The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-19

&. Widener of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs.
| ,idore Straus, j.. B. Thayer, vice-presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad; j.
Bruce Ismay, Henry B. Harris, the
theatrical manager, and Mrs. Harris, and
Col. Washington Roebling, builder of the
Brooklyn bridge.
The collision of the Titanic with an
iceberg is now known to have been a
head-on crash that occurred while the
liner was proceeding at little less than
her best speed. She was a day ahead OF
her schedule, and it is considered prob
able that an attempt to make q record
breaking voyage was the hope of her
crew when she entered the ice field.
Her forward plates were completely
wrecked, a gaping wound opening below
her water line and letting the water into
her forward compartments.
In the meantime the lifeboats were
manned and into them were placed as
many of the women and children as they
could hold. These boats were put of
while there was yet some hope of hold
ing the Titanic afloat until her wire
less messages could summon help.
Col. ASt0r
Later and more comprehensive mes
sagcs tell of great bravery on the part
of the men passengers. There was a
minimum of disorder. John Jacob Astor,
who, with his bride, was returning from
their long honeymoon abroad, saw his
bride placed in a lifeboat and safely
away. Col. Aston was drowned.
The work of getting the ~lifeboats
away, the work of allaying the fears Of
the great crowd Of passengers us much
as possible, the work of keeping the
pumps in operation and the engine throb-
bing-thcsc tasks and countless others
were directed by Capt. Smith, the veneer
able commander of the Titanic ana be-
fore her advent the commander of the
Olympic, who displayed almost SUPER
human power of mind and body as the
worlds most horrible sea disaster
crowned his long and honorable service
on the high seas.
The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:25
and foundcred at 2:2O. At daybreak
the Carpathia arrived on the scene and
her passengers and crew beheld only the
oIldll bOdtS Will tuch DicNlOlS iuih
cargoes and a dismal scene of wrecKage.
Sinking by the head and women are
being rushed into the lifeboats," were the
last words that sputtercd into the WIRE
less room OF the Virginian from the
Titanic.
All through the night and until hel
wireless station was silcnccd over nun
lrnIe of n,ila, of n from, Tho ,r,,cr
) of the giant liner flashed the mystf,
+ and magic IS. o. S." (Save, oh, save)
, the worldwide cry of distress on tn,
, ocean. Every wireless operator within
!, range OF the manned vessel dropped he
other messages to locate her and mean
I, while relaycd the faatl three dots, thre1
dashes and three dots to the world.
The collision occurred 1850 miles cas-
of New York and $50 miles south o
e Cape Race, the most westerly point o
Newfoundland.
Relief on Way.
) Contrary to earlier dispatches, Their
= was no storm when the vessel struck
a The weather was clear and the sea calm
Almost as soon as the Virginian pickle
up the distress signal it was recorded b
the operator on the Olympic, the Titai
% les sister ship, and next to her tn
10 largest vessel afloat. This was at mi,
s. night. At that hour the Olympic w
lie 200 miles from New York en- route t
Southampton.
1t The Baltic-famous for her rescue {
;, the passengers of the steamer Republ
and for her Jack Binns, who sat alo
and braved death to summon help-w:
the next ship to pick up the brief stol
Of OF the Titanic's plight. She was Oh h.
III way from New York to Liverpool, b,
turned about and put on full speed t
el ward the Titanic's position.
lg Worst Fears Confirmed.
he A wireless message from Capt. Ha
he dock confirmed the fears of the Viii
ng Star line officials that all but the 6
ne women and children who escaped in t
of small boats from the $40, 900, 900 steal
ship, had persisted. A part of this m,
nd sage was withheld, but enough was
ny vulged to the newspapers to make certs
the appalling extent OF the catastropl
% Not until Capt. Haddock flashed, 81,
he rible disaster; all but 67O lost" wor
IN. the White Star officials believe that I
he mightiest ship ever launched had 90
.he down on her maiden voyag
ity The scene in the White Star line
I'm fees was pitiful. Brought to a re
1T. i@ation of the s%tupendous wrcck-t
nd complete destruction of the fruit of tn
nd drcsms-gray-haircd men, many of tn
ug- veteran seamcn, wcpt.