The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-04-23

The White Star Liner Titanic
the worlds greatest ocean steam.
ship, sank in two miles of water
about 500 miles off Cape Race
Newfoundland, on Sunday night
of last week. The leviathan was
steaming along at the rate Of
eighteen knots an hour on her
maiden trip from Liverpool to
New York when she dashed into
a huge iceberg with an impact
that shattered her from stem to
stern. The Titanic was making
her first run and had on her pas
senger list some of the most not
able people in the world. John
Jacob Astor, noted financier and
millionaire of New York, Major
Archie Butt, aide to President
Taft, Chas. M. Hays, head of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad,
Benjamin Guggenheim, Isador
Straus, noted New York bust
ness man and banker, j. G.
Wide ner, Philadelphia capitalist,
w. T Stead, world famous
journalist, were among the most
noted passengers on the Inflated
ship. In all about twenty-five
hundred persons, passengers and
crew, were aboard. The Titanic
was a day ahead Of her schedule
and was attempting to break the
record when they entered the
icefeld. Within three hours
from the time she struck the
huge mass of ice she slowly sank
to the bottom of the sea, Great
bravery was displayed by the
members of the ships crew and
the passengers. Boats were
hastily manned and women and
children were placed aboard.
Distress calls were sent by wire
less and soon her sister ship Car
pathia was hurrying to her re-
lief.
The ship was in command of
Capt. Edward j, Smith, who had
been in charge Of some of the
greatest ships sailing the seas
and who had been in the employ
Of the White Star Line for more
than forty years.
Never before had an accident
of any kind befallen a ship in his
charge and he was considered
the most able and careful cap
tain of all. Agreeable to the
tenets of his profession he stood
by his post until the last and
went down clinging to the bridge
of his ship.
The vessel was the largest and
strongest ever constructed. It's
length was 8S2 feet, it's breadth
81 feet, 1t had a displacement
of $4,000 tons. It's equipment
was the finest and its accomoda-
tons the most superb. The
monetary loss is something i'm
mense, but compared with the
loss of human life it becomes
trivial.
The only West Virginians known
to be on board were Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucian P. Smith, Of Morgan
town. Mrs. Smith is a daughter
of Congressman Hughes, of Hun.
tington and was married to Mr..
Smith last February. They were
returning from their honeymoon.
Mrs. Smith is known to have
been rescued but It's thought that
her husband went down with the
vessel, Another person we'll
known to many West Virginia
people, who was on the Inflated
ship was Clarence Moore, a son
of the late Jasper Y. Moore.
The elder Moore was for a long
time Clerk of the United States
Court, and his son acted for
several years as his deputy.
Those who were rescued from
the appalling disaster were taken
aboard the Carpathia and
brought to New York. Aboard
this ship were 7O5 persons, leav-
ing 1882 to be accounted for. 1t
is hoped that a few survivors
have been picked up by other
ships, but not much encourage
ment is offered along this line.
The officials If tho White Star