The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-19
Warships Ordered Out
to Assist the
Carpathia.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor
Saved Colonel
Missing.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Further de-
tails of the wreck of the White Star
steamer Titanic bring down the total
number of persons lost when she sank,
after collision with an iceberg, in !,
Newfoundland waters, to 1912. This
number includes 572 passengers of all
classes. Reports of the number saved
give 210 first cabin passengers, 118 sec
ond cabin passengers and 400 steerage
passengers. It is estimated that of the
eight hundred and sixty members of
her crew there are 14O saved. The re-
mainder are believed to have perished.
Wireless reports from the Carpathia,
announce that these were saved in
twenty hfeboats, each containing
seven members of the crew. Among
those reported saved are the second,
third, fourth and fifth officers, one WIRE
less operator. These are all on board
the Carpathia, which is duo Off Fire ISL
and early Thursday morning.
In order to allay the intense anxiety
of the relatives and friends of the pas
sengers and crew on the wrecked steam
er, and get them accurate information
as soon as possible, the government has
ordered two speedy scout cruisers Sa-
lem and Chester, sister ships and the
fastest of their class in the navy, to
meet the Carpathia and obtain what in
formation possible and wire it in. They
will also take what provisions may be
necessary, as there is believed to be
some danger of the supply running short
on the steamer with her load of unex-
pected mouths to FILL
From Cape Race comes the report
that the steamers Virginian and Paris
ian, believed for time to have reached
the spot of the collision in time to aid
in the work of rescue, had reported
that they were too late and have none
of the survivors on board. This is tax
en- here to mean that DR.. Washington
|, Dodge of San Francisco, and Maj.
Archibald Butte, military aid to Presi.
dent Taft are among the missing, as
they are reported not aboard the Car
| pathia.
Women Saved
Mrs. Dodge and her family and Mrs
John Jacob Astor, who was Miss Made
line Force of Brooklyn and Bar Har-
ber; Mrs. Isidor Straus and Mrs.
Jaques Futrell, wife of the author are
on board the rescue ship bound for New
York. j. B. Thayer, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad system, has not
been accounted for, and it is believed
, that he is among the drowned.
Dispatches from the London head
offices of the White Star line report
that the bulkhead, or compartments, Of
which the Titanic had fifteen, failed
to work at the critical moment. They
were of the latest pattern, and oper-
J. ated by electrical switches, worked by
Q means of levers on the bridge of the
d vessel. Wireless reports from the res,
9 cue ships to Halifax stated that the
shock when the steamer struck the
/. enormous mass of ice broke the electri
a cal connections and that when the Of
y ticers threw the switches the compart
. ment doors failed to work. This con
4 tradicts the earlier dispatches that the
d bulkheads burst under the pressure Of
water from without.
Stirs Great Britain.
IS One of the effects Of the accident ha.
IS been to start the British authorities X
q work amending the maritime laws re
lating to such occurrences. At the pres
ent time the law applies only to ship
under ten thousand tons burden.
:. change in this, increasing the numbe
: of lifeboats the modern oceangoinl
l. monsters must carry will probably b.
e rushed through both houses of parlia
J. ment. Washington has followed thi
D. lead and yesterday steps were taken b
d introduce a number Of lifesaving bills
J. Reports from the cableship Minia
n announce that she has sighted wreck
age, belonging to the Titanic, but thi
4 has not been confirmed, and the loca
3 cable authorities are unable TO afiirI
'r the rumor.
II The cruisers Chester and Salem viii
n proceed to the latitude and longitud
m of the wreck to cruise about in stead
c. lily widening circles in the hope o
" being able to pick up some survivor
70 as not all of the hfeboats have bee
r accounted for.
IN George ", Of England; Kaiser Wi
20 liam, the Emperor Of Autsria. the Kin
of Italy and other rulers have cable