The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-04-19
REPORT 1900
PERISH AT SEA
Giant Liner Titanic Sinks in
Mid-0cean.
B86 ARE RESCUED IN BOATS
Wireless Calls Declare Liner Sank
Four Hours After Striking Ice
bers-Many Prominent
People Aboard.

New York.-AlOre than 1900 per-
sons, it is feared, sank to their death
VIXEN within four hours after she
crashed into an iceberg the mann
moth White Star line steamer II
tanic, Bound from Liverpool to New
York on her maiden voyage, went TO
tho bottom off the Newfoundland
banks.
OF the nearly 22OO persons on board
the giant liner, some Of them of
worldwide prominence, only 675 are
known to have been saved. Although
the White Star line Office in New
York had kept up nope 10 t-ie last, it
was free to admit that there had been
horrible loss of life"
A despatch received at the White
Star Offices says that those rescued
by the Carpathia were picked up
sirOm small fleet of life-bo:f at
1880 o'clock Monday morning. 1t
Titanic is reported TO have gone to
the bottom.
The despatch accounted for Ga
survivors on the Carpathia.
A significant line in the despatch
from Cape Race was the statement
that of those saved by the Carpathia,
nearly all were women and children.
In the two saloons were 23O WON.
en- and children, but it is not known
how many there were among the 74O
third class passengers
In the first saloon there were l>S
women and Is children, and in the
second 20 women and children.
A ray Of hope appeared in mes.
sage to New York from the operator
at the MarConi wireless station AT
Sable Island, near the scene of the
disaster.
Accepting the early estimate of the
fatality list as accurate, the disaster
is the greatest in the modern marine
history OF the world Nearest ap.
preaching it in magnitude were the
loss Of the steamer Atlantic in 1873
when 57i lives were lost and that OF
I.aBoureogne in 1898 with IA list OF
fatalities of 57l.
News Of the sinking liner and the
consequent loss Of life reached New
York with a much greater shock be
cause hope had been buoyed up by
reports that the steamship, although
badly damaged. was not i'm "A sinking
condition and thac all her passengers
had been safely taken off
Untold wealth was represented
among the passengers of the Titanic,
there being on board at least six
men each Of whose fortunes might
be reckoned in tens of millions OF
dollars.
a rough estimate Of the total
wealth represented in the first class
passenger list would reach over half
billion dollars.
The wealthiest Of the list is Colonel
John Jacob Astor. head OF the IA
nous house whose name he bears,
and who is roputed TO be worth $3.50
100000. lie is connected with most
of the large corporations of the coup-
try and for years has had direct con
troll of the vast estate left by his
father, the late William Astor.
Capt. Haddocks wireless telling OF
the sinking Of the ship and the
records OF the Cape Race wireless
station. which received the TitaniC's
first call fer help, afford some idea
of what must have transpircd aboard
the now sunken vessel
The Titanic struck at 1925 Sunday
night in ~ lat. 4l16 and w. Ion.
5014. The huge iceberg with which
she collided stove i'm her ROW plates,
and just half an hour later the big
ship flashed out over the sea the
news that she was sinking by the
head. From ten until l2.27 o'clock
Monday morning the Titanic's wire.
less flashed news Of her condition
and appeals for immediate help.
Then the last crash of the instru-
ment died out in blur.
The steamship Titanic was the
largest vessel in the world, greater
Olympic. and was considered TO BE-
the final word in marine architecture
At the time Of her launching the
White Star line claimed that the
steamer, besides providing the pas.
sengers with an actual private resi-,
dcnce, laid further claim 10 dis.
tinction i'm that she was absolutely
ansinkable. even though half of her
fifteen bulkheads were filed with
water.
Those bulllheads were so arranged
that they could he closed by the
office on the bridge at moments
notice. Eleven steel decks also add
ed to her stanchness. it was said.
In every way the Titanic was the
acme of steamships. and passage on