Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-18

the huge Titanic met her fate, an Pther mN stery, evolved by the events or the pas, three days forced itself to the front last night
 Although the rescue ship carpathia was within the zone of wireless com munica ton for hours during the night and both shore stations and relaying Bnips were able to obtain from her long lists of survivors among the E-eersge passengers and send and re- ceive numerous short messages from nnC 10 private individuals, not a word of matter descriptive of the manner tn which those on board the doomed liner comDorted themselves in the face Of impending death reached the shore.
 Given the names of the first and second cabin passengers and the as- Eursnce when the CarpaJhia finished that she had no more of these to of Fer, the word of worldwide interest demanded of the Cunarder was what look place on the Tttanie's decks when it became known that the doom of the liner was sealed. But that word was not spoken.
 Neither was there any explanation for the not coming from the surviving pf1cers of the Titanic as to how their ship caIne To strike the iceberg. From the Narconi offices word came that re- peatedly. when the working cOndi- tiuns for the wireless were practically perfect the Carpathia was asked to convey Co the waiting public some idea Of what were the momentOus happen sngs on the Titanic in the terrible three hours and hfty-fve minutes be- tween which she struck the iceberg of the banks, and her final plunge to the bottom.
 One explanation advanced was that AEe wireless operator of the Carpathia was exhausted by his three days work at the key. But among the list of res- rued on board the Carpathia is the second wireies soperatOr of the Ti SAnic, who might have been counted upon to relieve the wearied sender of the Cunarder.
 A censorship appeared to exist on Hae Carpathia which prevented any response to inquiries of what took place after the Titanic struck the ice berg. The wireless operator on the Carpatnia is an officer of the Cunard dine and therefore subject to the ships commander.
 New York. April 17.-The roll of the saved from the disaster of the Titanic seems complete tonight. Prac- tcally every attending circumstance 3u the transmission of news from the CUnarder Carpathia goes to show that only 3-S Of the 610 cabin passengers vno were 0n the Titanic are safe on thc rescue ship. The 2S2 cabin pas Eergers whose names have not ap- peared in the lists sent ashore yes- terdsy Dy wireless must probably be numbered among the 1912 lives which the collision of the mammoth new N lite Star steamer with an iceberg Oh the Newfoundland banks Sunday night Is believed to have cost.
 $40 Saved in stesrags and Among
 Crew.
 Thousands of hopeful hearts were Burned Co despairing ones when the scout cruiser Chester explained by wireless late today that she had been iu communication with the Carpathia and lad asked repeatedly for the full list of the survivors in first and sec Ord saloons. and that the Carpathia replied that an the names had already been sent ashore. The other $40 per sons saved were steerage passengers or members Of the crew.
 All Hope Not Yet Abandoned
 After the strain of three days wait ang without news of their missing ones, there were few of the hopeful who still held out tonight in the face Of the seemingly final word as to the late of relatives and friends The hopes cf the consistently sanguine, few among relatives and friends of pas sengers. rested tonight on the bare possi oilIty that the list of named sur Nivors sent by wireless from the Car pathia. might not after all be qti:4e complete
 A Slight Ray of Hope.
 The fact that one new name came through late today in a private mes sage from the Carpathia was the ba- sis of what was a desire more than a hope that there were slips enough in her wireless lists of the survivors to account for few, at least of those for whom the worst was feared. At fhe best. however. it appeared that If could be only an occasional one whose safety was not reported owing to some Rrror uf compilation on the liner or transmission by her wireless
 csrpathia Due Tonight
 From the Carpsthia. which was ap- rroKiniateiy coo miles from New York fhLs morning and is expected. if she keeps up her rate of thirteen knots an hour 10 reach the entrance of the har- Dor by eight o'clock tomorrow night. came 9 new report during the day as to the number of survivors on board Tne Cunarder Franconia. which estab- iished wireless communication with her, sent a message which included rhe statement: She has a total of sQ5 survivors aboard
 May Not Have Counted Crew.
 The previous statement from the Carpathia had been that she carried sss survivors. IL may be that the re- port received through the Francunia included a count Of rescued passen gers oniy. disregarding the 100 or more memJers Of the crew, who must have beer in tho boats which the Carpathia picked Up. their presence being neces- sary for the safety of the passengers Through the Chester there began com- ing slowly tonight the names of saved nteerage passengers of the Titanic.
 Notables Undoubtedly Doomed.
 The very sending of these could not but help confirm the sOrrOwful belief that there were no more names of first and second cabin passengers to send And thus there was left hardly doubt that the names of well-known men such as John Jacob Astor, William T. Stead. IsidOr Straus and the others or ihe now familiar list of notables could have been omitted in the trans mission Of names from the Carpathia Hnt.s fsr.ra r,,ar, mont dotrn t1fffh Aha