The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-26
Graphic Dsscriptioa Given
By I Reporter.
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and Women Nest Death With
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New York. April ls.-seventeen
hundred hvss-ths figures will hardly
vary In either direction by more than
Q Sew dossn-wers lost in the sinking
oe the Titanic which struck an Ice
berg at 11:45 p. m. Sunday and was
at the oceans bottom hours and S5
minutes after.
The printed rolls Of nrst and SEC
ond cabins. compared with the list Of
the survivors on the Carpathia. show
that Of 341 frst-cabin passengers. 212
were saved, 154 Of them women and
children; and that of 262 second
cabin passengers. 115 were saved. 102
Of them women and children. Of the
third-class passengers. 500 in num-
ber, 1876 survive, OF whom So are
women and children.
OF 985 officers and crew, 19S, IN
ciuding "a women, reached the Car
pathia. A few in each class doubtless
escaped enumeration ON the Carpa-
thia.
1858 Are UnEeounted For.
Accepting the estimate Of the Car
pathia's omcers that TOO survivors
reached the ship, comparison with the
total. 2,3ss. shows that 1858 are un-
accounted for.
There is but the faintest hope that
any Of these reached any other ship.
Reports that the California, q cattle
ship. may have rescued few persons,
have given merciful respite from ut
ter despair to some Of the women.
Cause, responsibility and similar
questions regarding the stupendous
disaster will be taken up in time by
the British marine authorities. No
disposition has been shown by any
survivor to question the courage Of
the crew, hundreds Of whom saved
others and gave their own lives with
Q heroism which equaled, but could
mot exceed that Of John Jacob Astor,
Henry b. Harris. Jacques Futrelle and
others in the long list Of the hrst
cabin missing.
ofHesrs Knew iesbsres Were Near.
Facts which have established by
inquiries on the Carpathia. AZ POSI-
lively as they could be established in
Wow Of the silence Of the few surviv-
ing oficers; are:
That the Titanic's oflcers knew.
several hours before the crash, Of the
possible nearness OF icebergs.
That the Titanic's speed. nearly q
knots an hour. was not slackened.
That the number Of flfeboats on the
Titanic was insufficient to accommo-
date much more than one-third Of tho
passengers. to say nothing Of the
crow. Most members Of the crew
say there were 16 Afeboats and two
ccllapsibles: none say there were
moro than 20 boats in all. The TOO
who escaped filled most Of the fe life
boats and the one collapsible which
got away to the limit Of their capae-
ity.
.'Women First" Rule Enforced.
That the women first" rule. IN
some cases. was applied to the extent
Of turning back men who were with
their families. even though not enough
women to fill the boats were at hand
on that particular part Of the deck.
Some few boats were thus lowered
without being completely filled, but
most Of these were soon filled with
sailors and stewards, picked up out
Of the water. who helped man them.
That the bulkhead system, though
probably working in the manner in.
tended. availed only to delay the
ships sinking. the position and length
Of the ships wound (on the starboard
quarter) admitted icy water which
caused the boilers to explode. and
these explosions practically broke the
ship In two.
sulkheads Rendered ineffective.
Had the ship struck the iceberg
head-on, at whatever speed, and with
whatever resultant shock, the bulk.
head system Of water.tight compart.
ments would probably have saved the
vessel. As one man expressed Il. It
was the impossible" that happened
when. with shock unbelievably mild.
the ships side was torn for length,
which made the bulkhead system In