Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-16
TOSS IN l|FEBOATS
Survivors of Disaster Have
Thrilling Experiences.
between CAKES OF ICE
Tidings of Sinking Of the Titanic
Come by Wireless.
THE CALIFORNIAN ON SCENE
Steamer Remains in Vicinity of Ac-
cident, in the Hope of
Saving Lives.
THE CALIFORNIAN ON SCENE

NEW YORK, April 16.-The tdings that
the Titanic had sunk came in a brief
wireless dispatch to Cape Race. n. F.,
shortly after O'Clock last night from
the White Star liner Olympic, which re-
ported that the Titanic had foundered at
! about 2:oO am, Monday morning, in lat
itude ALI north and longitude 5o.14 west
The message added that the steamship
Carp; -thia, then on her way to Naples
had reached the scene of the wreck a,
daybreak and found only boats and
wreckage and that all the Titanic's boats
| were accounted for and about 675 souls
saved, crew and passengers. latter nearly
all women and children
This news was confirmed shortly after
ward by officials of the White Star line
here. who announced that the Olympic
had sent them wireless dispatch that
the Titanic had sunk.
A wireless dispatch received early today
at Boston. which was relayed by the
Olympic from the Carpathia, stated that
the Carpathia --ad 500 of the Titanic
passengers on board, mostly women and
children. concluding with the words
grave fears are felt for the safety OF
the balance of the passengers and the
crew.
The wireless dispatch from Cape Race.
N. F.. telling of the sinking also gave
the information that the steamship Cali
fornian was remaining and searching the
vicinity of the disaster.
Virginian May Have Survivors.
! That the Virginian may have some OF
the shipwrecked passengers of the
Titanic on board was indicated in tele-
gram received here from st. Johns at
2:15 o'clock this morning, which stated
| that she would bring to ST. Johns such
survivors as she may rescue" mas
much as the Virginian was bound for
Liverpool she would hardly return to the
Newfoundland port unless for humanita-
rian reasons.
The brief wireless dispatches received
SO far show that the passengers and
crew passed through thrilling experiences
from the moment that the monster Tt
tanic crashed into the iceberg in the
dead Of night until the Carpathia sew
eral hours later, reached the scene and
rescued the survivors from lifeboats
floating in a sea of ice. The collision
occurred at a time when most of the
passengers had retired or were about to
60 to bed. The shock of the collision
sent many of the passengers to the decks
partly dressed.
A wireless dispatch came through
Camperdown, n. s., saying that the pas
sengers were ordered to the lifeboats at
once and that many were scantily clad
has they took their places in the boats
This would indicate that the Titantic's
condition was such that no time could be
spared to return to staterooms for ad-
ditional clothes
Lifeboats in Jeopardy.
Danger still confronted even those who
were 80 fortunate as to be put aboard
the lifeboats. Huge quantities Of field
ice covered the ocean, wireless dispatch
says, and in the darkness the crews had
to guide their boats with the greatest
care to prevent being damned and over
| turned The ice was SO heavy that the
lifeboats could not force their way
through it and as a result, the boats be-
came widely separated.
The air was biting cold and the chill
| that rose from the ice foes caused the
passengers to hover close together to
keep warm. All through the night the
lifeboats bobbed helplessly between the
| shifting cakes of ice. while the survivors
| prayed for dawn to come.
Shortly after 2 o'clock the sinking
| Titanic made her great dive into the sea,
carrying with her hundreds Of persons
! to death.
Daylight came. and with it. arrived
the Cunarder Carpathia, which found
| only the score of lifeboats filled with
! crew and passengers floating helplessly
about the vicinity, where the Titanic had
passed under the waves.