The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-18
Hopes Are Shattered.

Hopes Are Shattered.
Atom by atom the last shreds OF
hope which have been held out to
friends and relatives of the passen-
gers not included in the partial list
of survivors have been torn away.
Hoses had been held in Halifax that
the Sable Island cable ship, Nina,
would be able to take number of sur
vivors off the mass of wreckage that
remained on the ocean after the IT.
tanic plunged to the. bottom. The
Nina. however, reported by wireless
that she had encountered great masses
of wreckage but no boats or RATS
from the Titanic, and also that there
had been no survivors picked up from
the wreckage.
Another ray of hope that additional
survivors might be on the Allan liner,
Partisan, headed for Halifax, was dis
sipated when wireless messages from
that ship were received to the effect
that no survivors were on board.
Those taken off the lifeboats Of the
Titanic by the Partisan we're trans
ferred to the Carpathia when the Gu
harder determined to head for New
York
Intense Cold Handicaps Survivors.
The extreme cold prevailing off the
Grand Banks, caused by the tremen-
dous number of gigantic icebergs now
floating down from the shores OF
Greenland and of Labrador, has
caused the temperature to hover In
the vicinity of zero. This cold would
make the clinging to RATS by surviv-
ors almost an impossibility.
The large number OF steerage pas
sengers now on board the Carpathia
is a testimonial to the bravery of the
men on the Inflated liner. Those OF
the first and second cabin, who had
the first opportunity to save their own
lives, must have given up their places
in the lifeboats to the poor women OF
the steerage and faced death rather
than allow the women to remain on
the doomed liner.
The money loss will equal almost
100000 900. The Titanic was valued
at 100000 by her owners. or this,
S5,OO0,000 is covered with insurance.
The cargo, mail sacks, many OF which
contained registered mail. the dia'
monds and jewels and wearing effects
OF the passengers, will equal $12,00O,'
900.
No mention Is Ellds among the list
of the survivors of any OF the promt
nent men who were passengers. John
Jacob Astors name is absent from the
list; so are those of Major Archie
putt, aid to President Taft; w. I.
Stead. the famed journalist and Euro
pean correspondent for the Hearst
newspapers; Henry B. Harris, the
theatrical producer; E. G. Levy, the
Chicago merchant, and scores OF
others. The foregone conclusion
among maritime men is that the iron
last and men were held back from the
lifeboats until the women and children
were loaded to safety. J. Bruce Is
may, managing director of the White
| Star line, was among the saved, along
with his wife.
|
A wireless message received by the
Cunard officers here from Captain
Rostron of the Carpathia, from lati
tude Alps north and longitude 502C
west, reads as follows:
Am proceeding to New York, I'm
less otherwise ordered, with about 500.
After having consulted with Mr.. Ismay
and considering the circumstances,
with so much ice about, consider New
York best. Large number of iCebergs
and 20 miles of iCefield, with bergs
amongst. Carpathia picked up many
Titanic passengers in boats. Will
wire further particulars later. Pro-
ceeding back to New York
| Intense interest centers in the grad
ual approach to New York of the Car
pathia bearing the survivors of the
Titanic. 1t is this ship that promises
to bring the first authentic details of
the disaster and the scenes that fol-
lowed. The Carpatha is a slow vessel
and is due at Sandy Hook about II
o'clock Thursday night.
Meantime the Carpathia will be
within the wireless range of several
stations along her course. Her wire
less plant has a radius of about $50
miles, according to the Cunard COM
pany. Her present communication is
by wireless relays to the Olympic and
other intervening ships having a great
er radius of wireless.
In Wireless Range Early Thursday.
The Carpathia's course brings her
about As miles south of Nantucket,
where she Is due early Thursday. This
brings her within easy range Of the
powerful wireless station at Siascon-
set, Nantucket. She will then be 1876
miles from New York.
Through Thursday the Carpathia
will be moving along the south shore
of Long Island, passing the wireless
station at Sagaponack Thursday morn
ing and Fire Island later In the day.
1t is on these different stages along
the course of the Carpathia that chief
dependence is placed for details of the
disaster and its survivors.
The other liners which were near
the scene Of the disaster are widely
scattered and give little hope of bring.
ing definite inflammation