Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-17
Mammoth Liner Had
1900 Souls Aboard.
ESTIMATED ABOUT 1000 LOST.

John jacob Astor and Bride Were
Among PnSsengcrs-N1ajor Ar
chic Butt and Mr.. and Mrs. Fut-
relle, of Georgia, Among those on
Board--Thc Great Ship Cost %1O,-
100000; Insured for S., 900 1000.
Tho Liner C0llidcd With Iceberg.
New York, April 15.-The giant
steamship Titanic, Of the White
Star Line, which collided with an
iceberg at 10.45 o'clock Sunday
night off the coast Of Newfoundland
went to the bottom at 2.20 o'clock
Monday morning, and it Is admitted
that many lives have been lost.
The Titanic, which was tho larg-
est vessel afloat, was making her
maiden voyage from Southampton
to New York. She carried over
400 passengers and her officers
and crew numbered about 500.
Heavy Loss OF Life.
At S.15 tonight 1t was stated off,
cially at the White Star Line Offices
that probably number of lives
have been lost in the Titainc disaster.
No definite estimate could be made,
it was said, until 1t was positively
learned whether the Partisan or
Virginian had any Of the rescued pas
sengers on board.
AS soon as the great vessel struck
the iceberg the wireless was put IN
action and &c. Q. D." messages were
flashed. One Of the messages was
picked up by the steamship Virgin
ian, of the Allan Line, which hur-
ried to the Titanic's aid. Other
steamers followed the Virginian as
no yr,tc 80 IN D..
plight. 1t Is reported that the Vir-
ginian reached the Titanic in time
to save all the passengers and crew
Many Varying Reports.
Reports in regard ito the Titanic
have been conflicting aall 3, ,y.&y All
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that the Virginian and other vessels
had reached the Titanic, taken off
the passengers and crew and were
towing the disabled liner.
At o'clock tonight, however, the
following statement was given out
at the White Star offices:
Capt. Haddock, Of tho Olympic,
sends a wireless message to the
White Star Offices hero that the
steamer Titanic sank at 2.2O n. m.
after all passengers and crew had
been lowered to life boats and trans
ferred to the Virginian. The steam
ship Carpathia, with several hun
dred passengers Of the Titanic, is
now en- route to New York"
Vice President Franklin said that
it could not be definitely stated
that no lives had been lost"
Wealthy People Among Travellers.
Untold wealth was represented
among the passengers of the Titanic,
there being on board Mt least six
men, each Of whose fortunes might
be reckoned in tens OF millions of
total wealth represented in the first
class passenger list would reach over
a half billion dollars:
The wealthiest Of the list, Col.
John Jacob Astor, head of the fam
Gus house whose name he bears, Is
reputed to be worth 150,000,OOO.
Mr.. Astor was returning from
tour Of Egypt, with his bride, who
was Miss Madeline Force, to whom
he was married in Providence on
September 9th.
Benz. Guggenheim, probably next
in financial Importance, Is the fifth
Of the seven sons Of Meyer Guggen-
helm, the great mining corporation
king. His fortune IS estimated at
sos, 100000. His wife's name does
not appear on the passenger list.
Geo. ID. Widener IS the son of p.
A. B. Widener the Philadelphia
TRACTION king" whose fortune is es-
timated at 900.
Isador Straus, New York, promi-
nent dry goods merchant and phi.
lanthropist has fortune estimated
to DO worth $50,000,000.
]. Bruce Ismay, president and one
Of the founders Of the international
Mercantile Marine, is said to be
worth $4,000, 5000.
Col. Washington Roebling, build
er Of the Brooklyn bridge, is cred
tied with fortune Of $25, 900, 900.
Among others OF reputed wealth
who were on board are: J. p. Thay-
er, Pennsylvania railroad; Clarence
Moore, sportsman, whose wife was
Mabel Swift, daughter Of e. c..
swift, the Chicago meat packer, and
Chas. NJ. Hayes, president Of the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
Other persons Of note on tho first
cabin list are: w. r.. Stead, writer,
Journalist and war correspondent;
Jacques Futrell, the short story
writer; Frederick NJ. Hoyt, New
York yachtman; Henry Sleeper Har-
per, grandson Of one Of the found
ers Of Harper Bros. Publishing
House,; William E. Carter, OF Phila-
delphia and Newport, and Thomas
Pears, a Pittsburg steel manufactu-
rcr.
Titanic Cost $1O,OOO,OOO.
Londop, April 1D.--Tho Titanic
woc ineurpI at Ilnvde For Sk o0n
900. No definite Information Is OBJ
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