Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-04-26

iated ltanlc, was commodore OF the
White Star line fleet. In his 30 years of
experience he never had serious accident
until last year, when the olympic, of
which he was captain, was rammed by the
British cruiser Hawke.
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New York City.-The Cunarder
Carpathla, laden with sorrow for a
world, crept to her pier in the North
river at S:45 on the night of April IS
and discharged to the hysterical en-
braces of hundreds of half-crazed
friends and relatives 710 survivors of
the $10,000,000 Titanic, which went to
the bottom of the Atlantic ocean on
April Is.
The expression of human emotion
Of $4,000 people on shore and from
those racked souls who lined the
ships rail reached far beyond the
limits of written or spoken descrip-
ton. The closing chapter of the great
est of all sea tragedies was enacted
amidst the most stupendous and over
whelming sorrow. Joy at seeing again
loved kin or dear friends was allayed
by grief for the fate of one equally
close who perished. The searchlights
Of 90 boats placed the scene in lurid
spotlight Women who had been first
cabin passengers on the Titanic stun
bled down the gang plank and were
rushed to waiting limousines or taxi
cabs and hurried to mansions or ho-
tells; men and women of the steerage
were received by customs officials and
entrusted to the care of physicians
nrd nurses and members of the stock
exchange who carried in theih hands
$25, 900 for the immediate relief of the
needy.
Eye witnesses told of a brave death
in the sea, that had been his life, OF
Captain Smith. Mrs. John Jacob AS.
tor came haltingly down the gang
plank and was rushed away to the
= home of her parents by her fatherless
Bon-in-law. Vincent Astcr.
Five Buried at Sea.
There were no dead on shipboard
Five bodies had been buried at sea.
All accounts of the disaster agreed in
the main. There was a crash at mid
night on Sunday; a concerted rush to
the deck to learn the trouble; re
turn to the berths, only to be sum
moned back an hour later; cheerful
partings at the vessels rail as men
tore their wives from them and thrust
them into the lifeboats; the escape
to the ocean waste; the sinking ol
the great Titanic short time after
wards; the terrible hours of drifting
before being picked up by the Carpa
thia.
And first in every account of the
disaster was the story of how the III
tanics band sank beneath the waves
with the strains of Nearer My Goo
to Thee" coming from their instru
ments.
Travelling at 23 knots an hour, tho
Titanic struck the berg, which was z;
feet out of water. The blow was
glancing and ripped the boat from the
bow clear to the engine room. The
extent of the calamity was not real
ized. The blow was so slight that no
until the boat began to settle did the
officers appreciate that the ship wai
IN danger.
The officers and crew busted them
selves rousing the passengers and i
was decided to place the women anC
children in the llfeboats.
At 2:20 the Titanic suddenly ros'
In the middle, and bows and sterI
plunged downward into the sea.
Butt and Astor Not on Board.
There were 16 lifeboats; on
smashed as soon as lowered. Score
jumped overheard and some wer
pulled into the lifeboats.
Those in the lifeboats could Sc
plainly every detail of the sinking.
The Tltanic's side must have bee
! cut open as II by can opener. Sh
listed TO starboard and then rolle
over TO port, She slipped under quiet
ly, after breaking in two in the middle
The condition of the survivors on tn
Carpathia is good, aside from shoe
and expcsare. None with frozen fee