Putnam patriot., 1912-04-19
TITANIC BOATS
 INADEQUATE
Lie Ra'fs Sufficient to Rescue
 Ouly O. 3 in Three.
SAD TALES OF SURVIVORS
Marine Architects Say That Had the Number of Lifebosts Been Com mensurate with the Human Cargo
 Many Lives Would Been Saved

Wireless station. Camperdownt N. g-Messages Altering through here in- dicate that the passengers in the hie boats from the Titanic had thrilling experiences.
 aHuge quantities of field ice covered The ocean and the boat steerers had 10 guide their craft with the greatest care
 aIn some cases the ice was 80 heavy mat the boats could not force their way through it and as result many Of them became widely separated.
 Many og Inc passengers in the lie beats were scantily clad having been hurried out Of their berths In the dead Of night and ordered into the boats.
 -The transfer of the passengers from the steamer to the boats was at- tended by much excitement and pan ic"
 New York-So that, seemingly vas the end of the magnificent Titanic inc worst is true men worth hundreds of millions of dollars met their fate with her, a priceless cargo was in her capaclous holds. a consignment of 3D. 900 900 of diamonds in her strong rooms.
 Insurance men here say she was insured for scarce s70009 900. Her loss must be severe blow to line which lost the Republic a few months ago
 The news of the greatest ocean tfag- edy since newspapers existed really gI-f fQfarflIfV- tantly by wireless telegraphy from the Titanic and from the steamships Pari- sian, Of the Allan Line Of Canada, the steamship Yirginian. of the same line and the steamer Olympic, the 1itanle's little smaller. but older sister; the three, all in the ice=licked steamer lane raced to the Titanies aid in ans pger to her calls for help.
 The toll Of almost fifteen hundred dead on the Titanic may be traced di- rectly 10 lack of sufficient life saving appliances in the equipment of tho ship.
 Of the twenty-two hundred who were on board the stricken vessel, but s75 were saved Wireless reports from the scene of the disaster say that all of the Titanie's life boats have been accounted for. over l,500 human beings never had a chance for their lives because no provision had been made for their safety in just such a contingency as arose.
 Moreover, inquiry al the Bureau of boats. or rafts. have only total ea- the shocking fact that there is scarce iy ship sailing out Of New York that is provided with life boats to the full measure of It's passenger list. Not only that but officials of the bureau say that il is customary for ship to car " only sufficient life boats for one third of the total number of it's pas sengers and crew
 In the case of the Olympic, for in. stance, which Is identical with tho Titanic. save that she is 5000 tons lighter, the total number Of passengers and crew carried is 3,447, while her sixteen Hfeboats and four collapsihle he taken off in safety, but S71. or a paeity Of LII.
 About the same percentage main fained on the Titanic, it would seem, since q total of 2.2O0. in round nun. bers. who sailed on the ship. with every opportunity existing for all 10 be taken off in safety but 675. or a third of Che total. were saved, because there were no mere boats in which to carry them to safety In calm sea. which any number of boats could have weathered as these few did until tho rescuing liners reached the scene the S75 crowding all Of he available lita- boats carried by the ship were com- pelled Go float idly on the water and watch the great ship carry down with 1t the fifteen hundred for whom no provision had been made
 Bureau of Inspection officials admit ted frankly that these conditions exist. There Is no way to prevent 1t. they said No ship is required to have suf- ficient boatroom to accommodate it's complete passenger and crew list be- cause 1t would be impossible 1t was said, to carry such q number of life boats in positions where they could easily be lowered into the water