The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-20
CARPArHIA SPEEDING TO NEW
YORK WITH SURVIVORS.
Hope Deserts Thousands Waiting for
News OF Loved One when Cruiser
Chester Flashes Message from Car
p~shis that Names Of All Survivors
Already Sent Ashore - Steamer
Bearing Survivors Expected to
Reach New York Tonight. Giving
First Account Of Disaster.

tonight seems complete.
Practically every attending circum-
stance In the transmission Of news
from she Carpathia goes to show that
only s2s OF the s10 cabin passengers
of the Titanic are safe on the rescue
ship
The 2s2 cabin passengers. whose
names have not appeared In the lists
sent ashore by wireless yesterday
probably must be conceded as among
the 1912 lives which the collision Of
the mamoth new steamer with an
iceberg of the Newfoundland banks
Sunday night is believed to have TAX
en-.
Thousands of hopeful hearts were
turned to despairing ones when the
United States Scout cruiser Chester
wireiessed ashore late today that she
had been In communication with the
Carpathia and had asked repeatedly
for the full list of the first nd second
cabin survivors and that the rescue
ship reported that all the names had
already been sent ashore.
The remainder OF the 5ie persons
saved were passengers In the steer
age OF members Of the crew.
After the strain OF three days wait
ing without news OF their missing
ones. there were few Of the hopeful
that still held out tonight against
the seemingly final word as to the
fate Of friends and relatives.
The small remaining hope Of the
few who persistently refused to be-
iieve the worst rested tonight on the
n1n1r rnor1lpiljty, tbaa the list of sur
.vSvVrM sent by wireless from rng carr
pathia. might after all not be quite
complete.
The fact that one new name came
through late today. In private
message from the Carpathia. was the
basis OF what was a desire more than
a hope that there were slips enough
In her wireless lists to account for a
few. at least. of those unaccounted
for. At the best. however. IT appeared
that IL could be only an occasional
one whose safety had not been re-
ported through some error Of cc-,-
piistion on the liner or OF wireless
Transmission.
From the Carpathia. which Is ap-
proximateiy 900 miles from New
York. and which Is expected. IL she
keeps up her rate OF progress OF 13
knots an hour. to reach the entrance
Of the harbor by o'clock tomorrow
night. came a new report during the
day ss 70 the number of survivors on
boarG.
Through the Cunarder Franconia,
whicl, established wireless communi-
cation with the rescue ship. came a
message which included This state
ment:
"she has n total Of 705 survivors
aboard"
The previous statement from the
carpathia had been that she carried
sss survivors. II may be that the re-
port received through the Franconia
included a count OF rescued passen-
gers only. disregarding the 100 or
more members OF the crew. who must
have been In the boats which the
Carpithia picked up.
Communication was being had with
the carpathia tonight through both
the scout cruiser Chester and the
shore wireless station at Siasconsett.
Through the Chester there began COM
ii.g slowly the names Of saved pas
sengers from the third cabin OF the
Titaric.
The very sending Of these could but
help confirm the fateful belief that
there were no more names OF first
and second cabin passengers to send !:
and thus the news left hardly a pos
sibility that the names Of well-known
men. such as John Jacob Astor. w.
+. stead. Isador Straus Major Butt
and others Of the now familiar list Of
notables. could have been omitted In
the transmission OF names That
these meG had gone down with the
ship there remained hardly doubt.
The Cunard officials announced
that they would permit on the pier
only friends and relatives Of the sur
vivors. who will be admitted by a pass
after having established their right to