The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-04-19
Greatest Atlantic Steamer Destroyed
by Huge Iceberg.
400 LIVES ARE LOST-S66 RESCUED
When Ships Reach Scene of Disaster mere was
Nothing But Debris and Collection OF LHe-
boats Into Which Women and Chill
dren Had Been Bundled.

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less from Cape Race that at least LIZA
persons went to their death in the sink
ing of the Titanic, which from now on
will be known as the greatest marine
disaster of modern times. The liner,
bearing the proud title of the largest
vessel alloat, is at the bottom OF the
Atlantic with all of her crew and prac-
tically all of her male passengers. Prob
ably 500 women were taken off the liner
after her appalling collision with a sub
merged iceberg, and they arc on the Car
pathia, making for either Boston or
New York.
1t is feared that not one of the
Titanic's passenger list of distinguished
and wealthy men is alive. 1t is believed
that not a man of the crew OF the
Titanic is left to tell of the epochal sea
horror. As mute evidence of the disas-
ter that overwhelmed the Titanic on her
maiden trip is the comment of the cap
tain of the Carpathia in a wireless mes
sage received;
''Wc found only a sea covered with
wreckage and debris"
Vessels Rush to Aid.
The Carpathia's captain also said he
had picked up the survivors in the boats
and had sheltered them on board.
The giant boat, racing for America in
an attempt to delight its distinguished
passengers with a trip that would strike
the world, hit the iceberg with terrific
force. The impact was sufficient to tear
great seams in the vessels prov and
open one or more watcr-tight compart-
ments.
Fighting a losing battle, the pride OF
the maritime world went off to her
doom.
At every wireless station on the At
lantic coast from Now York to Cape
Race v~evssels are bending over their in
struments feeling for the pulsations OF
the marvellous telegraph waves that vii
bring further details of the catas
trophe.
News of the sinking of the liner ant
the terrible loss of life in consequence
came with all the greater shock be
cause hope had beer buoyed up all da.
by reports that the steamship, although
badly damaged, was not in a sinking cor
dition and that all her passengers ha
been safely taken off. The message
were mostly unofficial, however, an
none came direct from the liner, so
lurking fear remained of possible ba
news to come.
Shortly after Z o'clock there cam
flashed over the wires from Cape Rae
within 400 miles of which the liner ha
struck the iceberg, word that at 2:2
o'clock Monday morning, three hour
ana ffty-fve minutes after receiving he
death blow, the Titanic had sunk. II
news came from the steamer Carplthi
relayed by the White Star liner Olympi
| pathia. outward bound from New Yor
l and racing for the Titanic on a wiz
= less call, reached the scene the doomt
; vessel had sunk.
Left on the surface, however, we
lifeboats from the Titanic, and in thei
Il as appears from the meagcr reports
ceivcd up to a late hour, were some G.
survivors of the disaster. These, q
cording to the advices, the Carpath
picked up.
For the rest, the scene as the Ii
pathia came up was one of desolatio
IS All that remained of the 100000
floating palace, on which nearly Ia
passengers had been voyaging ~luxur.o,
l. ly to this side of the Atlantic, were SOL
d bits of wrcckage. The biggest ship
s. the world had gone down, snuffng o
in her downward plunge, it appca
hundreds of human lives.
a All Saved Women.
Of A significant line in the Cape Rs
I'd dispatch was the announcement that
cs those saved by the Carpathia, nearly
H. were women and children.
n. Should it prove that no other yes
picked up any passenger. of the sink
liner, this might mean that few of
he men on board had been saved, as
ty proportion of women and children amo
st the passengers was large. The sa
he facts would likewise spell the doom
rs the entire crew of about 500.
N In the cabins were go women {
of children, but it is not known now ms
passengers.
In the first cabin there were
women and Is children, and in
second cabin 70 women and 8 child
Notable persons, travellers on
~ Titanic, whose fate wss in doubt in
~. lack of definite advices as to the ident
of the survivors, were Mr.. and Mrs. j
Jacob Aston, Maj. Archibald d
Charles NJ. Hays, president of the CIR
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