The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-19

been picked up by transatlantic lin
ers. The SOS survivors rescued from
life boats by the Cunarder Carpathia,
now on her way to New York, are the
only known saved.
The brief and meager wireless mes
sages practically extinguish hope
that some of the Inflated passengers
may have been picked UP at sea by
the steamships Virginian and Paris
ian of the Allan line. Both of these
steamers sent word that they had
none of the Titanics survivors on
board
Of the S6S persons rescued by the
Carpathia, the names of 326 passen-
gers have been received by wireless.
1--WE are waiting for a complete list
of the names of the survivors, and un-
til this is received we can give no
definite information
This was the only answer that
could be given Wednesday at the
White Star line offices to the thou
sands of anxious persons who gather
ed there seeking information regard
ing relatives and friends who are
among the victims of the Titanic dis
aster
Multitudes remained in the vicinity
of the White Star line offices through
out the day hoping against hope that
their loved ones were included among
the survivors on board the Carpa-
thia.
Clerks in the offices were kept busy
informing those seeking news that no
information had been received from
either the Carpathia or the Olympic.
When word reached the scores of
men and women crowded into the mar
row corridors of the offices that Vice
President Franklin of the Interna-
tional Marine Company had announc-
ed that he was confident that the Vir-
ginian and Partisan of the Allan line
had none of the Titanic's passengers
on board an atmosphere of deep de-
preston prevailed.
Women from Fifth avenue and the
Bowery mingled together in the foyer
of the steamship offices while they
scanned the bulletins giving the Lat,
est news of the sea tragedy.
Many pleaded with the clerks not
to withhold information from them.
Heroism of the Men
Nothing could show more plainly
the heroism of the crew and the men
passengers who stood by the doomed
ship, facing practically inevitable
death and sent the women and chill
dren away in the life boats. Some
would have to be left; that was GER
tainty. Hundreds in fact, were left
But to all appearance the men who
were left stayed behind deliberately
calmly stepping aside to let the weak
er ones, those to whom they owed
protection, take their way to safety.
Sinking by the head. Have clear
ed boats and filled them with women
and children"
| This was the final message thf
brave men sent the world, for it was
directly afterwards that their wire
less signals sputtered and then stop
ped altogether. The picture inevita
bly, presents itself in view of what j:
known, is of men like John Jacob As
tor. master of scores of millions; Ben
| jamin Guggenheim, of the famous
! family of bankers; Isador Strauss, {
merchant prince; VIM. T. Stead, vet
eran journalist; Major Archibald
Butt, soldier: Washington Roebling
noted engineer. of any or all of thes'
men stepping aside and braFely AM
CALAMITY remaining to die that tn
place he otherwise might have flle'
could perhaps be taken by some sabo
shod, shawl enshrouded illiterate an
penniless peasant woman of Europe
Thus the stream of women witt
toddling infants or babes in arms, per