The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-04-26
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Says Surviving Fireman Of
the Titanic.
Says Fireman on the Ship, Who
Was Among the Survivors
Of Disaster.


days ago the long arm Of the wireless
reached out over the Atlantic in nm at
tempt 10 learn the fate of the
Titanic. To-day the Marconi sparks
were sent flashing over the waters
again, but this time the effort was to
learn the result of the grewsome
search of the cable ship Mackay-Ben-
nett among the floating wreckage of
the White Star liner for bodies. AS
had found about l6o bodies. Nearly
seventy of these could be identified,
but the rest were so badly mangled
that Identification was impossible.
These were Immediately placed In
weighted collins and buried at sea by
a chaplain. taken by the vessel for
that purpose when she left port. Tie
others We're placed In collins and
slowed away for the return journey TO
ported today to lie following the
course of the gulf stream, seeking the
victims swept away by that current.
Many of the bodies recovered had
been carried at least thirty miles from
the scene of the disaster when they
were picked up.
The report that many OF the bodies
were too manglcd for Identification
bears out the stories OF survivors that
the giant Titanic was shattered In her
last moments by an explosion CT the
boilers. The bodies capable of identi-
fication are believed to be those of vic
tins who leaped from the vessel b.
fore that time.
II was thought possible here that the
bodies of Major Archibald W. Butt
and John Jacob Aston will never be
identified, as survivors say that short
~ before the vessel went down they
were standing calmly on the deck.
The Mackay-Bennett, when she left
Halifax. carried only 100 collins. and
IL - peAcNtu tHit sHe Will Tctuiu sooH'
possibly arriving by Wednesday.
SURVIVORS RECOVER.
The survivors who were taken to
hospitals on their arrival here on ttc
Carpathia are now practically all re-
for their homes. Relief societies have
gathered funds aggregating over
quarter of a million dollars and the re-
lief committees have been swamped
with clothing. Not only that. but
countless letters were received. all
offering assistance of every sort. Some
Offered the use of their rooms and
others rendered their services after
their daily work was done.
That many of the lifeboats of the
Titanic Were sent away only half filled
and that II Capt. Smiths orders had
1GO0 who persisted at sea would have
been saved. has been disclosed by
Peter ID. Daily, of Lima, Peru. first
cabin survivor. Daily states that he
saw the captain rush to the railing
after the boats had put out from the
sinking ship and CALI Bring those
boats back; they are only half filled!"
How many boats obeyed the captains
orders to return MIR. Daily was unable
10 tell.
FIREMAN'S STORY.
John Thompson. a fireman of the
Titanic, suffering with n broken arm
at st. Vincent's Hospital. may be an
important witness at the Senatorial in
vestigation into the wreck at Washing
ton. Thompson comes from Liverpool
and he asserts that the Titanic was
out ito beat all records ON maiden
trips"
From Queenstown out" Thompson
Is quoted as saying. "all the firemen
had been talking of the orders we
had 20 fire her up as hard as we pos
sibly could. We were TO make as
quick passage as possible, the order
ran. and we Were to beat all records
on our maiden trip. l heard that these
orders came from the engineering de-
partment. but bless you. We men
didn't have time to talk about where
those orders came from.
I'VE were carrying full pressure.
From the time we left Queenstown