Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-18

More than 1900 persons II Is teareu' sdnh
20 their death early Monday when "i'h-
in four hours after she crashed into an
iceberg the mammoth White star line
steamer Titantic bound from lANerpooi
TO New York on her maiden voyage went
"a the bottom off the NeWlouhulahu
banks. OF the approximately -" per
sons on board the giant liner some or
them of world wide prominence. only 20
are known to hive been saveu Inc hi'e
Star line offices in New York. wh1ie Keep
ing up hope to the last we're free 10 io-
NIT that there had been "horrloie loss VI
life
Accepting the early estimates OIL 'he
fatality list as accurate, the dlSas'ei -
the greatest in the marine history or the
world. Nearest approaching 1t IN nhsni-
tude we're the disasters to the steamer
Atlantic in 1878. when o74 lives were ios'
and to La Bourgogne in 1873 win d ia'a'-
tty list of 57l Should 1t prove that o'ie'
,inars Notably tho Allan liners Partisan
and V1rginian. known to nave oeeh /" ''o
vicinity of the Titantic early Monday
had picked up others OF her passenSeiS'
tho extent Of the calamity would fortu-
nately he greatly reduced This nope sun
remains
tho terrible loss of life in consequence
came early Monday evening with all t"c
greater shock because hope had been
buoved up all day by reports that the
steamship. although badly damaged, was
not in a sinking condition and that All
her nassengers had been safely taken off.
The messages were mostly uno1iiclai'
however. and none came direct from the
faar remained OF
possible bad news to come.
REMAINED AFI.OAT THREE HOURS
Shortly after seven o'clock Monday night
there came flashing over the wires from
Cane Race within 400 miles Of which the
liner in the treacherous Newfoundland
banks region had struck the berg which
brought her to grief. that at 2:20 o'clock
Monday morning, three hours and nifty
five minutes after receiving her death
blow, tho Titanic had sunk. The news
came from the steamer Carpathia. relayed
by the White Star liner Olympic and re-
vealed that by the time the Carpathia.
outward bound from New York and racing
for the Titanic on a wireless call. reached
the scene, the doomed vessel had sunk.
Left on the surface. however. were life
boats from tn Titanic, and in them as
appears from the meagre reports received
Up to late hour were some G15 survivors
of the disaster. These. according to the
advices. the Carpathia picked up and is
now on her way with them TO New York.
For the rest, the scene as the Carpathia
came up was one Of desolation. All that
remained of the $1OOO0.Cno floating palace
ON which nearly 400 passengers had been
voyag ing luxuriously to this side Of the
Atlantic. were some bits Of wreckage. The
biggest ship in the world had gone down,
snuffing out In her downward plunge, Il
appeared, hundreds of human lives.
BELIEVE FEW MEN SAVED.
A significant line in the Cape Pace
despatch was the announcement that of
those saved by the Carpath.a nearly all
were women and children Should 1t prove
that no other vessel picked up any pas
xengers OF the sinking liner this might
mean that few OF the men on board had
been saved. as the proportion Of women
and children among the passengers was
large. The same facts would likewise
spell the doom OF practically the entire
crew OF 500
In the cabins were go women and chill
dren. but II IL not known how many there
were among the 7+O third-class passen.
gers.
In the first cabin there were 12S women
and IL children and in the second cabin Z.
women and eight children
Notable persons. travellers on the III.
tantic. whose fate was in doubt in the
lack OF definite advices as to the identity
OF the survivors, were Mr. and Mrs Johr
Jacob Aston, Major Archibald Butt, aide
70 President Taft, Charles NJ Hays, presi
lent of the Grand Trunk Pacific of Can
ada, his wife and daughter, w. T. Stead
Benjamin Guggenheim. +. D. Millett tn,
artist. and j. q. Widener of PHILADELPHIA
Mr.. and Mrs Isidor Straus j. b. Thayer
vice-president of the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road, j. Bruce Ismay. Henry b. Harris
the theatrical manager. and Mrs. Harris
and Col Washington Roebling, builder O
the Brooklyn bridge.
ray of hope appeared shortly be
fore eleven o'clock last night in .
message to New York from the oper
ator Mt the Marconi wireless static,
at Sable island near the scane of thu
disaster. Answering an inquiry re
garding the delivery of wireless mes
sages to the passengers of the Titanic
the operator reported that II was DIFF
Hcult to deliver them, "as the passen
gers are believed to be disperse
among several vessels" Even thi
faint Indication that other vessel
thar the Carpathia had picked up sur