The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-18
CARPATH|A BEARING SICK AND CRAZED SURVIVORS EXPECTED
 TO DOCK SOMETIME TO- NIGHT


 have been travelling high rate of speed and that she had plentiful warning that icebergslay in her path.
 Captain Clarke of the Atlantic Transport Liner Mes aba reports wired the Titanic while but 90 miles ahead that great ice fields blocked the received aconc ''Thanks.''
 New York is in mourning today. Flags are flying at half mast on every building which shows flag staff Relief funds have been started for the benefit of the dependents of the crew who lost their lives.
 Mayor Gaynor has issued orders to rope off large space the dock where the Carpathia will put her
 l passengers shore to protect the survivors from all approach or interference.
 The municipal lodging house has been set aside for the of the steerage passengers who are among the saved
 Wall street news bureaus have posted copy of a message which they received from Captain ROs tron of the Carpathia by the Highland light wireless
 It purports to say that saved from the Iii Colonel John Jacob Astors body board and that Mrs Astor is dangerously ill., that 100 survivors the hospital and that 200 sailors of the Ttancs asleep their quarters the time of the smash crushed to death The vessel in darkness within four minutes after the crash, the message says
 A somewhat similar story reported from Norfolk, early last night but was not confirmed.
 The startling news comes from Halifax, that the Ti- tanic went down beautiful clear night, when the water was placid mill pond, and that when the crash occurred Captain Smith driving his great vessel at rate of speed These conclusions reached by Captain w F. Hains and Wireless Operator Sutherland of the Allan lner Parisan which docked at Hafax last night, enroute from Glasgow to Boston.
 The Parisian spoke with Phillips the wireless opera tor the Titanic at 1o:30 ship time Sunday It 1O2O New York tme when the Titanic struck according to statement given by the White Star line
 The Titanic appears to have struck the iceberg with in hour after speaking the Parisian which had been off her searching for the tank ship Deutschland which in trouble.
 Was the Titanic speeding, to make time? She had been advertised Express rain boat It is deemed possible that orders for all speed may have been given Managing Director Ismay, according to London rumors The opinion exists that Bruce Ismay, managing di- rector of the White Star ne is preventing of the disaster being sent from the Carpatha.
 This has added to the bitter criticism of Ismay stoned by the fact that he saved with the and children although it was his duty as high officer of his line, to remain with the ship until the last George B. Widener, whose son was lost on the Ti- anc emphatic in his expressions of contempt in ferrng to the saving of Ismay, in talking to friend yes terday.
 wireless despatch from Mrs c. M Hays, Montreal, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railroad says positively that husband board the Carpathia This confirmed the original belief that he drowned when the Titanic went down. Twelve of the who went down with the Titanic, represent combined wealth of $162 O0 Mrs George Wdener says despatch had with her three ropes of pearls valued at 50OO0 insured under the condition that she should constantly them.
 Among the most ptifu growing out of the dis that presented at the offices of the White Star line in Southampton The very pick of the sailors of that ia nous port comprised the of the Titanic Out of more than 8O0 but 165 saved. One woman who has lost husband and two cousins dropped to the floor conscious exhausted this morning. by four days of stant waiting and watching.
 It definitely settled that neither Isador Strauss his wife have been saved Percy Strauss has received wireless that neither the Carpathia. Effort to ascertain the fate of Mr. and Mrs B. N. Kimba has failed Kmbal is head of the Hallet Davis Piano Co.,, Boston.
 three year old boy the Carpatha is the only
 vor of the family of H. J. Allison wealthy merchant of New York Allison his wife and their daughter went to their deaths the Titanic, last Monday night The wife and daughter refused enter the feboats until Allison could accompany them but they placed the boy with his mrs Of Inc he developed today by the White Star line officials for w. Allison, brother of the drowned When the that the baby all that left of the family, Allison swooned and had to be assisted to his home. mission from the Vatican to the President of the