Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-04-19

dren, Who HdG Been FldCcu VI
the Boats-WideIy Known Persons
on Board-Lcas on Ship and Cargo
Will Total Setween $25,o0o,ooo and
$4,000, 900, 1t Is Asserted.
New York, April 17.-These PIN
nacles of fact concerning the worlds
greatest steamship disaster-the sink
ing at 2:20 a. m. Monday OF the great
White Star liner Titanic, off the
banks of Newfoundland stand out
prominently as sifted from the Wire
less reports:
Revised estimate of loss OF life,
1882 souls.
The $1O,OO0,OOO steamship, with car
go and Jewels worth perhaps $4,000
600 more, a total loss
No mention among the survivors OF
Col John Jacob Aston. His bride,
who was Miss Force of New York,
has been saved.
Mai. Archibald Butt. President
Taft's military aid, still is unaccount-
ed for, as are many oJner persons OF
international Importance. j. Bruce
Ismay, president OF the international
Mercantile Marine, owners OF the
White Star line, is among the surviv-
ors, as is his wife. ]. G: Widener,
the Philadelphia traction magnate, is
not accounted for.
Most of Rescued Are Women.
The Titanic sank at 2:20 a. M
Monday, after striking an iceberg OF
the banks of Newfoundland.
Of the 2O1 first cabin passengers
thus far accounted for 1872 are wom-
en-. SO men and six children. OF the
116 second cabin passengers reported
surviving SS are women, 16 men and
10 children.
According to the last report from
Captain Rostron of the Carpathia
there are about 500 survivors of the
Titanic on board, which would show
that 4S3 had been saved whose names
had not been sent in by wireless.
Earlier Messages Held Hope.
The persons aboard the i'll fated YES
sci were divided up as follows:
First cabin ................. 3l8
Second cabin 300
Third cabin (steerage) ............ 722
Crew ooU
News of the sinking of the liner and
the terrible loss of life in consequence
came with all the greater shock be-
cause hope had been buoyed up by re-
ports that the steamship, although
badly damaged, was not in sinking
condition and that all its passengers
had been safely taken off.
The messages were mostly unofficial,
however, and none came direct from
the liner, so that lurking fear re
manned of possible bad news to come.
Shortly after seven o'clock Monday
night there came flashing over the
wires from Cape Rae within 400
miles of which the liner lad struck
the iceberg, word that at 800 o'clock
Monday morning, three hours and fif-
ty-five minutes after receiving its
death blow, the Titanic had sunk.
carpathia Comes Too Late.
The news came from the steamer
Carpathia, relayed by the. White Star
liner Olympic, and revealed that by
the time the Carpathia, outward bound
from New York and racing for the I'll
tanic on a wireless call, had reached
the scene the doomed vessel had sunk
Left on the surface, however, were
lifeboats from The Titanic, and in
them-as appears in meager reports
received up to a late hour-were some
675 survivors of the disaster.
These, according to the advices, the
Carpathia picked up and is now on its
way with them to New York.
A significant line in the Cape Race
dispatch was the announcement that
of those saved by the Carpathia nearly
all were women and children. Should
It prove that no other vessel picked up
any passengers of the sinking liner
this might mean that few of the men
IN board had been saved as the pro-