The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
WORST DISASTER
IN Marine History Occurs In
Atlantic Ocean.
Nearly 1900 Lives Lost by Sinking Of
Ship.---C Congressman Hughes
Daughter on Board.

In all the annals OF the sea, with
It's dreadful record of shipwreck, dis
aster and death. none approximates
In magnitude and horror the dark
record made on Monday morning
last, when the rightly named steam
ship Titanic went into a grave two
miles deep. carrying with her more
than 800 human beings. The i'll
fated steamer sailed from Liverpool
ON Wednesday. April 10th, and was
scheduled to arrive In New York on
last Tuesday But she and nearly
two thousand OF those she carried
never saw American shores, At
1926 o'clock on the night OF Sum
day. April a. when about 6oo miles
from Halifax and $3.50 miles from
her destined port. she struck an
iceberg and In four hours went
down in water two miles deep. The
saved, estimated to be 40 in num-
ber were taken off In life boats and
were picked up by steamships called
by wireless telegraphy The rescued
are on the steamship carpathla and
are due TO arrive in New York to-
day. Friday.
That one soul escaped from this
greatest OF shipwreeks is due to
that greatest of all inventions, wire
less telegraphy. This mighty ma
chine, this wonderful and, TO many,
~ .sterlous instrument is part of
the equipment of every seagoing yes
sel, and since its first practical use
It has been the means OF saving
hundreds OF lives and much valn-
able property Its call travels many
miles Through trackless space. and
Its call is never slighted. The men
who operate It are always at their
post, and when the danger call is
heard no time is lost In Fastening
under fun steam to the point whenta
II came So on that fateful night.
when the call IS. o. So CSave Oh
save) was heard over the wild waste
OF water, hundreds OF miles away,
help went swift and sure From the
drifting life bonts OF the submerg-
ed monster the helpless survivors of
this latest horror Of the sea were
taken on board the Carpathia, and,
Il all went well. they are now in
safe harbor
Even the survivors suffered hard
ships from exposure. The Carpathia
picked up lifeboats eight hours after
the ship sank
Every wireless station IN New |
England Is trying to pick up pos
sible messages that may give infor
nation OF more survivors
There were 2,i7O aboard the
Titanic;
Crew. eight hundred
Seven hundred and forty third
class passengers
Six hundred and sixty in cabins.
OF the latter. 2SO women and
Notable passengers: Mr.. and Mrs,
John Jacob Astor. Major Archie
Butt. President Mays, OF Grand
Trunk Pacific, wife and daughter.
w T. Stead. Benjamin Guggenheim.
f. d. Millet artist, Vice President
Thayer OF Pennsylvania lines. Henry
d. Harris. theatrical manager.
II is estimated that half billion
dollars is represented In the first
class passenger list. Six are worth
over ten millions. They are; Astor,
George Wldener, Phila-
delphia; Isndore Straus. OF New
York; Bruce Ismay. of New York,
and Washington Roebling. of New
York
Mrs. Eloisc Hughcs-Smith.
A feature of special interest TO
puisians in connection with the
bss of the Titanic is the fact that
dr. and Mrs. Lucian p. Smith, Of
and Morgantown w.
Va, were passengers on the i'll fated
Tessel Mrs. Smith was Miss Mary 9
sloise Hughes. daughter of Mr.. and /
Mrs James A. Hughes. of Hunting- s
on. and niece of postmaster A. NJ. c
Hughes, OF this city. They were q
married In Huntington In February '
asst and were returning from =
honeymoon trip abroad. They had \