Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-16

passengers and crew had been lowered
to Iifeboats and transferred to the
yirginian The steamship Carpathia
with several hundred passengers oil
the Titanic is now en- route TO New
York
The text of the message received
from Capt H. j. Haddock of the
Olympic as made public. by MI
Franklin, reads:
AT go A. NJ Titanic feundered.
Carpathia proceeding to New YORK
with passengers"
There was reason to believe, how
ever, that the message was consider
ably longer than the above and that
the White Star officials had not deem
ed it wise to give out the full text un-
til the reports of loss of life had been
confirmed. One OF Mr.. Eranklin's as
sistants in announcing earlier that
the Titanic had gone down, said that
the Carpathia was proceeding to New
York with survivors" So far as
could be aseertained at the White
Star offices, it was not known there
whether there were any passengers
aboard the Virginian and Parasian.
Vice President Franklin said that capt.
Haddocks message was very brief ana
neglected to say that all the crew were
saved 1t is said that the Carpathia had
600 or 700 of the Titanie's passengers
aboard, including all of the saloon pas
sengers, and that the vessel should reach
New York, Friday morning No infor-
nation had been received from the Vir-
ginan or Partisan at the White Star
.fyi oil said To he
known" that many of the Titanic pas
sengers We're on board these vessels.
Vice President Franklin. at $40 con-
coded that there had been "a horrible
loss of life" in the Titanic disaster. He
said that he had no information TO dis
prove the Associated Press report from
Cape Race to the effect that only 675 of
the passengers and crew had been res
cued. He said that the monetary loss
could not be estimated. tonight, although
he intimated that 1t would run into the
millions. I'VE can replace the money
he said, but not the lives. 1t is hor-
rible."
Mr.. Franklin continued:
"As far as we know, ii has been ru-
mored from Halifax that three steamers
have passengers on board, namely: The
Virginia, the carpathia and Partisan.
Now. We have heard from Captain Had
dock that the Titanic sank at go this
morning. We have also learned from
him that the carpathia had SIS surviv-
ors on board 1t is very difficult to learn
If the Yirginiau and the Partisan have
any survivors on board. We have asked
capt Haddock and our agent at Halifax
to ascertain if there are any passengers
aboard the two steamships
I'VE very much fear, however. that
there has been a great loss of life but
1t Is impossible for use to give further
particulars until we have heard from the
Parisian and Virginian. We have no in
formation that there are any passengers
aboard these TWO steamships"
Mr. Franklin said there were sufficient
hfehoats to take all the passengers from
the Titanic. He said he was confident
TO-DAY, when he made the statement thai
tue Titanic was unsinkable" that the
steamship was safe and that there would
be no loss of life. The first definite news
received came in the message from Cant
Haddock, he said, was given to The As
soeiated Press at once
News OF the probable terrible loss of
me IN the sinking of the Titanic was
limited In its circulation in the early