The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28
The Captain and Officers of the TtancFrom
NJ OLaughin, HI. Fleming:
Purser MeLLray-scated Capt. Z. j.

ten; with meagre wireless accounts
of the accident. In the T!tanic's
passenger list were such names AZ Col.
and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Major
Archibald Butt. military aid 10 Presi-
dent Taft; James Clinch Smith. Or.
Washington Dodge. Assessor OF Port.
san Franciaco: Mrs. Dodge and child.
Sir Cosmos ana Lady Gordon Lcnnox.
Charles NJ. Hays. President Of the
Grand Trunk Pacific OF Canada. his
wife and daughter; W. r. Stead Sen
jnmin Guggenhe.m. +. -. Millct. the
artist; G.. -. Widener of Philadel-
phia. Countess Ro,hes. MIR and Mrs.
isidor Straus. j. Il. Thayer. Vice Pres!-
dent OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, mis-
wife and son: 4. d. II. Cardeza. ClAr-
eEcc Moore Of Washington. Robert w
Daniels of Philadelphia, J. Bruce
!snIay. President OF the International
( Mercantile Marine Company. owner of
the line; Henry y. Harris. the theatre
cal manager and Mrs. Harris: Thomas
Andrews. designer. and Archie Frost.
Chief Engineer for Harland /. Wolff.
the Titanlc's builders.
B Many of these and Of the others
aboard the Titanic had postponed or
advanced their dates of sailing from
Europe. in some instances paying large
bonuses, for tho privilege OF making
the Titanic's maiden voyage For
many OF these passengers there was in
tcrest felt ashore. and inquiries were
made not only by members OF their
| families and by friends. but by persons
connected with them in business or
whose fortunes would be Influenced by
their life or death.
For such anxious inquirers there were
! many hours of suspense before even a
partial and inaccurate list OF the sur
v!vors was wirelessed ashore from the
| Cunarder Carpathia which rescued all
OF the Titanic's passengers who We're
saved. From this. lists OF those who
had gone down with the steamship were
devised. and later. when bodies were
found floating on the scene OF the
wreck. lists OF those who had been
identified were made.
| Meantime the Cnrpathia, most anx-
iously awaited OF all ships which were
nearing the Port OF New York. brought
! in her cargo of survivors. and with
them the first authentic story of the
wreck OF how the great ship had
struck. OF what occurred aboard her
after her bottom plates had been
ripped off by contact with the Ice
berg and her fifteen water-tight
compartments had begun TO fill. OF
how the order wRs given 10 take to
hn Of u al
OF the conduct of officers and crew and
OF passengers, especially that of those
whose names were famous throughout
the world; OF how the lifeboats were
launched and of the long hours of wait
Ing In these cockleshells while the Car
! pathia was steaminS at extraordinary
( speed from many miles away. News of
/ all this the Carpathla brought. but
mostly II was told by rescued passen-
| gers, still too excited to give more than
| impressionist!c accounts OF what had
befalien the giant ship and them.
| The stories varied widely and In their
Ivnriances revealed how different may
| be the impressions received in different
minds by the one occurrence. In the
main features the recollections OF
majority agreed. In detail they DIFF
fered. one from the other as the mag
ination of one who rccounted them diff
fered in quality from that OF another.
l. 1t was not until tho United States
Senate undertook an inquiry into the
cause Of the disaster that testimony
/ was obtained from which the actual
facts Of the Titanic's sinking could be
gathered, That inquiry is still under
way AS yet no blame has been fixed
for the worst marine catastrophe in re-
corded history, but facts have been
brought out in the testimony OF Off
GERS OF tho ship. in the tales of sur
'yIyors. and in tho records Of wireless