The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-04-19
NOTABLE MEN co DOWN
TO THEIR OCEAN GRAVES
Women and Children May be Saved
Few over 800 Persons Are Saved
Out Of the 1900 On Board


men .avcd. Ou the Carpathia
This wireless dispatch was received
today from Mrs. Caroline Bonncll. one
of the Titanic =, rescued passengers NOW
bound Tor New York ou the Carparha.
TIA" message came 10 H. ". Bonucll
ot Youngstown nrr brother. stopping
at rh" WnldorfA,toria, from Mrs. Bon.
nell : uncle, ou the Olympic.
In fnin'csI touch with the wirrlcs,
sta ion at sable Island. tine ,unard liner
carpathu with Sis survivors of the
'unkcu Titanic on hoard. il creeping
down the coast, making the best time
for thi, port that foggy conditions will
permit
That more than 1900 persons. pa,,cn.
gers and crew, had gone down with the
ginut liner j. the nclicr tnut hn, grown
int" almost p"~ittNc con, lctiou az,
hour after hour hu, passed aud me- ad
ii'i"naI news has come.
II !. estimated that approx imatcly
! 30 members pf the crew were saved.
THEN presence 10 man the iitr.hoats hc
iug required &" insure 'h" safety 6f the
passengers. IN estimate ut lOO steer.
age passengers saved complete, the 10.
tai "f SIS which the Cnrlmthia hu, made
known she has ou hoard
" the list, Indicate. the great ma.
lority of these are women. The namcs
"t uniy - men rescued have hrru given
in the lists photographed from he Car.
pathiu. whcrra, TIA" names of 2+9 women
appear n the foundations Of th" l00
storage Passenger, th"ught {" hav"
been saved, nearly all were women, The
men among 'hr passengers seemed large.
lv q" have remained Ia die thar the wo.
m,n aud children might be- saved.
Little hope was entertained that the
fishing ,cUu"n"r Dorothy Baird, which
wa, passed iu the viciuIty of the Titan.
ic disaster hy th" trclghtcr Etouiau. ut
the phncniN line, had rescued any Of
the liner =, passengers. Olicrr~ at the
Etouiau Thought it probable that the
schooner had returned 10 -. John :
without knowledge Of the disaster.
The names of John Jacob Astor, l..
ador Strau>. the millionaire merchant.
George B. Widcnrr, OF Philadelphia. Mai.
Archibald Butt. aid to president Taft ;
Francis H. Millct, the American artist
William r. stead the London Journal.
ist; Henry g. Harris, the New York
theatrical maguutr: Benjamin Guggcn.
helm. aud COL aud Mrs. Washington
Rochling are among the more prominent
name, missing from the list of the
saved
Inquiries concerning their fate wcr,
being constantly made 10y callers ~ tn,
| White Star offices. aud scores ct tclo
phonic and tclcgraphic communication
were received from all parts of th,
country. President Taft instructed tn,
company to notify him whenever the,
heard anything regarding Mai. Butt
This morning the Marconi Wireless
company reported that il had receive,
no communication from the CarpHthi;
aud that If atmospheric conditions wcr,
favorable. it was expected 10 get il
communication with the steamer througl
Siasconsct station probably late thi'
| afternoon.
Mr.. Franklin of the White star Linz
said he rcrkoned the Carpathiu woul,
arrive here early Friday morning, per
hars between and Il q clock. The com
pany had made every arrangement ia
the comfort of the survivors of the ri
tauic disaster, he added
Speeding MP the coast toward th
rescue ship aud are hoping To get with
wireless speaking distance of her h,
fore very many hours, are the Scou
cruisers, Salem aud Chester, ordered h
the government at Washington to mak
all haste possible toward breaking th
silence which ~ far has kept the suI
vivors on the Carpathia from maxim
known to the outside world the thrillin
story of the Titanic y last hours afloI
aud the momcntous happenings aft'
she had taken her two mile plunge
the bottom, off the grand banks of Ne
Foundlund early Monday morning.