Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-17

The first message from the Olympic,
which said that there were 1893 sur
vivors on the Carpathia, was modified
later to about S00,p but whether one
message allowed for the boat crews
| and the other did not was not made
clear.
There is no absolute certainty here
as to how many souls were on the IT,
Slnic. The first estimate of the line
here was 2,1S0, the London Offices esti.
mate 1886, and an estimate here now
Is 2,210, made up Of 325 first cabin, 2S5
second cabin, no steerage and 800
crew. With the lowest total and the
highest list of saved there would be
1900 lost and with the highest Of both
1900.
Captain Warned Of Peril.
The Titanic's veteran captain, r. ].
Smith, knew the peril that lay ahead Of
him along the westerly track Of steam
ships. Only a few hours before the
Titanic shattered her tremendous bulk
the Hamburg merican liner Amerika
wirelessed to the Titanic that there
were two large 1cebergs a little east
and south of the place where the White
Star colossus was finally in collision.
Shortly after the Titanic herself re.
layed it to a land station.
Tragic Tales Awaited.
Until the Carpathia arrives nobody
may know the d~readfulness of the
hours that followed the disaster. Witt,
no other ship for POO miles around
there was nothing to do for the men OF
the company except to bid farewell to
their wives and families and hope that
help would come before the Titanic
foundered.
One wireless message has something
Of an order to the men on the small
boats to pull far away from the ship
so as to be removed from the danger
of suction when she took her down.
ward plunge. How long the occupants
Of the boats waited before the Titanic
went under is not known exactly. II
was, at 2:20 a. m. when she finally
foundered.
1t was long after daylight when the
Carpathia got to the scene and found
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grief stricken people. The sea was
covered with wreckage, 1t is supposed
that many chung to pieces of debris until
cold and weakness released their hold.
Virginian Too Late.
Later on the Allan liner Virginian,
the first ship to pick up the Titanic's
cries for help, made her appearance.
What living there were had been taken
on board the Carpathio. The Virginian
reported to her line office at Montreal
and continued eastward to Glasgow
vim her malls. The Allan line office
at Montreal gave out this report:
I'VE are in receipt of a Marconi via
Cape Race from Captain Gambell of
the Virginian stating that he arrived
at the scene of the disaster too late to
be of service and is proceeding OF his
voyage to Liverpool.
"7she Partisan reported via Sable Is.
lanGS that she had no passengers from
the Titanic on board"
Titanic Drifted Thirty Miles.
From the wireless messages sent by
the Partisan, which was w~estbound
for Montreal when she picked up the
T~ltanic's call on Sunday night, much
has beer learned as to sea and weather
conditions on Monday. Like the Nir-
ginian, the Partisan searched first for
the Titanic too far to the nOrthward,
acting on the location given by that
ship when she sent out her calls. But
the Titanic had drifted thirty miles to
the south before she foundercd, and
it was not until after a careful search
that both ships made their way to the
scene of the disaster.
The Partisan steamed through fields
Of heavy ice looking for passengers
from the Titanic. Everywhere a green
sea churned between masses from the
arctic. Progress was necessarily slow.
The liner found much wrecksge from
the Titanic, but observed no bodies.
She found no lifeboats or RATS and
hone OF the T1tanic's company remain
ed af1oat on the w~reckage.
The Partisan reported that the
weather was cold, and hat even If
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