Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-20

went down with his ship, but several
| passengers say that First officer Muir
dock shot himself through the head
| before she sank.
The 200 rescued members of the
Titanic crew We're still in New York
| tonight sheltered on the Red Star
| they are silent as to what happened
; aboard the sinking liner.
| The greatest problem confronting
the committees appointed to provide
for the sufferers has been the steer
| age passengers. Speaking no English
! in many cases, ignorant of their des-
tinations, frightened and without
! friends or relatives, their plight was
acute until inspectors from the In
ternational Institute for Young
| Women, a branch of the Y. w. c. A.,
circulated among them today and APP
portioned them as befitted their ma
tionality among the foreign quarters
in New York city. About $40, 900 has
already been subscribed for the suffer-
ers and series of benefits to raise
more has been arranged.
Col. John Jacob Astor's young
widow remained secluded in the
Astor residence here too i'll, according
to her physicians. to make any state
ment. No direct word from her has
come to the outside world since Col
onel Astor kissed her goodbye and
placed her in the life boat.
Less than "a hours after the Cunard
liner, Carpathia, came in as rescue
ship with 745 survivors of the I'll
tanic disaster, she sailed again this
afternoon for the editerranean
cruise which she originally started
upon last week.
Just before the liner sailed H. S.
Bride, the second Marconi wireless
operator of the Titanic who had |
both of his legs crushed in a life |
boat. was carried off on the Shout |
ders of ships officers to st. Nincents
hospital. Captain Rostron of the |
Carpathia, addressed an official re-
port, giving his account of the Car
pathia's rescue work, to the general
manager of the Cunard line. Liver
pool. The report read.
II beg to report that 1885 a. m..
Monday. 18th inst. | was informed
of urgent messages from Titanic,
with statement of her position.
ordered ship turned
around and put her in course for
that position. We were then fifty
eight miles from her. Heads Of all
called and issued what
| considered the necessary orders to
be in preparation for any emergency.
AT 2:40 a. m, saw flare half a
point on bow. Taking this for
granted to be ship. shortly after we
sighted our first iceberg. pre-
yiously had lookouts doubled. know
ing that Titanic had struck ice. and
50 took every care and precaution.
We soon found ourselves in field of
bergs. large and small. and had to
alter course several times to clear /
Dergs. Weather fine and clear. Light
airs on sea. beautifully clear night. I
though dark. !
we stopped at a. m. thus doing
distance in three half hours. picking
ip to the first boat al 4:l0 a. M. Boat
n charge of officer and he reported
hat Titanic had foundered At $3.50 :
asst boat picked up. All survivors
Iboard and all boats accounted for,
liz: Fifteen lifcboats, one boat aban- l.
loned. two Bcrthon boats alongside.
'aw one floating upward among
greckage and according To second Of Il
icer. one Berthon boat had not
'een launched IL having got jammed,
making sixteen iifeboats and four s.
3erthon boats accounted for. By the
ime we had cleared first boat q Was r
resking day. and ! could SEQ all
rithin the area Of four miles. We p
Iso saw that We were surrounded "a
" icebergs large and small. and
hree miles TO the northwest 81 Us q
uce field of drift ice with large and
mall bergs in it. the ice-field trend b
lg from northwest round W. and :. -
o Sc. as Tar a. We could see either
-ay. p'
At : a. m. the ley and steamer. /"
came up gave him
h. principal news and asked him to ~
aarch and thcn proceeded To- New ~
ork. While researchirg over vicin-
a. ~ disaster and while We were
etting people aboard 7 gave orders -
set an spare hands along and