Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-16

ATTCH dss With Iceberg.
---3n trip, the Titanic, built
Cd equipped at n cost Of $40, 0O0, 900,
a floating palace, found her graveyard.
Swinging from the westerly steamship
lane to south OF the Grand Banks Of
Newfoundland to take the direct run
TO this port, she hurled her giant bulk
against an iceberg that rose from an
immense field, drifting unseasonably
from the arctic. Running at high speed
Into the huge obstacle, the shock crush
ed her bow. Through rent plates and
tinbers water rushed swiftly.
The Carpathia, which left New York
on April 13 for the Mediterranean, is
~retracing her curse to this port, bring
ing the women and children who We're
widowed and orphaned by the disaster.
she VIII 4,Ich New York "Wednesday
afternoon.
Notable People Passengers.
Hundreds Of we'll known Ameri
~cans-very many of them New York
ers-of wide prominence took passage
on the T~itapic-some for the novelty Of
participating In the maiden voyage of
the finest Of all steamships, others be.
cause of the unsurpassed comforts and
Injuries provided by the 100000 900
snip,
gas Colonel John Jacob
1s,or and his T. 70 OF 4 few months;
Major A. W. Butt, military aid to
President Taft, who was on his way
home after carrying a message to Pope
Plus; Isidor Straus, the merchant, a
brother Of Nathan and Oscar Straus
and q partner In the great department
store concern of Macy s Co; Mr.. and
Mrs. George b. Widener of Philadel.
pbia; Mrs. d. L. Appleton, Frank D.
Nillet, the artist; Benjamin Guggen.
h~i7ar of the well known family of that
name: Henry 3. Harris, the theatrical
manager, and Mrs. Harris; william I.
Stead, the London editor; J. Bruce Is
may, managing director of the White
Star line; c. NJ. Hays, president of the
GRIND Trunk railroad; Henry Harper,
Of Harper q Co. the publishers, and
Mrs. Harper; the Countess Rothes.
Colonel Washington Roebling, whose
father built the Brooklyn bridge; Nor
man c. Craig, q member of parliament;
J.. Clinch Smith, Mr.. and Mrs, Emil
Vaussig, Colonel Archibald Oracle, f..
I'd. Millet, the famous artist, and hun
dreds whose names have been more
than local significance.
Friends Of Alfred G. Vanderbilt re
ceiyed cable messages saying that he
WAS not on board the Titanic. He Is
now In London. His name was on the
passenger list and the steamship people
gave out his name as one of those on
the boat.
Liners Heard Distress Call.
Al 1890 p. m. on Sunday night the
y,rginian, speeding on her way to Glas-
aow. picked up the White Star steam
ships &C. Q. D." the Marconi signal
Of distress and peril:
"Have struck an iceberg; badly dam.
aged. Rush aid"
Other rushing liners besides the yir
gilman heard the call. The big Baltic
200 miles to the eastward and west
bound. turned again to save life as she
did when her sister OF the White Stal
feet. the Republic, was cut down In O
N@in January, 1909. The Titanic's
pTnate, olympic, the mightiest of sea
goers save the Titanic herself, turned
III her tracks. The Hamburg-Amer
can Cincinnati, the Partisan from Gas
gov, the North German Lloyd Prina
Frederick Wilhelm, the Hamburg
American liners Pripz Adelbert and
Arnerika all heard the &c. Q. D." and
the rapid, condensed explanation Of
what had happened.
The virginisn was barely 40 miles
away and the FIRST to know Of the
rftanic's danger. She headed under