New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
Not Meant fcr Colonel h.tor.

They have decided that the name Of =. z
coles Pasher. as received BY wireless from
The cable ship is unquestionshlv meant for
Nicholas Nssser instead Of for John Jacob
tstor Mr. %asser called ~ the Whit
Star Offices vesrerdsv morning and told
them she thought the bodv must be that of
he~ husband. who vas lost on the ship.
The name George Widen. ~ is considered,
must 90 that OF George j.. Widener. Of
Philadelphia.
TIE Mackay- Bennett is expected 70 put
into Halifax on Friday or Saturdav, when
She hs. recovered - least one hundred
aodiee Of thog~ vino wen; down with the
giant liner
OF the missing members % the crew tho
bodies Of J. r. Rice assistant purser; Of
q. Hincklev. hospital attendant. and Of ".
Butt have been identified. according ~ the
messages from the Mackay- Bennett. In all
the cable ship has recovered seventy-seven
bodies. co-tv-two of which have been iden-
tilted. tairtv.dvo remaining unidentified,
being IN such condition, It Is supposed,
a. 10 make identification impossible
Officers Of the Scandinavian-A American
liner HelHE Olav and agents Of the line IN
this city FASTENED Yesterday 10 deny the
statement attributed 10 Senator Smith.
chairman Of the committee Investigating
the Titanic disaster. that re had informa-
ton indicating that the Hellg Oav vas
the mysterious vessel which vanished from
the neishborhood Of the White Star boat
on SUNDAY night while she was sending out
signals Of distress. Il was shown that the
Scandinavian steamer was more than four
a tlfy az l.
tanic when she struck.
The position OF the Hellig Olav al Il
o'clock SUNDAY night. according 70 her sec
ond officer. Frederick Mecklenburg, who
vas on watch al the time was latitude IL
degrees minutes longitude 80 degrees ~
minutes The Titanic struck the berg IN
longitude % degrees IA minutes, practically
degrees 10 the eastward. Further than
this. the wireless reports OF Sunday after
noon showed the Helig Oav TO be 151
miles east OF Ambrose Channel at SO
o'clock. while the Titanic was Ia miles
east at 2l5.
Couldn't Get Even rs o S."
The Hellig Olav. her second officer went
on 10 point out. making some six or eight
knots less than the Titanic, could not pos
siblv have been within sight OF her on
SUNDAY night and yet have reached this
mort early Wednesday morning, as she did.
The Titanic was not due here until then
herself or al best late Tuesday night. A.
p Anderson, the wireless operator on the
Scandinavian boat, declared that he was
100 far west even 70 pick up the IS 0 s
~ the Titanic. and that the nrst he knew
NJ her danger was at 1880 o'clock Monday
morning. when the Olympic asked him
whether he had heard ANYTHING about the
Titanic.
He REPLIED. he said, that he had heard
notbing The olympic flashed back that
he TiTanic had struck an iceberg, and 70
Andsreen's message that he hoped there
Irss no danger responded Think every
,birg All light. Keep II quiet
II was moi until Tuesday night the opera
Tor Continued that he hnally learned that
tba titanic had sunk although rumors OF
~ me 10 him from the SHORE stations
TbaI the steamer which j 9 Boxhall.
,otrtb of1cer OF the Titanic, testihed on
Ncndsv he saw about nve miles away
couiS NOT have been the Hellis olav was
nyoyen when Mr.. BoxhaU stated that ne
saw the masthead light and ater me port
light OF the vessel. The HeliE claV was