The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-19
ONLY 7O5 SAVED
OFFICIAL REPORT
Explosions Rent Vessel. He
rOeS of Amazing Disaster
Will Never Die.
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Bosfon, April ia dispatch has
been resolved here from Captain Lord
of the o. 5. CaIffornian OF the LeylaaA
line sayfng, "Arrfvee soene Tftaais
disaster $50 q. m. April IL. All sur
vivors then aboard Carpathia- Have
not and did not see any boAfes.1
(BULLETIN.)
New York, April 19.--W. w. Je4r1ss,
general passenger agent of the White
star line this morning made public the
official number rescued fron the IT,
tanic follows; First class, 30z, see-
ond, 1IB, third. 1Ts, crew, including
Officers, 2I0. Total, 7o6.
New York, April 19.-- The
Cunard liner Carpathia, a
ship Of gloom and succor,
came into New York last
night with the first news di-
rect from the great White
Star liner Titanic, which
sank off the Grand Banks of
Newfoundland early Mon
day morning last.
The great liner went down with
her band playing Nearer, My God,
to Thee" taking with her to death
all but 705 of her human cargo Of
2, $40 souls.
To this awful death list six persons
were added. One died in the life
boat which was put of from the
liners side and five subsequently sue
cumbed on the rescue ship Carpathia.
Survivors See
Ships End.
The list of prominent men missing
stands as previously reported and the
total death list as brought to port last
night by the Carpathia is 1.e4s.
l. Survivors in the lifeboats huddled in
the darkness at a safo distance from
the stricken ship saw her go down. As
to. the scene on board when the liner
, struck, accounts disagree widely. Some
maintain that a comparative calm pre-
vailed; others say that wild disorder
broke out and that there was a maniac
al struggle for the lifeboats. That the
liner struck an iceberg as reported by
wireless was confirmed by all.
Sensational rumors. told by hysteri-
cal passengers who would not give
their names. said that Captain Smith
had killed himself on the bridge: that
the chief engineer had taken his life.
and that three Italians were shot in
the struggle for the boats. These ru-
mors could not be confirmed in the
early confusion attendant on the land
ing of the survivors.
Ship Ripped
to Pieces.
Ripped from stem to engine-room by
the great mass Of ice she struck amid
ships, the Titanic's side was laid open
as if by gigantic can opener. She
| quickly listed to starboard and a
shower of Ice fell onto the forecastle
deck. Shortly before she sank she
| broke in two abaft the engine room,
and as she disappeared beneath the wa
| ter the expulsion of air caused two ex-
| plosions, which were plainly heard by
the survivors adrift. moment more
and the Titanic had gone to her doom
with the fated hundreds grouped on
the afterdeck. To the survivors they
were visible to the last and their cries
and means were pitiable.
Astor Clinging
to Raft.
| One story of the deaths OF Colonel
John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead
is told by Phillip Mock who, with his
| sister. Mrs Paul Schabert, was among
| the survivors.
| Many men were hanging on to RATS
in the sea-" said Mr.. Mock. William
T. Stead. the author, and Colonel John
Jacob Astor clung to a raft Their
limbs became frozen and they were
compelled to release their hold. Both
were drowned"
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Her Sleep.
| A Mrs. Dorothy -, whose last
name could not be ememhered by
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