The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

| sent out or New 1Ofk yesterday, and disseminated throughout the world, that the passengers from the Titanic had been saved and the ves- sel had not sunk, was erroneous, it having been definitely learned last night by wireless from the steamer Carpathia, that the Titanic was struck at ii:l5 Sunday night and had foundered exactly three hours and 59 minutes later.
 Some of Those Saved.
 Among those whom it is known were rescued are Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who was Miss Madeline Force until her romantic marriage to the multi-millionaire some months ago. Bruce Tsmay, manag- ing director of the International Mercantile Marine, owners of the Titanic, and who, with J. pierpont Morgan, formed the company which is the alleged steamship trust, was also saved.
 Save Wives and Children. This morning the wireless brought the news that apparently all the wives and children of the famous men aboard the ship had been saved but there was not a word to show that any notable man had escaped.
 Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, pre- iously reported as one of the pass engers was not on the vessel, hav- ing postponed his voyage.
 The Carpathia, which arrived on the secene at daylight, was the first rescue boat to reach the survivors floating about on rafts and in life boats. Most of those rescued were scantiIy clad, having been hurried ly aroused from their sleep, and not having time to don more than hastiy-grabbed wraps. The cold was intense, and many were suf- fering thereiorm, in addition to the shock. The women all showed re- markable bravery, particularly in ministeping to the frightened panic stricken children.
 Reports by wireless stated that scores of boats navigating perious- Iy near and through the vast ice field and containing principally wo- men and children, were all that could be seen of the great Titanic, which itself had disappeared. Many of the passengers had just retired when the crash came.
 The floating ice made il almost impossible to prevent the lifeboats from capsizing, and the ice caused the boats to be separated and scat tered, thus giving rise to faint hopes that perhaps the Carpathia had not found all of them and that the other may have been picked up by some other vessels, perhaps by a boat not equipped with wireless. Spectators, however, among the survivors, assert that the Titanic carried down hundreds of men with her in her final plunge.
 The Estimated Loss.
 Late this evening the loss is es- limated at i,30i. Searching steam CTS, before they abandoned their labors, reported that the weather is so cold that even if the survivors had clung to wreckage in the open sea, they could not have survived.
 The money loss is estimated al s20.0OO,000, one-half being the value of the boat, the other half being that of cargo and effects of pass engers. If is said diamonds valued at S5,000000 and owned by passen- gers were lost in the wreck.
 Brief Description of Lost Ship
 The Titanic was triple-screw. and was propelled by combination of turbine and reciprocating ma chinery. Ii was built to steam not less than 2i knots per hour. The rudder alone weighed 100 tons, and the weight of the casting compris- ing the stern frame, rudder and brackets amounts to 2S0 tons. or GO tons more than those of any other steamer. II was manufactured at Darlington, England. and special arrangements had io be made for it's conveyance Co the ship yards ai Belfast. The largest beam used weighed over four tons and meas ured g2 feet. The longest steel plates are % feet, and there are 2.5o0 flsele ia the ship. Each en- zine crank shaft weighed iis tons. bedpiaie i95 tons. each column 2i tons. and ihe heaviest cylinder with iluer J0 tons. wing propeller 3s Ions. The weight oi tho casting for shf luf.hinr cylinder was f63 tons and ef lhe propeller. which was 0i sa'id hrnnre. 22 tons. Ihr anchors uefe fa fee in length and o,ef is tons sn ueleli. and earh ilik Hi
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