The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28

the physical hardships he underwent.
That he could work at all under such
conditions is amazing. That he should
he easily irrita;ed. fined upon his own
way. is At least understandable. He
opened his statement to THE TINES
with these words:
In the first place. tho public should
not blame anybody because more wire
less messages about the disaster to the
i!Iar!c az! not reach shore from the Car
Iathia. positively refused to send
press DISPATCHES because the bulk OF
Personal messages with touching words
OF Siicf was so large. The wireless
operators aboard the Chester got all
theN asked for And they were wretchcd
They knew American Morse but not
,oniincntal Morse sufficiently to be
worth Whiic. they taxed our endurance
had 70 ,.!t .thsm out =, last. they
WITH our messages OF. grief to relatives.
~ Ms sent 10 Fersonal MESSAGES to-day
night and fifty yesterday.
Tho Chester. TO which Bride referred
IS the United States scout cruiser Chcs-
ter, which. with her sister ship, the
Salem, was ordered by President Taft
on Tuesday, April II, to proceed at
once toward the scene Of the wreck to
intercept the Carpathia on her way 20
this port ana to relay from her by wire
less all news Of tho disaster that could
ho obtained.
That the Carpathia was inbound to
the Por, OF New York with some of tie
Titanic's passengers aboard her was
learned in this dispatch sent from Cape
Race y. r. Monday evening:
The Whit S,ar lrer Olympic reports
~ wireless TINS evening that tho Gu
n"rder Carpathia reached. ut daybrca<
ms morning. Tho position from which
n,ghi bv the Titanic after her Colilsi"n
WIN an Iceberg Tho Carpathia found
Only Inc liiebonts and the wrcckace Of
"4at hai been tho biggest steamship
the. Titans had loundered at about
longitude 5oIi ycst THIS is 9 about ~ -
minutes Of latitude or ahou; - miles.
a,i' SouH q 'he pos!iion at which She
accountel Tor and about ~ sous "gh's ha ave
been saved OF tht crow ami pa s:sorrcrs
n"i' 81 lhg latter presumably women
Th So We're about 100 persons aboard
Tho Lcylaud liner Californian is re.
niaininS and searching tho position If
nc disaster while tho Caruathia ~ re-
turning 10 New York with tne sur.
II can bo positively stated tina, mn n
~ ocio. tonight nothing whatever
iad been received ~ on heard bv the
NlaTconi station ncre to the effect that
the tarislan. N:rginian or amy Other
ships had picked up any Survivors other
ihan those picked w by the Carpathia
The first news OF the disaster to the
Titanic was received by the Alnrrnni
wireless station here at lO..j o'clock
last night Gas told in Yesterdays Sew,
York Tines Tho Titanic was frs,
heard giving tho distress signal Q o.
-, Which was answered by "a number
OF ships. including the Caipathia, Inc
Baltic and the olympic The Titanic
said she had struck AN icob.Je and was
III Immediate need OF assistance Civ
ING her position as latitude Al 40 north
and longitude J.ii west
At 1850 o'clock the Titanic roportcd
she was sinking by the head. and at
I'D O'Clock tho station here cS,ab.
lishcd communication with tho Allan
liner Virginia, from Halifax for Liver.
pool, and notified hcr of the Ii;anic's
urgent need OF assistance ana gave her
the Itanic's position.
Tie Nirginian advised the Marconi
station almost Immediately that She
was proceeding toward the scene OF
the disaster.
At i;;G o'clock the Titanic informed
the Olympic that they were putting inc
women off IN boats aud Instructed the