Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-04-25

New York.-With the ofiicial pas
senRer list Of the Titanic and the
roster Of her oficsrs and crew at the
bottom Of the sea, the total Of those
saved is oficially placed at 7o6 by w.
w. Jeffries, general passenger agent
OF the White Star Line, although the
latest revised list of survivors ac-
counts for 745 persons.
There are undoubtedly many dupli-
GATED names in the last revised list Of
the survivors" Mr.. JeKries said, ION
account OF misspelling and errors in
initials"
II the report of Captain Rostron is
accepted as final, as Mr.. Jeffries as
serts It will be, the total number of
dead IL increased to 1885.
New York.-How the White Star
liner Titanic, the largest ship ahoat,
sank on the Grand Banks Of New
foundland early Monday morning last,
carrying to their death 1901 of the
2,340 persons aboard, was told to the
world in all its awful details for the
first time with the arrival in New
York of the Cunard liner Carpathia
bearing the exhausted survivors of the
catastrophe. OF the great facts that
stand out from the chaotic account Of
the tragedy these are the most salient
The death list has been increased
rather than decreased. Six persons
died after being rescued,
The list of prominent persons lost
stands as previously reported.
Practically every woman and child
with the exception of those women
who refused to leave their husbands
were saved, Among these last was
Mrs. Isidor Stratus. John Jacob Aston
and otherS millionaires worked with
officers to save the women and with
the Sailors died like heroes.
The last information concerning
Major A. w. Butt was that the gallant
officer was with a group of the ships
officers and passengers on the upper
deck as the giant of the seas sank
The survivors on the lifeboats saw
the lights on the stricken vessel glim.
mer to the last; heard her band play
ing Nearer My God to Thee" and
saw the doomed hundreds on her deck
and heard their groans and cries when"
the vessel sank. Accounts vary as to
the extent Of the disorder on board.
Not only was the Titanic tearing
through the April night to her doom
with every ounce of steam crowded
on, but she was under orders from
the general officers of the line to make
all the speed Of which she was ca
pable. This statement was made by J..
H. Moody, quartermaster of the ves-
sci and helmsman on the night of the
disaster. He said the ship was max.
ing 81 knots an hour and the officers
were striving to live up to the orders
to smash the records.
1T was close to midnight" said
Moody, "and was on the bridge with
the second officer, who was in COM
mand. Suddenly he shouted, Port
your helm!' did SO: but 1t was too
late. We struck the submerged por-
ton of the berg"
Ripped from stem to engine-room
by the great mass of ice she struck
amidships, the Titanic's side was laid
open as If by gigantic can opener.
She quickly listed to starboard and a
shower of ice fell onto the forecastle
deck Shortly before she sank she
broke in two aft the engine-room, and
as she disappeared beneath the water
the expulsion of air caused two ex.
plosions, which were plainly heard by
the survivors adrift.
The accounts agree substantially
that when the passengers were taken
OF on the lifeboats there was no seri.
GUS panic, and that many wished "to
remain on board the Titanic, believ-
ing her to be unsuitable.
The most distressing stories are
those giving the experiences of the
passengers In lifeboats. These tell
not only of their own suffering, but
give the narrowing details Of how they
saw the great hulk of the Titanic
break in two, the after part sinking
first amid a series of explosions, fol-
lowed by the sinking of the forward
|, part VI INC 6iAAP. fAS ILLS oW1uA oPOS-
tacle was witnessed by the groups Of
survivors in the boats they plainly
saw many of those whom they had
just left behind leaping from the
decks into the water
]. Bruce Ismay, president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine. own.
ers OF the White Star Line, who was
among the seyenty-odd men saved, p.
A. s. Franklin. vice-president Of the
White Star Line, and United States