Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-04-19
TITANIC RAMS ICEBERG.
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In the first cabin there were 1913
women and Is children and in the second
cabin 70 women and eight children.
Notable persons, travellers on the tt
tanic, whose fate was in doubt in the
lack of definite advices as to the identity
of the survivors, were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jacob Aston, Major Archibald
Butt, aide to President Taft, Charles M.
Hays, president of the Grand Trunk
of Canada, his wife and daugh-
ter, w. T. tead, Benjamin Guggen-
helm, F. D. Millett, the artist, and ].
G. Widener of Philadelphia, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isidor Straus, j. B. Thayer, vice
president of the Pennsylvania railroad,
j. Bruce Ismay. Henry B. Harris, the
theatrical manager, and Mrs. Harris and
Col. Washington Roebling, builder of
the Brooklyn bridge.
A ray of hope appeared shortly be-
fore eleven o'clock last night in
message to New York from the oper-
ator at the Marconi wireless station
at Sable island near the scene of the
disaster. Answering an inquiry re-
garding the delivery of wireless mes
sages to the passengers of the Titanic,
the operator reported that it was diff
ficult to deliver them, 'as the passen-
gers are believed to be dispersed among
several vessels. Even this faint in
dication that other vessels than the
Carpathia had picked up survivors of
the Titanic was eagerly seized upon by
thousands of relatives and friends of
those who had set sail on her for this
country.
New York, April Is The text of the
message from the steamer Olympic re-
porting the sinking of the Titanic and
the rescue of CTS survivors which reach
ed here late tonight, also expressed the
opinion that 300 lives were lost,
Loss likely totals 1900 SOULS" the
despatch said in its concluding sentence.
1t is hoped and believed here that this
is an error unless the Titanic had more
passengers on board than was reported.
The list as given out showed 1910 pas
sengers and crew of $50, or 2.170 per-
sons in all. Deducting CTS, the known
saved, would indicate loss of l, 495 per-
sons. The Olympic despatch follows
"Carpathia reached Titanic position
at daybreak. Found boats and wreck
age only. Titanic sank about 2:20 a. m.
in al :16 N; 50:14 w. All her boats &C
counted for containing about CTS souls
saved, crew and passengers included.
Nearly all saved women and children.
Leyland liner Californian remained and
searching exact position of disaster.
Loss likely total 800 souls.
New York, April Is. Even the sur
vivors of the Titanic disaster have
gone through hardships of exposure
ard peril which may have left many
of them in a serious condition. A
despatch announced at the White Star
offices late tonight that those rescued
by the Carpathia were picked up from a
"small fleet" of lifeboats at 1920
O'Clock Monday morning; 1t was eight
hours before that that the Titanic is re-
ported to have gone to the bottom.
In the opinion of Vice President
Franklin the Carpathia will hasten with
all speed to make this port, in order
that those survivors suffering worst
from exposure may be able to obtain
proper medical attention. The de-
spatch accounted for 675 survivors on
the Carpathia.
New York, April 49, The White Star
line offices had endeavored vainly from
eight o'clock up till 100 p. m. to get
further word from the Olympic about
the Titanic. Vice President Fran * lin
said of eleven O'Clock they were still
hopeful of getting another message to-
night.
The company was also trying to get
into wireless communication with the
Carpathia and filed message asking
that if possible the complete list of the
names of the 675 survivors said to be on
board the Carpatha be sent by wireless.
Such list Vice President Franklin
believes to be of the utmost importance
as hope was waning among the White
Star line officials tonight that any others
than these 675 persons had survived.
Amidst confusion at the offices the
situation was studied as calmly as
possible. Mr.. Franklin figured that not
withstanding his fervent hope to the