Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-18
TOTAL OF 1912 LOST.
Continued from Page oue.)

| The hopes of the persistently SAN
| guine few among relatives and friends
| of passengers rested, tonight, on the
| bare possibility that the list of named
survivors, sent by wireless from the
| Carpathla. might not. after all, be
quite complete.
| The fact that one new name came
| through. late today, in a private mes
sage from the Carpathia was the ba-
sis of what was desire more than Il
| hope that there We're slips enough in
the wireless list of survivors to ac-
count for few, at least, of these for
whom the worst was feared. At the
best however, 1t appeared that it could
| be only an occasional one whose safety
was not reported owing to some error
of compilation on the liner or of trans
mission by her wireless.
From the Carpathia, which was APP
| proximately SOC miles from New York.
this morning. it is expected if she
keeps her rate of Is knots an hour to
| reach the entrance of the harbor by s
| o'clock, tomorrow night, came a new
| report during the day as to the num-
Der of survivors on board.
The Cunarder F'ranconia, which es-
tablished wireless communication with
her sent a message which included
| this statement:
She has a total of 705 survivors
aboard
The previous statement from the
Carpathia had been that she carried
SOS survivors. 1t may be that the re-
port received through the Franeonia
included a count of rescued passen-
gers only, disregarding the 100 or more
members of the crew who must have
been in the boats which the Carpathia
picked up. their presence being neces
sary for the safety of the passengers
Through the Chester there began COM
ing slowly, tonight the names of saved
steerase passengers of the Titanic.
The very sending of these could not
help confirm the sorrowful belief that
| there We're no more names of first and
second cabin passengers to send And
thus there was left hardly doubt
that The names of we'll known men
such as John Jacob Astor, William r,
Stead, Isador Straus and the others
of the now familiar list of notables
could have been omitted in the trans
mission OF names from the Carpathia
That these men went down with the
ship is very certain. Authorities on
conditions off the banks agree that the
| rescue of passengers not taken on the
liner by the boats would have to he
| made speedily as exposure and exhaus-
ton would quickly sap the life of hui
man beings forced to take to any 9TH
or means of keeping afloat.
During the early evening hours the
wireless communication of the Car
pathia with Siasconsent was devoted
to the most part, it appeared. to send
ing private messages of reinsurance
from passengers to friends on shore
and to transmission of anxious inquir-
ie from land to steamer Monentarily
the chance was awaited for communi-
cation of greater moment to the world
at large-the opportunity to learn the
long awaited recital of the Titanic's
fateful last hour ahoat.
That every chance might be af
forded for free communication with
the slowly approaching liner. practic-
ally all other wireless business along
the coast. tonight, was suspended.
| The Marconi Co said early in the
evening that it had notified it's sta
| tions at South Welheet. Siasconset
and Sagapenak, and Seagate to han
| die to and from the carpathia exclu-
| sively.
"All other commercial and govern
ment stations the message reads,
will cease transmitting while the
Carpathia's business is being ex-
| changed with the above mentioned
| stations. No other work than the Car
pathia's business from the govern
ment ships going to meet the Car
| pathia will be permitted
These instructions, it was explained.
were sent out in conformity with the
| suggestion made to the United States
government by the Marconi Co., and
was agreed to,
Despite appeals that wireless com
munication with the Carpathia be re-
stricted to authorized messages from
recognized wireless stations. the crisis
| cross of wireless waves over the sea
] toward the rescue ship continued dur
| ing the greater part of the night To
| interfere with legitimate attempts at
| transmitting messages to and from
| the liner Around midnight an appeal
| was made to Secretary of the Navy
! Meyer to see if something could not
| be done to reduce the congestion In
| reply, the following message was re-
| ceived from the secretary:
| Replying to your telegram orders
| have been issued to all ships at sea
and at the navy yards not to attempt
to cell the Carpathia. The Chester will
| relay a list of third class passengers
| saved when convenient Have noti-
:! fed Newport not to interfere.
|
| SYMPATHY IS UNIVERSAL