The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-18
In the fraEmentary Wireless messases

III inc lraEtnentary Wireless messages
already mentioned.
At DOcle Friday Morning.
The best Information OF tho Cunard
Line as to the progress and proba bic
timo of arrival of the CarpathIa was
TO the effect that the steamship would
be of sandy Hook about 0 o'clock to-
morrow night, and would be at her
dock on Friday morning.
The air was crowded with shadowy
rumors out of which little satisfao-
tory could be cleaned. There was a
story That the l.cyland liner Californ-
Ian. which is due in Boston tomorrow
morning, had been cruising about thc
scene of the disaster. and had recover
ed Il number of bodies. This report
was unconhrmcd. but agents of the
line who said that they had had only
frtSmuntary messages from the Cal
ilorniun, md that these messages
were not conclusive in anything. 1t
MAS not considered likely here. how
ever. that the Lcylnnd steamship had
found any Of the drowned. since the
Nirginian and the Partisan, OF tho
Allan Line, both of which preceded
tac Californian to the icy waste. where
tho Titanic met her fate. found moth
ing but II sea strewn with wrccknGe,
and reported that no Bodies had been
seen.
Faint hope persisted that a fo~ OF
the Titanic's people might nave boon
picked mp by fishing boats which work
south of the Grand Banks. but the
probability of that is so slight as to
be almost negligible. The hope was
based on the statement of Captain
Wood. of the Lcyland Line freightcr
Etonian. who said that as he came
along the track which was followed
by the Titanic he observed number
Of fishing vessels in the vicinity o:
thc spot where the Titanic went down.
There was just the possibility. Captain
Wood thought that some OF the pas
sengcrs ahoat In lfcboats had been
saved by those fishing vessels But tho
Etonian was unable to communicate
with any OF them.
Suspense Is MnhdcninE.
The maddcning uncertainty of the
whole business--rhc inability to Know
Tor certain how many were saved as
piled by the Carpathia was a corroc,
one and complete. and TO learn II
other ships had picked UP survivors.
lasted all day. The White star ON
Gals could not answer the multitude
OF questions poured on them by the
who bosicged their offices.
seeking for scraps OF news as to their
loved ones. All that vice. President
Franklin and his associates could say
was that they mad heard nothing new
since morning. and that there WIS
little on which To base the hone that
the extent OF the disaster would be
decreased when details are known.
The curious story that hoated down
from tho north that the British steam.
SNIP Bruce on her way to Cape Breton
had patched toEsther from many inter.
placed wireless messages an accoun,
OF what happened when the Titanic col.
ltded with nm iceberg was not Ccnarallv
accepted. for tho reason that tn. steam.
snip officials could not understand the
bruce's ability to get the story when
no details were obtatnable here. AS
the Bruce had 1t. tho Titanic struck
With such force that she practically
crumpled w. rearing high and tearing
her bottom Omen on Jagged Ice. the
flooding Of all compartments save those
m the midsection being Simultaneous,
accordirS to this story
Boats were lowered at one. and with
little confusion. and as many OF the
women and children as possible. with
4 rev men, were lowered over the slice
To the othsrs. thta story has II. death
came In the darkness for the shock Of
collision had dismautled the electric
There were many here and eisewhc-,
who We're comforted to-day by personal
messages. Mrs. Lila Saks Never
daughter OF the lat. Andrew Saks. and
The wife Of Edgar Meyer. sent from the
Iarpathfa 10 Halifax. from which II