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liner carpathia, bringing survivors
from the sunken Titanic, got into
wireless communication with tho Ss-
Bile Island station, according to the
announcement made at the White
Star line offices here. Details Of the
disaster, Il is new hoped, will there.
fore be soon forthcoming.
New York, April 17-That the
only known survivors of the Inflated
White Star liner Titanic are aboard
the Cunard liner Carpathia, which is
slowly creeping toward this city, is
the only new feature OF the latest
sea tragedy. The Virginian, which
1t was hoped arrived at the scene in
time to pick up some Of the sur
viyors, was too late. and no other
ships have reported finding any ship
wrecked men or women.
In the icy, fog-smothered seas
where the Titanic sank, exposure
must soon have destroyed those who
we're left to life belts or wreckage
no help had come and the great
steamship had fouudered. The re-
ceding Olympic continued the work
of relaying the Carpathia's dispatch
es and the successive bulletins post
ed at the White Star office kept
many despairing man or woman
waiting all day and sent others away
thanking God.
Gave Up Lives.
II Is practically a certainty now
that nearly all Of the men of the IT.
tanic's company went down with the
ship when she plunged two miles to-
ward the ocean floor or that they
perished miserably while clinging to
wreckage or life preservers In the
icy waste that betrayed them. They
gave up life within sight of the lit
tle rocking boats that held their
women and children II can not be
doubted now that among these were
Colonel John J. Astor. Isador Straus
Major Archibald Butt. George b.
Widener, Karl H. Behr, Jacques Flu
trelle, the writer; William T. Stead,
Francis ID. Mlllet and many, many
more who were known on both sides
of the Atlantic. The toll of the II
tanic's dead will be felt the world
over. The names Of the survivors
wirelessed here by the Olympic in
clude n small number OF men who
were able to find place with the
women and children in the all too
few boats. Such good news as there
is places among the living Henry s.
Harper OF the publishing firm of Har-
per & Company. and Mrs. Harper
Or. ami Mrs. Frauenthal and Mr. and
Mrs. T, G, F'rauenlhal Mrs. John
Jacob Astor with her maid Is on the
Carpathia, which il hurrying with sur
vlyors to this port and which should
arrive here tomorrow night. Among
the others rescued are j. Bruce Is
may, the managing director OF the
White Star line; Mrs. George d.
Widener Of Philadelphia, Sir Gordon
and Lady Cosmo DUFF. Mrs. Jacques
F'utrelle Mrs Charles M. Hays,
whose husband was president of the
Grand Trunk railroad; Mrs. Henry
b. Harris and Mrs. Washington
Dodge OF San Francisco The list OF
survivors includes women and Chi.
dren from the first cabin, second
cabin ana steerage. No distinctions
were made when the rule OF the sea
sent women and children TO the
boats and left the men to their fate.
The first message from the Olym.
pic that filtered through stormy airs
said that there were B6S survivors on
the Carpathia. which was modified
later 20 "about 800" but whether one
message allowed Tor the boat crews
and The other did not was not made
clear.
informatio Lacking.
There Is no exact Information M
10 how many souls were on the III
tanic when she hurled herself against
the giant Iceberg The FIRST estimate
here was 2,lS0 the London Office es
innate 1885 aud an estimate here
Was 2,2l0, made MP OF 325 first st.cabin
sS5 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 oil
both, 1900. But no comparison car
lessen the dreadful story Of broker
families, OF partings sadder than the
Imagination can grasp, of weak ant