The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-20

OF Newfoundland on Sunday night
/ last. carrying to their death, 1901 Of
the 2,34O persons aboard. was told
to the world in all its awful details
for the first time tonight with the ar
rival In New York Of the Cunard liner
Carpathia. bearing the exhausted sur
vivors Of the catastrophe. OF the
great facts standing out from the
chaotic account Of the tragedy. these
are the most salient:
The death list has been increased
rather than diminished.
Six persons died after being res
cued.
with the exception Of those women
who refused to leave their husbands,
was saved.
Among these last was Mrs. Isadore
straus.
The list of prominent men missing
stands as at first reported.
Among them are: Col. John Jacob
Astor. Isador Straus. Benjamin Gug-
genheim. George ID. Widener. Mai.
Archibald Butt. military aid to Presi-
dent Taft; Henry B. Harris. the theat-
rical manager. and Charles M. Hays.
president of the Grand Trunk railway.
The survivors on the life boats saw
the lights on the stricken vessel glim-
mer to the last, heard her band play
ing and saw the doomed hundreds on
her deck and heard their groans and
cries when the vessel sank.
Accounts vary as to the extent OF
the disorder on board.
Not only was the Titanic tearing
through the April night to her doom
with every ounce of steam crowded
on. but she was under orders from
the general offices of the line to make
the greatest speed Of which she was
capable. This was the statement made
tonight by j. III. Moody. quarter
master of the vessel and helsman on
the night of the disaster He said
the ship was making 21 knots an
hour and the officers were striving to
| liv, up To the orders TO smash the
record,
1T was close 10 midnight" said
Moody. and was oI the bridge W. d.
The second officer. wh, wac ir m
mand. Suddenly ne shouted. Port
your helm did SO, but was too
late. We struck the submerged por-
lion Of the berg"
Of the many accounts given by the
passengers. most said the shock as
the Tilanic hit the iceberg, although
ripping her great sides like q giant
can opener. did not greatly jar the
entire vessel. for the blow was a
glancing one along her side. The ac-
as the passengers were taken off there
was no serious panic.
those giving the experience of the
passengers in lifeboats. These tell
the narrowing details Of how they
saw the great hulk of the Titanic
stand on end. stern up. for many min
utes before plunging to the bottom
A. this awful spectacle was witnessed
hy the groups OF survivors i'm the
boats, they plainly saw many of those
whom they had just left behind leap
ing from the decks into the water.
j. Brice Ismay. one OF the owners
of the White Star. who was among
the 700 odd men saved. =. A. Frank
lin, vice president of the White Star
line. and United States Senator VIM.
Alden Smith. chairman of the senate
Investigating committee. held con-
ference aboard the Carpathia soon
after the passengers had come ashore
tonight.
After nearly an hour Senator Smith
said he had no authority to subpoena
witnesses at this time, but would be-
gin an investigation into the cause
of the loss Of the Titanic at the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel tomorrow. He an
nounced that Mr.. Ismay had con
sented To appear at the hearing ana
that Mr. Franklin and the surviving
officers of the Titanic would appear for
examination. He said the course the
| Investigation would follow would be
determined after the preliminary
hearing.
Senator Smith was questioned as
To the speed the Titanic was making
when she crashed into the iceberg