Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-04-18
APPALLING DISASTER
Greatest Atlantic Steamer DESTROYED
by Huge Iceberg.
400 LIVES ARE LOST..S66 RESCUED
When Ships Reach Scene Of Disaster There Was
Nothing But Debris and Collection of Life
boats Into Which Women and Chill
dren Had Been Bundled.

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les from Cspc Race that at lsast i.3is
persons went to their death IN the snk-
ing of the Titaniv. which frvm now ON
will b. known a. the greatest marine
disaster OF modern times. The liner,
bearing the proud title Of the largest
vessel aiost. y at the bottom OF the
Atlantic with all OF her crew and prae-
tically all OF her male passengers. Prob
ably 500 women were taken oif the liner
after her appalling collision with a sub
merged iceberg. and they are on the ear
pathia. making for either Boston or
New York.
1t j. feared that not one Of the
Thames passenger list of distinguished
and wealthy men j. alive. II Is believed
that not man Of the crew OF the
Titanic is left to tell Of the epcchsl ga
horror. As mute evidence of the disas-
tes that overwhelmed the Titanic on her
maiden trip j, the comment of the cap
tain OF the Cdrpathia in wireless mes
sage recriVcd:
We found only sea covered with
wreckage anil debris
Vessels Rush to Aid.
The Carpathias captain also said he
had picked up the survivors in the boats
and had sheltered them on board.
The giant boat. racing for America in
an attempt to delight its distinguished
passengers with a trip that would strike
the world. hit the iceberg with terrific
forcs. The impact was sufficient to tear
great seams in the vessels PROV and
open one or more water-tight compart-
Uents.
Fighting a losing battle. the pride Of
the maritime world went off to her
doom.
At every wireless station on the At
lantie coast from New York to- Cape
Race vevssel- are bending over their in
struments feeling for the pulsations of
the marvellous telegraph waves that will
bring further details Of the cata.-
trOphe.
News ~ the sinking of the liner and
the terrible loss Of life in consequence
came with all the greater shock BE-
cause hope had been buoyei up all dav
By reports that the steamship. although
badly damaged, was not in a sinking eon-
dition and that all her passengers hal
seen safely taken of The messages
were mostly unofficial. however. and
none came direct from the liner. 50
lurking fear remained of possible bad
news to come
shortly after o'clock there came
flashed over the wires from Cape Race.
within 400 miles Of which the liner had
struck the iceberg. word that at 2:eO
o'clock Monday morning. three hours
ami fifty-tiye minutes after xeceiyins her
death blow, the Titanic had sunk. The
news came from the steamer Carpathia.
relayed by the White Star liner Olympic.
and revealed that by the time the Car
pathia. outward bound from New York.
and racing for to- Titanic on a wire
les call. reached the scene the doomed
ve- had sunk.
Left on the surface. however. wer.
lifeboats from the Titanic, and in them,
as appeA-s from the meager reports re-
eeiy-f up to 8 late hour. we're some ss5
survivors of the disaster. These, ac-
eOrding TO the advices, the Carpathis
picked up.
For the rest. the scene as the tar
pathia came up va. one Of desolation.
All that remained of the $4,000 600
floating palace. on which nearly !. 400
Passengers had been voysgiug luxurious
" to this side of the Atlantic. we're some
bits OF wreckage. The biggest ship in
the world had gone down. suuffns ou;
in her downward plunge. it appears.
hundreds of human lives.
All Saved Women.
4 significant line in the Cap. Race
dispatch was the announcement that OF
those saved by the Carpathis. nearly all
were women and children.
Should it prove that no other vessel
T-eked mp any passengers Of the sinking
liner, this might mean that lew Of the
men on board had been ssved. as the
proportion of women and children among
the passengers was large. The same
facts would likewise spell the doom OF
the entire crew Of about $50.
In the cabins were go women and
children. but i; l. not known how manv
passengers.
In the first cabin there were les
women and Is choireR. and in the
second cabin - women and children.
Notable persons. travellers on the
rstahie. whose fate was in doubt in the
lack of definite advicss - TO the identify
of the survivors. were Mr.. and MrS. John
Jacob Astor. Maj Archibald Butt.
Charles VI. HAYS, president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific of Canada. his wife and