The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-18
NEWS FROM CARPATHLA
REPORTED HELD UP
BY MR.. LSMAY
Story of Accident is CURLY Refused
Euen Though Requested by President Taft---AH the
Suroiuors of the Wreck Are on Carpathid Which
viii Dock Tonight 100 Sailors Reported
Killed By Collision

sengers or members of the crew. AT
ter the strain of three days waiting
without news of their missing one,
there were few of the hopeful who
still held out in the face of the SEEM
ingly final word as to the fate OF
relatives and friends.
The hopes of the persistently san
guine few among relatives and
friends of passengers, rested last
night on the bare possibility that the
list of named survivors sent by wire
less from the Carpathia might not af-
ter all be quite complete. The fact
that one new name came through
late yesterday in private message
from the Carpathia was the basis Of
what was a desire more than hope
that there were slips enough in her
wireless lists of the survivors to &C
count for few, at least, Of those for
whom the worst was feared. At the
best, however, it appeared that 1t
could be only an occasional one
whose safety was not reported owing
to some error of complication on the
liner or transmission by her wire
I less.
From the Carpathia, which was APP
Sproximately 500 miles from New
York yesterday morning and is ex-
pected If she keeps up her rate OF
13 knots an hour to reach the en-.
trance of the harbor by 8 o'clock to
night, came a new report during the
day as to the number OF survivors on
board. The Cunarder Franconia
which established wireless communi
cation with her, sent a message
which included this statement: "Sht
has total of 705 survivors aboard.
The previous statement from the
j Carpathia had been that she carried
S6S survivors. 1t may be that the
report received through the Fran
coma included a count of rescued
passengers only, disregarding the 10l
or more members of the crew whit
must have been in the boats Yhicl
the Carpathia picked up, their pres
ence being necessary for the saiet,
OF the passengers.
: Through the Chester there begal
! coming slowly last night the name
= of saved steerage passengers OF tn
Titanic. The very sending of thes
. could not but help confirm the sol
!. rowful belief that there were no NOR
! names of first and second cabin pas
e sengers to send. And thus there wa
left hardly doubt that the name
= OF well.known men such as John ia
cob Astor, William T. Stead, Isido
Strauss and the others of the nov
familiar list of notables, could hav
been omitted in the transmission G
q names from the Carpathia. Tha
these men went down with the shi
is practically certain. Authorize
i on conditions off the banks agree
e that rescues Of passengers not take
from the liner by the boats woul
e have to be made speedily, as exposur
l. and exhaustion would quickly sa
/ the life Of human being forced I
5 take to any other means Of keepin
n afloat.
During the early evening hours tn
J. wireless communication of the Ca
s. pathia with Siasconsett was devote
e for the most part, II appeared,
= sendlng private messages of reassu
/ ance from passengers to friends @
n shore and TO transmission of anxioI
d inquiries from land to sea. Nome
o tarily, the chance was awaited (,
communication of greater moment
e the world at large-the opportunit
e to learn the long awaited recital
y the Titanic's fateful last hou
ID atloat.
RI That every chance might be q
)r forded for free communication wi
st the slowly approaching liner, prac
r cally all other wireless busine
Id along the coast last night was 81
err pended. The Marconl company a
IS nounced early in the evening that
- had notified its stations at Sou
Welltleet, Siasconsett Sagapona
and Sea Gate to handle messages
and from the Carpathia exclusively.