Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-15
Y damaged; rush aid"

Within half an hour the Virginian
of the Allan Line had been com
municated with and her captain was
headed directly to the scene. Short
ly afterward the Virginian sent the
following to the steamship agents:
Titanic says she is badly damaged
as result of striking an iceberg. She
demands immediate assistance and
we are rushing to her help"
From time to time other wireless
advices were received. In each it
was stated that the Titanic was still
in touch and it was not until 1927
that the Virginian reported that she
had lost the Titanic. The last report
was that the women and children
! were in the lifeboats ready to be
lowered into the Atlantic should it
be necessary.
1t was believed here that the Ii
tanic's wireless was working badly
instead of that she had gone down,
and this was confirmed later when
an unsigned message was received
reporting that the Titanic was ahoat
at $3.50 this morning.
The Virginian was then less than
two hours sail from the crippled lin
er, and it seemed certain here that
within five hours at the very most all
OF the passengers would be trans
ferred to safety, although this will
be most gigantic task.
SiaSconset, Mass, April 15.-The
wireless station here was in commun-
ication early today with the White
Star Liner Olympic which was rush
ing to the assistance of her sister YES
sci, Titanic, reported to be sinking in
latitude Alag north, longitude Gl.1S
west. The Olympic stated that the
latest advices showed. that the dam
age to the Titanic was very great
and Captain Smith had reported that
he would tranship his passengers to
the first vessel that would arrive
which was expected to be the Virgin
ian Of the Allen Line
The Olympic refused to say what
the latest information regarding the
extent of the Titanic's damage was.
New York, April l5.-The Titanic.
the greatest Of modern leviathans,
exceeded even the monster Olympic |
in size. In addition she is the most !
luxuriously fitted and furnished yes
sci ever sent to sea.
The vessel is $685. feet long and
92 feet beam; displacement, $4,000
tons; and Registered tonnage, $4,000.
Five thousand passengers could be
accommodated aboard the big liner,
six hundred in the cabins. She car
ries crew of 600 men. Captain f.
S. Smith, veteran shipnaster of the |
White Star Line, commanded her
when she left Southampton on her
maiden voyage.
Even then the huge ship showed !
that her immense size might make her
an embarrassing factor in trans At
lantic navigation. When she pulled |
out from Southampton docks, the sue
tion she created in the harbor drag
ged the American Liner New York
from her bearth, next to the Titanic's,
breaking two heavy hawsers like
pack threads. 1t was with the ut
most difficulty that the leviathan was !
maneuvered to avoid collision.
On board the Titanic when she sail
ed for this point was u big list of !
prominent Americans. The novelty
Of sailing on the greatest of modern !
ocean going vessels had augmented !
the passenger list lar above the av-
erage.
Montreal, April l5.-At $3.50 this
morning the Titanic was still afloat, |
Siiu lIcl cllEIllcS were WOIhHlS. -
that hour she was crawling slowly in
the general direction Of Halifax, and
toward the Virginian which is en-
route to her.
The Titanic reported that the wo-
men and children had been put in
the life boats, and that they were
ready to be lowered at moments
notice. This will not be done, how
ever. until it is certain that the dis
abled liner is actually sinking.
Boston, Mass, April 15.-Indirect
messages received from points along
the north coast at $40 said the Ti-
tanlc is struggling slowly but surely
toward Cape Race.
At 9:55 the following telegram was
received by the United Press from the
Marconi station at St. John, N. B.:
Titanic, according to messages
from Cape Race, St. Johns, N. F., and
other nearby points, nearing vicinity