au-
tomobiles, etc, $2,O0O,OOO.
Total, $21,475, 1000.
Mail Goes to Bottom.
New York.-In a statement issued
by Postmaster Edward NJ. Morgan
it is estimated the amount of mai
carried by the Titanic at $500 bags
This would be about ten million
pieces OF mail, destined to all points
in the United States.
} Two Wayne county clergymen
, Rev. Henry Burke, of Hawley, and
Rev. Daniel Mccarthy, OF Mt. Pleas
| ant, were passengers aboard the Cur
! ard liner Carpathia, that went to the
aid OF the sinking Titantic off New
! Foundland banks, and which Is now
proceeding to New York with the
= Titantic's survivors. They are the
(, only persons from this place or near
by known to have been at the scene
, of the disaster.
Both priests are bound for Rome
and a tour of the Holy Lands. They
= sailed Friday last for Liverpool b!
= the Carpathia, and were some 3O'
: miles from the Titantic when thu
4 Carpathia's wireless man caught tn
\ distress signals flashing from tn,
sinking vessel. AS the Carpathii
Immediately turned and sped for tn