Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-16

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get to the Titanic In time. Farther
out at sea was the Carpathla, which
left New York for the Mediterranean
on April 19. Around she turned and
plunged back westward to take a hand
in saving life. The third steamship
within short sailing WAS the Allan Par
isian, away to the eastward IN her
way from Glasgow to Halifax.
Cape Race Notifies the World.
While they sped toward her the Ii.
tanic's, call reached to Cape Race, in
Newfoundland.
Have struck an iceberg; we are bad.
ly damaged. Titanic, latitude 41.46
north, longitude 5O.14 west" was the
message.
Cape Race threw the appeal broad
cast, so that for hours while the world
waited for a Crumb Of news as to the
safety Of the great ships people, not
one thing was known except that she
was drifting, broken and helpless and
alone In the midst of a waste Of Ice
And it was not until seventeen hours
after the Titanic had sunk, carrying
with her part Of her crew and some of
her passengers, that the words came
out of the air as to her fate. There
was a confusion and tangle Of mes
sages-a tumble Of rumors
Then tho Messages Ceased.
At 12:17 a. M. while the Vlrginisn
was still plunging eastward, all com
municatton from the Titanic ceased.
The last word was that she was sink
ing. The Virginian's operator labored
hopelessly. The Allan ship strove on,
fearing that the worst had happened.
The wireless has given 1t just a
hint, n suggestion OF the Joy that fash
ed over the passengers of the doomed
vessel when the lights Of the Car
pathia were made out, showing be-
yond the field of ice peaks. The Car
pathia was the first of the relief ships
to arrive. Her pathway was strewn
with perils, icebergs on every side.
The seawsys between the icebergs
were crowded with the wallowlng
boats of the Titanic, and the great ship
herself, bow crushed, half full Of wa
ter forward, was heeling forward on
her forefoot, her stern high out Of
water, so that the tremendous screws
.aro ,,,sIhTo dlmIv and an the vorgn Of
1nanntnn bonootb tho snrfoce II wos
anaotoolo of marine disastor that
a noror fodo from tho momorv of
the seamen who came up on the Car
Dnthia-the most wonderful of ships
mattorod e,or tho foco ~ +bo r,o+ars
I, ,oor,ira bo,+s
Women n Chliaren IN 6oars'
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KNOWN ueuIl'eIy' ouI Two wireless
messages appe9r 10 cover the Iiine'
one ID IhaI Ihe Carpatnia ana lhe
NlrslnIah plcNeu up nIoa' VI 'He pas
Sengers ana perhaps mar OF the crew.
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sank at ~ Il. NJ win many hVeS III
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lesser Staying apoFe water anu that
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may sue n"u lnty ME
ooats, "iue' u~hsinhhoie ana edpapie OF
,esistihs tue oatterins OF heavy seas
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soon+ u.iro1ass mossoaos fro,, tho shIaa
that found the Titanic IT was a long
and perilous task, but the Carpathla
so Unanswered that more than 600 of
the Titanic's passengers found their
wav to her decks.
The Allan liner Virginiap. nearing
the scene of the disaster. wirelessed
Cape Race that the, women and chill
dren were being taken off in a calm
sea. The Virginian's wireless operator
said he had got this news from the III
tanlc herself. The accuracy of this
MESA &c was generally doubted.
Later a message was received at
Halifax announcing that most of the
passengers were then In lifeboats and
that the Titanic was sinking slowly bv
her head. Other messages Of q con