Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-24
titanic Going Fl Knots An Hour
When She Struck.
THE DEATH LIST INCREASED
Massive hSil Broke In TIVE and III
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Exsississs - the Die Linss
8ettisa Down.


roster Of her sneers ane crew 1t the
bottom Of the sea, the total OF those
saved Il ofneislly placed At 70s by w.
w. Jexriss. general pass6hzer agent
Of the White star Line, Although the
latest revised list OF survivors ac-
counts for 7ts persons.
There are undoubtedly many dupli-
Gated names In the last revised list OF
the survivors," Mr. Jcrries said, ION
account OF misspellinE and errors in
initials"
II the report Of Captain ROstrsn IL
accepted as nnal, as Mr. Jertiss as
serts II will be. the total number OF
dead is increased to 1885.
New York.-How the white Star
liner Titanic. the largest ship aaeat.
sank OF the Grand Banks OF New
toundlApd early Monday morning last.
carrying to their death 1901 OF the
2.340 persons aboard. was told to the
world in all its awful details for the
nrst time with the arrival in New
York OF the Cunard liner Csrpathis
bearing the exhausted survivors OF the
catastrophe. or the great facts that
stand out from the chaotic account OF
the tragedy these are che most salient.
The death list has been increased
rather than decreased. Six persons
died after being rescued.
Tho list OF prominent persons lost
stands as previously reported.
PraotkCaIiv ~v~vv vrOrr.u ohtyH
with the exception OF those women
who refused to leave their husbands
were saved. Among these last was
Mrs Isidor Straus. John Jacob Aston
and other millionaires worked with
ofiicers to save the women and with
the sailors died like heroes.
The last information concerning
Major A. w. Butt was that the gallant
officer Was with q group of the ships
officers and passengers on the upper
deck as the giant of the seas sank
The survivors on the lifeboats saw
the lights on the stricken vessel glim.
mer TO the last; heard her band play
Ing Nearer My God to Thee" and
saw the doomed hundreds on her deck
aud heard their groans and cries when
the vessel sank. Accounts vary as to
the extent OF the disorder on board.
Not only was the Titanic tearing
through the April night to her doom
with every ounce OF steam crowded
on. but she was under orders from
the general officers OF the line to make
all the speed OF which she was ca
pable. This statement was made by J.
X. Moody. a quertermaster of the YER
sci and helmsman on the night OF the
disaster. He said the ship was max.
Ing 81 knots an hour and the Officers
were striving to live up to the orders
TO smash the records.
at was close to midnight" said
Moody. land ] was on the bridge with
the second officer. who was In COM
mand. Suddenly he shouted, Port
your helm!' I did so; but 1t WAS too
late. We struck the submerged Dor
ton OF the berg"
Ripped from stem TO engine-room
by the great mass of ice she struck
amidships. the Titanic's side was laid
open as II by a gigantic can opener.
She quickly listed to starboard and q
shower of ice fell onto the forscastie
deck. Shortly before she sank she
broke in two aft the ensine-room. and
as she disappeared beneath the water
the expulsion or air caused two ex.
piosions. which were plainly heard by
the survivors adrift
The accounts agree substantially
that when the passengers were taken
| OF on the lifeboats there was no seri.
Gus panic. and that many wished ito
remain on board the Titanic, believ.
| ing her to be unsinkabIe."
The most distressing stories are
those giving the experiences Of the
passengers in lifeboats. These tell
not only Of their own suffering. but
| give the narrowing details Of how they
raw the great hulk of the Titanic
break In two, the after part sinking
nrst amid a series OF explosions, fol.
lowed by the sinking of the forward
part OF the ship. As this awful spec.
tacle was Witnessed by the groups Of
| survivors In the boats they piainly
saw many OF those whom they had
Just left behind leapfng from the
decks Tito the water.
]. Bruce Ismay. president Of the In.
ternationA Mercantile Marine. own.
/ ers OF the White Star Line. who was
| among the seventy-od men saved, p.
A. s. Franklin. vicepresidsnt Of the
| White Star Line. and United State
Senator William Alden Smith, chair
| man of the Senate Investigating Com.
| mittee. held a conference aboard the
| Carpathia soon after the passengers
had come ashore.
| The arrival OF the Carpathia brought
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