The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-18
Great Liner Collides With an Iceberg in the
Night--- Wireless Messages Result in Other
Vessels Hurrying to the Scene and Giving
Aid---More than 1900 Perish.

Wireless dispatches up to noon Sun
day said the passengers Of the White
Star liner Titanic, which struck an
iceberg off Newfoundland coast last
night are being trans nsferred aboard the
steamer Carpatha, a Cunarder. Al
ready 20 boat loads have been
transferred and allowing 40 to so per-
sons as the capacity Of each lifeboat.
some 800 or 1900 passengers have been
transferred. The latest reports indi-
cate the transfer is being made safe
ly. The sea is smooth and the wealth
er calm. Probably all the passengers
Of the Titanic are safe. While badly
damaged, the Titanic is still afloat
and reported making her way toward
Halifax under her own steam.
Another liner, the Partisan Of the
Allen company, which sailed from
Halifax April s. already is close at
hand and Isl assisting in the work Of
rescue. The Baltic and Virginian also
are near the scene and the Olympic ap
parently close.
Halifax, April 15.-The Canadian
government marine agency here at A.
Is received wireless that the Titan
ic was sinking. The steamers towing
her are trying to get her into shoal
water near Cape Race to beach her.
New York, April IT, The~sscout
cruisers are expected to be, within
speaking distance of the Carpathia in
, very few hours. That more than
1890 went down with the liner has
grown into an almost positive GER
tainty.
Ii Is estimated that approximately
40 Of the crew we're saved. their
presence in lifebcats being necessary
for the safety Of the passengers. The
estimate Of 400 steerage passengers
saved completes the list of 1858 the
Carpathia has aboard.
A great majority of these are wo-
men. The names Of only 70 men have
been given in the list Of rescued
whereas the names of 249 women ap.
pear. The men among the passengers,
for the most part seemed to have re-
mained to die so the women and child
rem might be saved. No new names
have been added to the list Of res
cued since yesterday when the Car
pathia wireless failed.
John Jacob Astor. Isadcr Strauss,
George Widener, Major Butt, Francis
D. Millet, the artist; William T. Stead,
London journalist; Benjamin Gug-
genheim and Colonel and Mrs. Wash
ington Roebling are amony the more
prominent names missing from the
list saved.
Mr. Franklin said he reckoned the
Carpathia would arrive early Friday
morning. The company has made ev-
cry arrangement for the comfort of
the survivors, he added.
"Just now he said, I'VE are bending
every effort to get addition names of
the survivors. There is no reason why
these names should net come through
provided they can be relayed by some
ship, but the Carpathia's wireless is
greatly overtaxed. In fact, she has
messages that would occupy her a
week ahead. We have heard nothing
from her or the Olympic since o.
clock yesterday morning and know
nothing of the report that bodies have
been picked up"
New York, April 18.-One passen-
ger said the Titanic went down with
her lights burning and with the band
playing "Near. Ny God, to Thee
The members Of the crew had to
use force to separate wives from their
husbands and throw them into the life
boats. This is story BY Mrs. Jacq.
ues Futrell. formerly Of Atlanta. Ga.
Five were buried at sea from the
Carpathia, Mesdames Caroline and
Lily Bonnell of Youngstown said.
Eve were asleep in our bsrths when
the Titanic crashed into the iceberg =
they said. I've Immediately rushed
on deck. only stopping to throw on
cont over cur nightsowns. The night
was bright and starlit We could sss