The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-19
1900 SOULS PERISH.
GREAT STEAMER TITANIC SMASHES
into ICEBERG---SINKS I'M The
NIGHT.
About 7S4 Persons Are Brought Safe
" AShOre---MOSt Palatidl Steam
ship AflOat.

The greatest disaster in marine
history and one which has aroused
the sympathy of the entire civilized
world occurred last Sunday night
when the Titanic, the largest ship
afoat, a White Star liner plying be-
tween Liverpool and New York
struck submerged spur of giant
iceberg and went to the bottom Of
the ocean, early Monday morning,
between and 2-30 o'clock in two
miles, OF water about 1000 miles east
of New York and 500 miles south of
| Cape Race, Newfoundland.
On board the Titanic there were,
including the crew, about 1850 peo-
pie, and Of that number only about
T45 were saved. These were rescued
from the life boats by the Carpathia,
| a CGnard liner, on her way to Naples.
The Titanic which cost over $10,-
100000 was making her maiden voy-
age, and she had o. board some of
the wealthiest and best known peo-
Die OF this country, including the
newly welded Col and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor.
All that wealth and modern work
manship could produce was embodied
| Ill Iu0 llIduIC, Ln0 LdISCS NOSC1 ON0A
built, a veritable' floating palace, over
four city blocks in length. She has
been compared to a modern hotel.
She was really city in miniature,
with gymnasium, tennis and squash
courts, a theater, ballroom, a sports
deck Turkish and electric bauhs,
swimming pool, palm gardens, card
music and smoking rooms, while
atop, On the twelfth deck, was a golf
course, somewhat reduced in size.
The Titanic had more restaurants
and dining-rooms than her sister
ship, the Olympic, with a grill and
English chophouse to boot. Her hos
pital was fitted with an operating
table, and there was sunroom for
passengers not i'm good health.
| One of the many unusual features
Of the Titanic. lacking even in her
sister ship, was the private prone
made which adjoined the main restau-
rant on the starboard side. On to
this deck opened a reception-room,
where diners might congregate be-
| fore going to their meals and hosts
might meet the guests whom they
had invited to sit with them at dinner
Banks of real flowers concealed the
arbors in the palm garden. Two Of
| the suites cost $4350 each for a single
| trip. These apartments consisteu of
baths and wardrobes, with garden
| in front, and private promenade ex-
tending the whole length or the
suites-some 30 feet-with its own
private sea rail.
Each stateroom on the vessel had
| it's own private bath room, supplying
! fresh and sea water, both hot and
cold. Z servants hall was provided
| for the Wallets and other servants of
| the passengers. I'm these quarters
servants when not i'm attendance, on
| their employers were expected to re-
main. The Titanic had four tunnels,
from the top of the tunnels of her
keel she measured ITS feet She
made an average speed of p knots
on her trial trip.
Icebergs, such az the one that
spelled disaster for the Titanic, are
one Of three sources of gravest per-
| il to vessels navigating tine North
Atlantic. The other two are fog and
derelictsl The iceberg menace has
been greater this spring than in any
recent years. The man in charge OF
the wireless aboard the Titanic-the
man who sent over the black sea the
IS. O. 8" call for help and who kept
sending it until the vessel sank be-
meath the waves-was John George
Phillips, pale-faced, serious English
youth, Of 26 years, who came from
Godalming in Surrey.
He was regarded oy his superiors
in the Marconi service as one Of the
most efficient operators on the staff.