The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-04-19
1858 KNOWN
SURVIVORS
OF TITANIC
Over 1900 Persons
Are Drowned.
JUHN JAGUbA SIUfLUSi
His Bride Is Reported Among
the Survivors.
CAPTAIN SINKS WITH SHIP
Hope That Some Survivors May
Be on vlrginian Gone.
CAPTAIN SINKS WITH SHIP
Hope That Some Survivors May
Be on vIrginian Gone.

A number of other steamships be-
sides the Carpathia, which were belieY-
ed to have reached the scene of the
wreck of the steamship Titan the
largest vessel in the world, whicn ran
into an iceberg off the banks of New
fOundland, in time to aid in the res
cue, are leaving empty handed. A
message from the Virginian and from
the Partisan stated that they found no
survivors to take on board when they
reached the scene of disaster.
The Cunard liner Carpathia, with
SOS survivors on board, is proceeding
slowly through a field of ice en- route
to New York The United States gov
eminent has directed that the Gus
toms regulations be waived and that
everyone be landed at once.
Twelve hundred and thirty-four
lives were lost in the sinking of the
great White Star liner Titanic off the
banks of Newfoundland, as indicated
after sitting all the wireless reports.
The S68 survivors of the Inflated I'll
tanic on board the steamship Car
pathia, steaming to this city, are not
expected to arrive before Friday morn
ing. The Carpathia is a thirteen knot
liner and it was estimated that it
would take her from Seventy-five to-
eighty hours to reach port
The Bradstreet Commercial agency
has given out telegram received from
the Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic,
saying that Colonel John Jacob Astor
was among hundreds who lost their
lives in the catastrophe; that his body
had been recovered and that his wife
was safe on the Carpathia.
Captain Smith of the Titanic went
down with his boat, directing the work
of rescue until the last
The $1O,0OO,OOO steamship, with cargo
and jewels worth perhaps $4,000 900
more, is total loss.
Major Archibald Butt, President
Taft's military aid, is still unreported,
as are many other persons of inter
national reputation. J. Bruce Ismay,
president of the International Mercan-
tile Marine, owners of the White Star
line, is one of the survivors, as is his
wife.
Wireless reports said the Cunard
liner Carpathia has on board S6S sur
vivors, the total thus far known. She
is Steaming for New York and should
arrive on Friday. The rescued pas
sengers drifted in Iifeboats for many
hours before succor came.
Of the foregoing summarized reports
concerning the awful tragedy in the
ice fields OF the Atlantic, two were
fraught with hope as the day dawned.
The first was that the rescue ship Car
pathia carried nearly 900 survivors, as
against 675 reported to be on board the
previous day. The second was the
message that the Virginian might have
others on board, whose safety would
reduce the list of dead.
The Titanic now lies buried two
miles beneath the oceans surface.
midway between Sable island and Cape
Race. Her position when she struck the
iceberg was given as latitude ALAG
north, longitude 50.14 west.
False news and false hopes and an
international belief that the palatial
Titanic was practically unsuitable, fol-
lowed the slowly unfolding accounts
OF her loss in way without precedent.
Eager crowds in a dozen cities in the
United States beseiged bulletin boards
when it became known that the giant
liner had really sunk with terrible loss
of life.
In New York throngs of men and
women crowded into the White Star
line offices seeking news of relatives.
Vincent Astor, Colonel Astor's son.
spent the entire night waiting for some
wireless tiding of his father, alternate
1y visiting the White Star line head
quarters and the newspaper offices.
The brief dispatches show that the
passengers and crew passed through
thrilling experiences from the moment
the monster Titanic crashed into the
iceberg in the dead of night until the
Carpathia, several hours later reached
the scene and rescued the survivors
from life boats floating in a sea of ice
The collision occurred at a time
when the passengers had retired or
were about 60 go to bed. The shock
sent many TO the decks partly dressed.
A wireless dispatch came through