El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
TITANTIC CARRIES
1900 To DEATH
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! further explanation was received from
/ Halifax:
( The Marconi reports that nothing
authentic regarding the lost IS know
on board the Carpathia but the steamer
/ FrancOnia. in relaying the messages
[ from the Carpathia- says that the total
I number of saved is only 10. There is
no list or missing on the Cunaroer and
/ only rough estimate Of her total
| passenger list There probably were
more than 200 on the ship, as quite g
/ number boarded her at CherbOurg.
[ The estimates or Zoo on board the
/ Titanic have embraced the sailing from
/ all points including CherbOurg, as far
as the officials OF the company have
/ been able TO learn.
White Star Office Gets Message.
! The White Star line made public this
morning the following unsigned mes
! sage from the steamship Carpathia.
/ probably relayed to New York.
| 'Carpathia east Of Ambrose 596 miles,
/ II D. m Tuesday All well"
/ By mbrose is meant Ambrose chan
I mel the entrance Of New York harbOr.
& The lines officials think the Carpathia
I viii arrive here about Q o'clock tomOr-
row night
vessels Near the CarpathIa.
Various radiograms received at Bos-
! ton today showed that several vessels
are within wireless range either di-
/ Carpathia-
The outward bound Boston steamer
/ Franconia was in communication with
the Carpathia at a m
| The scout cruiser Chester said she eK-
! pected to sight the Carpathia at noon.
/ The scout cruiser Salem announced
/ that she would stop OF Nantucket
{ light ship during the forenoon and re-
/ lay messages from the Chester to shore
I stations.
Going to Search for Bodies.
J The cable ship Mackay Bennett. which
I has been chartered by the White Star
/ line to go to the scene Of the Titanic
/ disaster from Halifax was being loaded
I today preparatory to departure in the
/ hope that some bodies may be picked
( up. Comins are being included in the
/ cargo and several undertakers and en-
I balmers will go along
The cable ship Nina, which was near
{ the disaster, has arrived at Halifax
| with no survivors. 1t had been hoped
/ that she might have picked up a few
stragglers floating on RATS or among
the wreckage-
Bennett IS taking 100 tons Of ice
The mission Of this ship recalls the
disaster to the steamer La BOurgOgne,
when a similar vessel was 7cted out TO
search the sea for dead. At that time
more than 80 bodies were found float
ing near the scene Of the disaster.
although the vessel did not sail from
Halifax until a week after the tragedy
The Horror Of 1t All.
Carefully compiling the available
lists. the record of the named survi-
vors of the disaster stands signifi-
cantly thus. Men, 70: women 233;
children. 16-totaI 36S.
OF the remaining $40 known survi-
vOrs it is estimated that not more than
100 were seamen required to man the
boats. This would leave approximately
40, and in the ordinary proportions
Of women and children in the steerage
where the passengers in the Titanics
care numbered 10. it seems probable
that the greater part Of these 40
were women and their little ones.
HerOism of the Men.
Nothing could show more plainly the
heroism Of the crew and the men pas
sengers who stood by the doomed ship
facing inevitable death and sent the
women and children away in the life
boats. Some would have to be left
that was a certainty. Hundreds fin
fact were left. But to all appearanc
the men who were left stayed behind
deliberately. calmly. stepping aside TO
let the weaker ones. those to whom
they owed protection, take their way
TO safety
Sinking by the head. Have cleared
boats and filled them with women and
children
This was the final message these
brave men sent the world for it was