Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-17
THE CARPATH|A
HURRY|NC To PORT
CunaTder Has Seven Hundred Pass
engers of Titanic on
Board
ALL THE WOMEN ARE SAFE
Feyerish Anxiety Manifested in Am
erica and EnrOpe-Nightly Vigils
by Relatives of Passengers.

New York, April l7.--Thc Marconi
wireless offices here said today that
they had received 4 wireless from the
! Cunard liner FranconIa saying that
she had been in communication with
the Carpathia and that the vessel had
reported as follows:
Have on board 700 saved from Ii
tanic; more than 1000 were lost"
| This report was at variance with
any of the other stories received here
! and the telegraph officials were in
clined to believe that the figures re-
ceived had been misread.
New York, April ia relaycd
private message received here today
| from the Carpathia, announced that
"All the women are safe
The message was received by Mrs. j.
w. E.nnell, of Youngstown at the
Waldorf, from Henry Wick, her bro
ther who is aboard the Olympic. Wick
received a wireless from his niece,
Mrs. Bonnell's daughter, Carolync
Bonnell, who with George w. Wick
her uncle sailed on the Titanic. The
message read:
'All the women safe. Have no
word of George"
George Bronnel's name does not ap
pear in the list of survivors on the
Carpathia and he is believed lost.
(By Staff Correspondent of the Un-
tied Press.
Halifax, n. S., April l1.-There was
no relief in the feverish suspense OF
the great throng of watchers for news
from the scene of the wreck of the
Titanic today, though the marine OBJ
servers strained their eyes into the
dense fog of the harbor for some sight
of vessel bearing tdings of the cat
astrophe.
When at ten o'clock this morning,
the Direct Cable Company's repair
ship Minia hove in sight down the bay
shipping men and dock watchers
thronged to her pier, hoping that she
might have passed within sight OF
the wreck and might have picked up
some survivors. The ship however,
came from St. Pierre, passing some
$50 miles north Of the scene OF the
Titanics mid-Sea grave and saw n"th-
inc of the wreck nor did it sight any
other ships. The Minia is equipped
with wireless and her captain stated
that his wireless operator had pick
ed up messages on Monday morning
around nine o'clock telling Of the SINK
mo of the Titanic. He said that he
had passed vast ice fields.
The Allan liner Partisan, which IS
supposed to have visited the scene ol
the wreck. but too late to be Of any
service to the survivors, was expect
ed in this port but on account OF the
dense fog may not come up until 'atct
today. 1t is known that she does nov
carry any of the shipwrecked people,
but il is believed that she may FUR
nish some details of the disaster
The Commercial Cable Company"
ship Mackay Bennett, Captain l'arH-
bner has been chartered by the WhIte
star Company to explore the scene 'i
tho wreck in search Of bodies. 9tc
will sail this afternoon, carrying
crew of eighty men and a grueS"lae
corro of coffins and ice for emba!minS
purposes. =, .: ..
The Mackay Bennett will remain at
sea for ten days or more, a loca' ut'-
Lsr and his staff are on board 70
take care of any bodies that ma! De
picked up. ,ouo
Vincent Astor was expected mere
today to make arrangements VIII"
some wrecking concern TO make
.o.rcb Of the body Of his father Col.
1obr Jacob Astor if he was lost. me
Young man did not apear here now
over and it is believed ne Will re-
main in New York to meet his moth
or who is known to be aboard the
Carpathia. -, :,
It was reported that Vincent AS
30. had chartered the sealing ship
Goal to search the seas for Col. AS
.,,. bodv hut this was denied today
# is known that half dozen f15h-
;,o, shine were within 200 miles OF
the wreck of the Titanic. 1t Is De-
l;sypd here that someone of these may
have later passed the scene. Anyone
of these ships may arrive in this port