Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-16
OVER 1900 LIVES LOST.
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near the scene of the disaster. send
ing the welcome news that S66 of the
Titanic's passengers, mostly women
and children, We're being brought to
port by the Cunarder Carpatha. 9th
| err messages late, tonight brought con-
frmatory tidings
First reports were that the Carpathia
had saved but 675 persons. The new
figures reduced the list of those for
whose fate fear was felt by more than
| 200 and as seems probable, practically
all those saved We're passengers, it
would appear that all but approx
mately $50 of the vessels passengers
are accounted for. a partial list of
the survivors received from the Car
| pathia contains the names of many
women of prominence who were on
| the steamer.
After the first desperate calls by
the Titanic for help had been sent
| flying through space and brought
steamers for hundreds of miles arounG
speeding to the rescue, what seems
10 have been an impenetrable wall OF
silence was raised between her and
the anxious world The giant liner,
so far as last nights advices appear,
went to her fate without so much as a
whisper of what must have been
scenes of agony and tragedy upon her
decks.
Other than the early news, last
evening, that 675 persons. largely
women and children, had been res
cued from the liners boats by the
Gunarder Carpathia, more than six
hours of the night passed without a
word as to the fate of the remainder
of those who We're on board her at
the time of the fateful collision,
Along the entire Atlantic coast wire
less antennae We're tuned to catch
from any source the slightest glm7
merirg of hope that possibly on board
the many steamships which went to
the assistance of the stricken steam
ship We're other survivors of the sunk
en- vessel.
But from none of the ships reported to
be at or near the scene of what, viewed
in the light of the probabilities may be
recorded as the worlds greatest marine
horror came the slightest syllable of en-
enlargement to the anxously waiting
world until the message added nearly zoe
to the first reported about the Carpathia.
Last night, there was a possibility that
any moment might bring word of relief
Anxiety deepened and many friends and
relatives of those who sailed on the I'll
tanie began to despair as hour after hour
passed and the night grew old without
word from either of the Allan liners,
Partisan or Virginian, believed to be,
with the exception of the Carpathia, the
vessels nearest the Titanic when she
made her fatal plunge.
As the Titanic sank before O'Clock
in the morning and it was not hoped
during the day that the Virginian
could reach the scene before 10 A. vi
at the earliest, while the Partisan was
supposed to be some distance further
away, it was feared even by the White
Star fotficials, trying their best no
calculate differently and yet accurate
ly. that they would not have reached
the scene to be of service.
The steamer Virginian was finally
heard from at 2.15 O'Clock, this morn
ing. She did not report the presence
of any survivors on board, the mes
sage from her saying only that she
would bring to st. Jones, n f., such
survivors of the Titanic as she may
rescue" The fact that the virginia.
was to go out of her course to put in :
o st. Johns on her voyage to Liver
pool was taken as favorable indi =
cation, arousing the hope that after al
she might have picked up some Of
The victims of the wreck and wa
bringing them to port
The Titanic herself lies buried two
miles beneath the oceans surface
between Sable island and Cape Race
Her position when she struck the ice
berg was given as Lat Al. As North
Long. 5014 w. According to the Car
pathia's services, the liner which
struck the ieebergs at 1925 on Sunday
night, sank at go o'clock, Monday
morning, nearly four hours later, il
Lat 41.t6, Long. 5O14, or not more
than half a degree south of the point
where the collision occurred. 1t seems
improbable from this that after the
accident the liner made much head
way under her own steam.
1t seems to be established tina
there were about POO persons on the
lost liner. This was the estimate OF
the company officials in New York
which gave the number of passenger.
rs 1920. The remaining number. $50
made up the crew.
In addition 10 a valuable shipment
IF diamonds aboard the Titanic, it is
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