Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-16
GRIEF STRICKEN RELATIVES OF
VICTIMS SURROUND OFFICES OF
STEAMER COMP ANY in LONDON



. The appalling magnitude Of I
. the wreck 81 the liner Titanic
= has been but little mitleatod by
. the fraRmcntary Information
= which has filtered In today
. The rescuing steamer Carpa-
9 thia has s6S survivors on board, I
y according 10 the latest news re-
. coived al the offices of the white
9 Star line In New York. This in
. creases the list uf saved By about I
= goo from the number first re- I
. ported.
O Hut except for this. the favor
. able details are insignificant CONF
. pared with the fact that the IL
. tanic IN AT the bottom OF the At
y lantic and that the shattered
. wreck took with her ABOUT 1850
. victims TO their death.
. The first reports giving the to-
. tai survivors at CTS were varied
. by favorable news early todaE,
q iirst from Captain Rostrutn Of
. the Carpathla, who gave the
. number at about SOC and later
. by the positive announcement
. OF the White star line that there
. are sGs survivors OF the Titanic
. on the Carpathln.
= Hut with these revised figures
. there remain 1850 persons, pas
. scneers and crew of the Titanic
9 who today are unaccounted for,
q apparently lost
Hope cIung desperately 90 the
. belief that tho steamers Nlrglnian
y and Partisan OF the Allan line,
q may have picked up survivors
9 in addition TO those on the Car
. pathla but this was dispcllcd
8 when the Sable Island wireless
. station reported that the Paris
. Ian had no survivors. and when
. the officers OF the Allen line IN
9 Montreal issued a statement that
. the captain OF the Virginian had
. sent them wireless message
q he had arrived ~ the scene OF
. disaster too late TO be Of service"
The Vireinian mas proceeded
. on her way for Europe.
The Carpathia is coming ia
. SLOWLY to New York. All hope
. for details OF the tragedy and It's
. effects are conferred on this ship.
. She viii be In wireless communi-
. cntiOn with Sable Island tonight,
. with Nantucket on Thursday and
. viii reach New York sometime
= Thursday night
. London, New York and Paris
3 are grief stricken and over
= whelmed by the news OF the dis
. aater. fearful crowds Of rela-
= tives and friends Of the passen-
. gers on board the Titanic throng-
. "a the steamship offices In all the
. three cities, waiting hour after
. hour for news which, more Of
. ten than not, meant bereavement
q and sorrow.
9 People in Paris and London
. went 20 bed last night IN the oe-
. lief that an the passengers on
. hoard the TitaiJc had been saw
. cd. this morning brought them
. che appalling truth,
9 OF the survivors on board the
. Cafpathla by far the larger NUM-
= her are womon and children.
y Many men of prominence ON
. two continents are among the
3 missing. No word has hoon re-
9 eelYed OF Colonel John Jacob
. Aator. His wife, however, has
. been saved. Alfred q. Wander
9 bilt was not on board the Titanic
. as first reported. He Is IN l.on-
. don. Isador =. Straus, the New
= YORK millionaire merchant and
. Philadelphia phllantnropist, who
/ . was on board. has not been re-
. ported among tho survivors.
The 1900. 600 steamship with
y cargo and jewels worth perhaps
/ . $4,000. 600 more ID a total l0ss
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