Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-15
LARGEST SHIP
IS SINKING
Titanic on Maiden Trip
Strikes Iceberg off
Newfoundland
PASSENGERS ARE ALL SAFE
Ships Stand by and Take Off
Travellers In Life Boats
on Calm Sea.

on Calm Sea.
| (By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
New York, n, Y, April IA Wire
less message from the Titanic receiv-
ed shortly after midnight, announced
the liner had struck an iceberg off the
banks of New toundland, and was in a
sinking condition. Transfer OF the
passengers to the life boats began at
once. The accident occurred at 1925
O'clock last night. Two hours later
the ships wireless apparatus. which
had been working so badly as to per-
NIT of only intermittent and fragmen.
tary messages, failed completely.
Pan Foul of Iceberg.
New York. n. Y, April Is Wireless
dispatches up to noon today showed
that the passengers of the White Star
liner Titanic, which struck an iceberg
off the New Foundland coast last
night, were being transferred aboard
the steamer Carpathia, Cunarder.
Sea Calm, Rescue Easy.
Already twenty boatloads had been
transferred and, allowing 40 to co per
sons as the capacity Of each lifeboat,
some 500 to 1900 passengers have
been transferred. Latest reports in
dicate that the transference is being
carried on safely. The sea is smooth
and the weather calm II is probable
that all passengers of the Titanic are
safe
Although badly damaged, the Titan
ic still is afloat and is reported to be
making her way toward Halifax under
her own steam. The Titanic is the
largest steamer ever built. She is
$50 feet long and has 4G,32S tons dis
placement. She was launched last May
and this was her maiden trip.
Large Passenger List.
Among the passengers are Colonel
Vanderbilt, Major Archibald Butt. mi
litary aide to President Taft; F. D.
Millet, the artist, Mr.. and Mrs Isador
Straus: ]. G. Widener, of Philadel
phia; President Hays of the Grand
| Trunk Railway; ] B. Bruce Ismay, ma
naging director Of the White Star line.
| w T. Stead. and others. The liner
| carried 400 passengers and a crew
! of 500.
Many Ships Standing BY.
Another liner, the Parisan of the
! Allan Company, which sailed from
| Glasgow for Halifax on April 6, is al
ready close at hand and assisting in
! the work of rescue. The Baltic and
Virginian also are near the scene and
! the Olympic apparently is near at
hand as the wireless information con-
cerning the transfer comes from Cap
tain Haddock of the Olympic Haddock
Of the Olympic The accident oc-
Cured at 1925 last night about 400
miles South of Cape Race, New Found
land. and about HOO miles east Of
| New York.
The last words sent by the operator,
told that the vessel was apparently
doomed. sinking by the head end
that the woman passengers were beng
rushed into the life boats. A reassur-
ing feature was that the weather was
calm. and clear and help only few
hours away.
The Titanic's first IS. o. s" mes
sage was received by the Allan Liner
Virginian. which, according to the po-
sition given by the Titanics operator
was not more than 10 miles away.
The CAPTAIN of the Virginian at once
started his boat at full speed for the
scene of the disaster, announcing to
his brother officer on the bridge of the
Titanic that the Virginian should
reach him by 10 o'clock this morning.
The Titanic's accident happened in
latitude Al minutes 46 seconds North
longitude so minutes IA seconds West.
This point is about 1,150 miles due
East of New York City and 45O miles
, South of Cape Race, New Foundland
wireless station. All the messages
from the ship were relayed to the
, Cape Race wireless station by the Wiz
, ginian and forwarded by the Marconl
| Company to New York City. The Tt
, tanics twin ship. Olympic, which lefl
New York last week. was also in di
| rect communication with the sinking
boat from a point about 300 miles
away and started at once for the
J scene.
| Startled Old Salts.
The Titanic, which is on her maiden
trip. is in charge Of Captain f. j
Smith, who was on the bridge of the
i big Olympic when that boat collideo
: with the British Cruiser Hawke las'
4 September Steamshipmen here to
S day characterized the disaster as 'thf
, most startling news which has come IL
} from sea since the advent OF wireless
: telegraphy The first heard of the
g accident was about | o'clock this morI
r. ing when a bulletin from Montrea
: stated that the Allan Line offices there
d had received a wireless from Captain
S Gambell of the Steamer Virginian
stating that the Titanic was calling fo
d assistance. after collision with al
j, iceberg. The Virginian's captain ad
e ded he was heading his boat for III
t tanic, whose position was said to b.