Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-16
White Star Steamer Titanic.
Largest Boat Afloat, With
Notable Passenger List,
Wrecked at Sea.
WIRELESS SUMMONS
VESSELS TO RESCUE
Distress Signals Last Night
Brought Other Liners tc
Scene and Prevented Loss
of Life.

today showed that the passengers
Of the monster White Star liner
Titanic, which struck an iceberg
off the New FoundIand coast last
night, were being transferred
aboard tho steamer carpathia,
cunard liner. ,.
Already twenty boat loads Of
the TitanIc's passengers had been
transferred aboard the carpathia,
and allowing 40 to 60 persons ss
the capacity Of each life boat,
some 800 to 1900 persons have al
ready been taken on board the
carpathia.
Latest reports Indicate that the
transferrence Of passengers IL be.
Ing carried on successfully and
safely. The sea is smooth and the
weather calm. II Is probable that
all Of the passengers Of the
Titanic are safe.
While badly damaged, tho
Titanic 10 still afIoat and 10 70.
ported to be making her way
toward Halifax under her own
s steam. ,sy sg.,,.s, \, r
The Titanic Il the largest
steamer ever built. She is 882 feet
long and has 4e,32S tons displecs-
rnent. She was launched last May
and this was her maiden trip.
Among the passengers aboard
are Col. and Mrs. John Jacob
Astor, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Mai.
Archibald Butt, military aide to.
President Taft; r. D. MIliet, the
artist; Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore
Straus, j. 6. Widener Of Philadel-
phia, President Hays Of the Grand
Trunk railway; J. Bruce lsmay,
managing director Of the White
Star lines; w. D. Stead, and
others.
The liner carried 1.4oo pas.
sengers and crew Of 300.
Montreal, April IS. The
Montreal Star says that an unof-
flciaI. dispatch from Halifax states
that word had been received there
that the Titanic still was afloat
and was making her way slowly
toward Halifax.
Montreal, April 15.- The local
office Of Horton Davidson, one OF
the Titanic passengers, has re-
ceived the following wireless
message: }
"AIl passengers are safe and
Titanic taken in tow by the Vlr.
ginIan."
New York, April ia dispatch
received here from Halifax, N. S.,
this morning reports that all the
passengers Of the Titanic left tho
ship shortly after $3.50 o'clock
this morning.
Halifax, NJ. s., April 15.-The
Canadian government marine
agency here at 4:15 p. M, received
a wireless dispatch that the IT.
tanic Is sinking. The message
came via the cable ship Minia of
Cape Race. II is said that the
steamers towing the Titanic were
endeavoring to get her into shoai
water near Cape Race for the pur-
pose Of bleaching her.
New York. April 15.-Officials Of Il
White Star Line had received no VOL
1ere at o'clock this morning 9TH
han from the press dispatches OF Il
.eported accident to the Titanic. The
we're unable to understand why the
lad not received some direct dispatt
rom the Titanic. The following stat
nent was made by one Of tlSe Office
If the company:
Twelve hours have passed since Il
collision was reported to have take
place and we have heard nothing
he accident. 1t Is most strange th
he Titanic's sister ship Olympi
which has wireless apparatus
sufficient strength to send a messat
across the Atlantic has sent us not
ng. The Olympic left here last Sa
lrday and this morning is $50 mill
away from the Titanic. The Olymp
should be along side the Titanic
TWO o'clock this afternoon. The Oly1
pic has been notified of the reporte
accident"
A wireless message from the Titan
received shortly after midnight a
nounced the liner had struck an Il
berg off the banks of New Foundiar
and was in sinking condition. Tran
fer of the passengers to the life boa
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