Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-18
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the thrilling story Of the Titanic's last
hours afloat and the momentous nap
penings after she had taken her TWO
mile plunge to the bottom of the grand
banks of New Foundland early Monday
morning. -
From the Chester at an early hour
this message came: Expect to be uI
with Carpathia within three or foul
hours" H.
While the Chester's expectations on
! this point were not realized, there
lseemed to be every prospect that
through the machinery which the gov
, eminent had set In motion definite
word from the Cunarder might be
obtained within a reasonably shor,
| time.
! The injection of the scout cruisers
| into the situation indeed is said to afford
the only hope of opening up commune
cation with the Carpathia until she
reached the wireless zone OF Nantuc'
lket, as she was apparently too far on
shore and her wireless apparatus too
weak to reach the Sable Island station
| in way to admit Of the ready trans
mission of messages. .-, ,,...
That more than 1900 persons, pas,
sengers and crew, had gone down With
the giant liner was the belief tnat
grew into almost positive conviction
as hour after hour passed.
Other sources of possible rescue
than the Carpathia were eliminated
and practically the only hope that re-
NAMED to friends and relatives of the
Titanic's passengers was that those
thew sought might, after all, be found
upon the Carpathia. 1t is estimated
that approximately 140 members or
the crew were saved, their presence TO
man the life boats, being required TO
insure the safety Of the passengers.
An estimate of 400 steerage passen-
gers saved completes the total OF 86S
which the Carpathia has made known
she has on board. $3.50 $500.
Majority Of Survivors Women.
AS the lists indicate the great ma
iority of these are women. The names
of only 70 men rescued have been
given in the lists telegraphed from the
Carpathia. whereas the names OF 249
women appear in the tabulations. OF
the 400 steerage passengers thought to
be- saved, it is believed that nearly all
were women. The men among the
seemed largely to have re-
NAMED to die that the women and
children might be saved. "-s
Little hope was entertained today
that the fishing schooner Dorothy
Baird which was passed in the vicinity
If the Titanic disaster by the freighter
Etonian of the Phoenix line, had
rescued any of the liners passengers.
Officers of the Etonian thought 1t
probable that the schooner had re-
urned to st. Johns without knowledge
# the disaster. Off1cials Of the White
star line remained at their Offices
Turing the night vainly attempting to
obtain additional names to the lists of
survivors, but efforts to reach the
,arpathia by wireless came to nothing.
70 new names have been added to the |
list of saved since yesterday when
wireless communication with the Cap. !
Lthia ceased because the Cunarder |
lad steamed out Of her zone Of land !
Prominent Names Among Dead.
The names of John Jacob Astor,
sidore Straus, the millionaire mer-
liant, Geo. B. Widener of Philadelphia, |
Major Archibald Butt. aide to Presi- !
lent Taft, Francis D. Millet, the Ameri-
AN artist, William r. Stead, the Lon
lon journr ist. Benjamin Guggenheim