The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-17
III
THE PRESS
TOTAL LOSS WILL
Be NEARLY 1,40O
No Authentic Wireless Messages
to Show Over 675 People
Saved.
REPORTS VERY CONFLICTING
When Run to Earth They Give
Absolutely No Room
for Hope.
REPORTS VERY CONFLICTING
tspeeial 70 Thc T,mns.pisna,nb

H.
New York. April lG.-Thure was no
news to-day to sho what more than
90 passengers had been saved, from
the wreck of the Titanic That ship
carried in all l.32o in tho first, second
ana third class cabins. When run to
earth thero was nothing to Indicate
that there are SOS survivors OF the yes
sci. No authentic wireless dispatches
SHOW this 10 be the case. IS
The CunaTd Line. through its steam
snip Carpathia. is the only agency that
can send any authentic messages TO
the world at large. Several Of these
We're received to-day / nthis city, raw
ing been hrst sent to the Olympic, of
the White Star Line. and then rcIayed
TO the land limos. thence to New York
captain lSostron. of the Carpathia says
Am proceeding 10 New York, unless
otherwise ordered. with about 500. A.
Ter having consulted with Mr. Isniay.
and in the circumstances. with so much
Ice aoout, consider New York best.
Large number of iccbergs and | am In
twenty-milc field of ice. with many
bergs in the field"
Captain Rostron Is an old man OF
the sea. The Cunard peopis said to-
day that II he had SOS survivors lie
would not have said about 500" Ia
was conceded By the White Star Line
that whether the number be 500 or S6S,
.
OIL course, many members of the crew.
ana 1t Is proba BILE that the original
number of 675 is the total of the pas
sengers saved. and the tlgure above
mat represents officers and members OF
the THAMES crow.
There We're in all 1890 passengers
and assuming that 675 have been savd.
there are $40 lost. There We're in all:f
as far as ths records show. $50 mem q
peFs OF the crew. including officers,
| stewards, stownrdesses, tire,ncn and
sailors, and even taking the figure or
s"S as the survivors, the total number
saved Of officers and craw would be-
1873. and the total lost 66T This wo,,IsI
snow total loss Of passengers and
crew OF 1879. 7''SNE
As 1t is not likely, in view of thu
thera ara : &c Wireless telegram thai
VIII III run nearer l,loo. @
a.. me total saved in first cabi:, was
w, so iar as the records show. Tue
iotal saved in the sscoud cabin vas
snat 81" OF the passengers have been
ssape1 ms Weuid leave u mars"n OF
sS3 Tor the third cabin. There we're
~ tirst class cabin passengers listed,
which would leave a loss OF l.3 thers
nut II is already recorded by cable
from the other side that at least seven
The Titanic. 80
There is total of $50 second cabin
passengers on the printed list and ON
t ne supplemented cabled list. With
10 saved this would leave n loss
OF lha, but it is known that at least
TOUR, ana perhaps six or SEVEN did
not sail on the White star boat, There
were 40 in the third cabia. and Il il
tie assumed that the other 323 re-
ported saved belong there, then SSS
We're LOST, Owing TO the fact that the
Carpathta has what is called n second
class wireless coil and cannot surely
telegraph more than 500 miles her mes
sages nave been relaycd from ono
ship 10 another, then TO the land and
to New York. and so Il may happen
that there are more saved #of the
first and second caUin passengers thAa
the number recorded tonight &