The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
REVIE WOF OCEANS
GREATEST HORROR
Facts Revealed in Connection
With Loss OF White
Star Liner.
lSMAY is TO BLAME
1t Was He Who Ordered Spcol
When Warned OF.
Danger.
sPoc'al 70 TIL Times-Dispatch.

lSpcc'al 10 TIL Times Dispatch
New York, Aprli 2o.-Naarly onr
week after the Titanic sank 10 her
grave, two miles deep, causing more
than thousand deaths. a recap,t ,uJo
ton reveals the following to BIO tho
facts concerning the greatest mari.
Tine disaster in history:
On April TO- tho Titanic, four
city blocks long. nud heralded as
The last word in shipbuilding.r' call
ed from Liverpool for Now York
carsEi:S l.33@ passengers. and q
Grew OF Sl4 Among her passengers
Were:
Colonel John jacob Astor. Major
Archibald Butt. 1sidorc straus Rcn-
)nnIn Guggenheim. jacques Eutrelle,
the author; i. :. Millet. artist; Henry
y. Harris. theatrical manager: "a
Ihayer. G. " Hayes. president of tho
Grand Trunk Railway. w. T. Stead.
editor; ana other notahles. Captain
smith was technically In command
but he was outranked by J. pr,,ra
lsmay. managing director of the In
ternatlonai Marine Company, which
owns tho White Star Line.
mo Titanic was equipped With
every luxury. So much attention hsd
been given to making hor q noatinr
palace. that her ptiful Iapk OF ado
qua'e i'iebS-i service Went unheed.
a record. and tho Titanic was forced
to mniniain constantly n speed ncur
her maximum. Captains or tho steam
err PHrisihn md California ,virelcssed
the Iltanic cnrly Sunday that n vas,
Ice Held was In her path. Captain
Smith thanked his fellow clippers for
,heir warning. and under INC direc-
tion OF Iamay sont tho big ycs..,
ahead nj fun speed
In tho evening. Ismay and capta,,
SHiith We're ;ho dinner guests OF "a
sFoup Oh miliiohh!ros. First Officer
olurdock was on tho bridge. Suddenly
shock was felt at 1880 o'clock. Tba
Titanic had struck the submerged nor.
ton OF an iceberg, ninety fe.t htrh
and 400 feet wide
The big vessel had absorbed tho
hhock so completely that many OF the
sic'p!hS passengers wero not awaken !
ed. Captain Smith dashed TO the bridge.
ana glance told him that q serioua
situation was ut hand. The crew wa.
oirected 10 man the lifeboats and taka
on women and children There wa.
n" panic aboard. Mcn jokcd ubout tho
great vessels plight One picked I'D a
IL" pieces OF Ice that had fallen IN
Geek ana hunorously offered them 10 a
"oHian companion as souvenir. Wo-
men We're summoned from their state
rooms and told 10 board the ufeboa,s.
L.
ca the male passengers. trim In tho b.
ilef That the Titanic was unsinkabls.
laughed about tho "skin rido" the wo
men were about TO take
Ven steatn ovor ind pick you up
In an hour or So" some ono joklngly
rema rkod aa tho little craft was low
cred.
II was not until half dozen boat.
loads had been sent adrift that ths
gravity or the situation began to dawn
upon tho majority or tho passengers.
many or whom had refused until this
time to put on llre-belts.
The Titanic was sinking by tho head.
Second Officer Murdoch. who WAS in
charge when the crash camo, placed
his revolver to his temple and pulled
the trigger.
several foreigners attempted to rush
the liteboats. but were held back at
pistol points. A few were shot before
their companions were cowed. Tho
liteboat supply WAS insufficient to taka
on half of those on board.
Ono by one the lights began to 20
out as the water orcpt higher into the
vessel The crew. lacking in discipline.
cut away boat after boat leaving
many OF the seats unoccupied. IIus-
bands kissed their wives q tender fare
well and awaited their doom.
Mrs. Isidor Straus refused TO leave
f't dSch tney QlGQ tOBotner.
Major Butts last words 70 q survivor
were, Give my regards TO the folks
at home" benjamin Guggenheim ex-
NO woman phall be left be-
cause l died n coward" and awaited
the end. Volumes could be written
or tho victims hcroism.
j. Bruce ismay was not victim. He
lcapcd into boat while there were
many still TO be rescued Meanwhile.
the Titanic had sunk almost to the
waters edge. Through all the har-
rowing scene, eight heroic bandsmen
had played constantly to allay a panic.
when the Titanic hnally plunged under
the surface. these brave musicians were
out the strains of Nearer
My God, to Thee" playing thor own
funeral dirge az they stood knee deep
In water with their eyes fixed on the
giant iceberg which lowered above
them like II great white monument.
Thirteen boatloads of passengers
and crew were picked up by the Car
)nthia after thrilling journey through
the icy sea. Five hundred and ninety
I've passengers and 210 OF tho crow
were landed at New York Thursday
night. Tho "unsinkabIs" Titanic had
taken the remainder to q watery grave
pm her maiden voyage.