The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-18
FEW HOURS WILL
TELL TRAGIC TALE
ansistent Requests Made of
Rescue Ship by Cruiser Ches-
ter for Real News of Marine
Disaster Meets With Short
Command to Keep
Out"
Especial to The Times.plspateh.

New fork, April l7.-tar out
at sea near tho Cunardcr Carpa-
thia, and near her sad company
OF survivors OF the Titanic trag-
cdy the cruisers Chester and
Salem were sending late tonight
10 the government wireless sta
ton at Newport full list OF
those that were saved after the
great White Star Liner crushed
herself against an iceberg and
dropped to the ocean floor.
But the hating w.reiess. blurred and
confused Al. day, SIN withheld from
the World Tho details - eagerly sought.
supplying nothing on which hope NIGH,
f:ed. Al! along the coss, wireless OPP
orators listened tcnscly FOR the first
whisper from tho sea that would re-
lease tho story of tho Titanic's COILS
ton, OF the dreadful hours that follow cd
small boats. and OF those aho were
surely dead as we'll as those who are
surely living. The suspense for the
thousan waiting In this city for any
scraD Of news mas hardly 10 be en-
duTed. but no hint 81 III, facts could
be CLEANED from the troubled airs.
Electrical storms. a conflict II mes
cages. the inability OF the Maroon!
Company to connect with the Carpa-
th!a while the cruisers were talking
with her. the impossitlity II an:
news trcklinG landvard until tn. ncw
list OF survivors had been rel4yed TO
the government station at President
Taf;'s order-all these things operated
TO sustain anxiety and aggrayate sus-
pensc.
CRrpathin Remains silent.
The only source OF news OF the
worlds greatest disaster, the Carpa-
tha. remained silent until late to-
night. In spite of the insistent requests
OF the Chester for names OF the living
and for information as to the circum-
stances Of the collision and founder
Ing. The Cunarder. for some reason
that mystihed those waiting for intel
ligence. was receiving messages, but
not answering them. II is known that
wireless for ]. Bruce Ismay, the man
aging director of the White Star Line,
conGratulating him on his escape, was
relayed through the station at Newport
TO the Carpathia, and IL was Understood
Ut Newport that the message was sent
from the line.
Hurrying toward the Carpathia at
twenty four knots speed, the Chester
used her powerful wireless all day
striving TO communicate with the Gu
nardar. She asked for complete list
or the survivors and for such informa
tion $ would throw light on the disas-
ter. but for hours her appeals were dis
REGARDED. The wireless man at the
Boston Navy Yard with his ear keen
5or Carpathia tidinss, heard that snip
tell the Chester TO keep ont: that the
Carpathia would not work with the
Chester, but only with the station at
siaconsett. The Chester flashed land
ward the disappointing news that she
was doing her best TO tall. to the Car
pathia but that her request had been
refused.
1t was not until $40 p. NJ. that the
cruiser finally succeeded in establish
ing communica ton About that time
the United Wireless Company sene
out orders to have all commercial
messages stopped In order to permit
tho Carpathia to get messages
Through shortly afterward the Car
pathia sent four messages to tho
chip to tine scout cruiser Salem. which
was much nearer land On account OF
atmospheric conditions, the messages
could not be picked UP.
The Marconi stations at p. NJ. were
1aboring to obtain information from
Ahe Carpathia, but they found that
the cruisers wireless blocked them
and prevented their rhtt$.ing what the
Carpat hia was sending to Siasconsett.
An hour later conditions had so much
Improved that the 'Marconi station at
giasconsett reported that the cruisers
were at work sending full list Of
the names OF the survivors to the
government station at Newport The
transmission Of these names was fn-
ished about 1880 r, NJ. and then the
Marconi operators reached out direct
~ for news from the Cunarder.
Many Disturbing Rumors.
Whilo the Chester and the Salem
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