Arizona republican., 1912-04-19

NEW YORK; April 1S.-Seveneen hundred and twcnty-siX lives lost the Titanic, which struck iceberg II 10 D. Sunday, and were at the bottom the sea hours and thrtfive minutes after Of the Tancs 341 first cabin passengers PIP saved: 154 of them and children: and of the 262 second cabin passengers 115 were sayed lO2 of them women and ch dren Of the third class 500 all told, 136 saved 83 of whom and children Of the 965 officers and crew l99, including P women, were saved.
 No survivors question the courage of the crew, hundreds of whom gave up their lives with a heroism which equaled but did exceed, that of John Jacob Astor Henry B. Harris, Jacques Furele and others i'll the long list of men of the first cabin The bukhead system though properly WoIling prevailed only delay the ships sinking. The position of the ships wound the sarboard admitted the icy water which caused the boilers explode and these explosions broke the ship in two The crash against the iceberg, which had been sighted but quarter of mile away came almost Snul taneousy with the click of the levers operated from the bridge which stopped the engines and closed the alright doors Captain Smith the bridge a moment later He summoned all aboard put life belts and ordered the boats lowered The first boat had male paSSen gers, they the first to reach the deck When the rush of frightened and children to tine deck be- gan the women first rule enforced The officers drew their revOlvelS, but in most there for them Revolver shots heard just before the Titanic went down. caused many rumoS, that Captain Smith had shot himself and another that First Officer AurdOck had ended his life but members of the discredt these rmOIs. Captain Smith last the bridge, just before the ship sank eapng only after the decks Dccn WlSlcQ away W nat became or the men WILL life preseVerS question asked by many since the disaster Many of these, with life preservels, seen to down despite the preserves and dead bodies oated the surface the last boats moved away. AS the great ship slow settled then plunged to her final doOm the ships band the afterdeck played Nearer, My God to Thee. Mrs. IsadOr Strauss absolutely refused to leave her husband side and both down together
 Harold Cotton wireless operator the Carpathia, did not to bed at the usual time Sunday night and as
 result caught the first message of the Titanic plight lie had been reayng messages for the Titanic previously and about II bade the Titanic operator good night Just he about take the receiver off his head the "C. C. D. signal sounded. This followed by the words, "Wcve hit something, at once" Cotton at notified the Carpathia officers and her was at changed in the direction of the Titanic at full speed of eighteen knots for the full distance of sixty miles intervening between the two ships Before Cotton could make reply to the Titanics 70. o. D. signal the operator of the Titanic added '' m afraid we re gone
 Cotton told the Titanic operator the Carpatha was coming at full speed but further word had with the doomed ship The Titancs speed of twenty ythree knots never slackened and she going at that gait when she hit the berg S. V. Siverthone of St. Louis of the three four saloon passengers the Titanic who the deadly iceberg just after the col llsiOn.
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