Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-16
LINER STRIKES ICE;
ALL ON BOARD SAVED

ALL ON BOARD SAVED
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began at once. The accident occurred
at 1925 o'clock last night. Two hours
later the ships wireless apparatus
which had been working so badly as tt
permit of only intermittent and trag
mentary messages failed completely
Boat Sinking Last Wireless Message
The last words sent by the operator
told that the vessel was apparently
doomed, sinking by the head" and
the women passengers were being
rushed into the life boats.
A reassuring feature was that the
weather was calm and clear, and help
only few hours away. The Titanic
first s: o. S. message was received
by the Allan liner Virginian which, &C
Icording to the position given by the
Titanic operator was not more, than
10 miles away. The captain Of the
Virginian at once started his boat at
full speed for the scene Of the
disaster announcing to his brother
officer on the bridge Of the Titanic
that the Virginian should reach him
by 10 o'clock this morning.
| The Titanic's accident happened in
latitude 41.46 north, longitude 5O.14
west. This point is about 1,150 miles
due east of New York City and 45O
miles south of the Cape Race. New
Foundland, wireless station. All the
messages from the ship were relayed
to the Cape Race wireless station by
the Virginian and forwarded by the
Marconi company to New York City.
The Titanic's twin ship, Olympic,
which left New York last week. was
also in direct communication with the
sinking boat from a point about 300
miles away and started at once for the
scene.
The Titanic, which is on her maiden
trip. is in charge Of Captain Smith,
who was on the bridge of the big
Olympic when that boat collided with
the British cruiser Hawke last Sep
TENDER.
Notable Passenger List.
The Titanic carries 1,47O passen-
gers. Of whom 31S are in the first
cabin and 262 in the second cabin.
The passenger list is notable one,
including Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob
Astor, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
Major Archibald Butt, aide to PTesi-
dent Taft, F. D. Millet, the artist; Mr..
and Mrs. Isadore Strauss. j. G..
Widener of Philadelphia, j. Bruce
Ismay, managing director Of the
White Star line; c. M. Hays, president
Of the Grand Trunk railway; Benja-
min Guggenheim, w. T. Stead and
others.
Steamship men here today char
acterized the disaster as "the most
startling news which has come in
from the sea since the advent Of wire
less telegraphy."
The first heard of the accident was
bulletin from Montreal stated that the
Allen line offices there had received
wireless from Captain Campbell Of
the steamer Virginian. stating that
the Titanic was calling for assistance
after a collision with an iceberg. The
Virginian's captain added he was
heading his boat for the Titanic whose
position was said to be about $50
miles south of Cape Race, New Found
land.
Immediate inquiry by the Asso-
ciated Press in an urgent dispatch to
the Marconi station at Cape Race was
answered soon afterwards in the fol-
lowing words:
AT 1905 last night the steamer
Titanic called C. @. d. and reported
having struck an iceberg. The steamer
said that immediate assistance was
required.
Vessels Rushing to Rescue.
Half an hour afterwards another
message came reporting they were
sinking by the head and women were
being put in the life boats. The
Titanic's wireless operator reported
he gave the position of the vessels at
HAS north latitude and SOFA west
longitude. The Marconi station at
Cape Race notified the Allan liner Vir-
lately advised that he was proceeding
for the scene Of the disaster
The Virginian at midnight was
expected to reach that vessel about 10
a. m. today.
The Olympic at midnight was in
latitude 40.32 north and longitude 61.1S
west. She was in direct communica-
ton with the Titanic and is now max
ing all haste toward her. The steam
ship Baltic also reported herself as
about 200 miles east of the Titanic at
1:15 a. m and making all possible
speed toward her.
The last signals from the Titanic
were heard by the Virginian at 1927
a. m. The wireless operator on the
Virginian said the signals were
blurred and ended abruptly
The Titanic is the biggest boat in
the world. She has on board more
than 1000 persons, 1,470 passengers
and a crew of $50 men. A larga Der-l