The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

sunk. and that the list cs dead would
ter of fact. of tho 2.a4o passengers who
left Southampton on the great steam.
er's maiden trip. 1900 perished.
Among the Noted Dead.
Among tho Titanic's dead were men
OF every field OF endeavor. There were
bankers. journalists, writer's, artists.
financicrs. Among those for whom tho
Jacob Astor. Isidor Straus. Major AR
chibald Butt. personal aide to Presi-
dent Taft; Jacques Futrelle. writer;
William IT. Stead. journalist; F. D.
Mlllet. artist; G. b. Widener. of Phila-
delphia. and Henry Il. Harris. theatri-
cal manager
Stories OF hcroism which could never
be rewarded and stories OF pathos and
panic and brutality reached the reading
public. which could hardly bring itself
tc believe.
When the rescue steamer Carpathia,
commanded by the gallant Captain Ar
thur Rostron. came into New York har-
Dor with the stricken survivors of the
disaster, scenes were witnessed such as
the metropolis had never before laid
eyes upon. Slowly the vessel entered
quarantine and cleared for her pier.
rugs bearing newspaper men and
correspondents representing journals
from all over the world met the Car
pathia IN the bay. Through mega
phones questions were shouted at those
on the Carpathia's decks. hut no replies
we're made. Tugs, launches and motor
boats filled with relatives of Titanic
passengers begged through megaphones
Tor some word of their loved ones. but
the rescue ship proceeded slowly up
the bay and into the Hudson River, fol-
lowed by the fiotilla escort Steamers
ana tugs whistled salutes. but without
reply the Carpathia flags at half mast
as indeed. were all flags. finally
reached her pier. where survivors and
their friends and relatives were united
and relatives Of the dead came to hope
and TO weep.
on Sunday. April Il. 1912. the wire
less operator of the Titanic Harold
Cottaln. received a message from the
steamer Amerika, warning of icebergs
In the Titanic's course. This message
was turned over to one of the ships
officers. but was ignored. Under q
speed generally agreed upon az having
been twcnty-one knots. the Titanic
rushed on TO her doom
Passengers Make Merry.
In the saloons the passengers. enter
tanning Captain Smith. were making
merry The night was clear and cold.
The stars glittered ard sparkied and
seemed to stand out from their dark
blue setting. Many of the first-ca bin
passengers had retired. as had most OF
the second Ca bin. third class and steer
age passengers Her maximum speed
being twenty-five knots. the Titanic
anxious to make record trip. was
pushed 10 the very limit by Captain
Smith. said To have been acting under
The direction of j. Bruce Ismay. man
aging director OF the International Mer-
camille Marine. which controlled the
White Star Line and owned the Titanic.
Sir Ismay was among the survivors
At the bow and In the crows nest
were lookouts. Suddenly there came
cry from the crows nest Berg
ahead" Tho first officer, pacing the
bridge gave the order "Starboard your
helm" II was too late At speed
Of twenty-cne knots, the 6oO0o-ton I'll
tanic. representing an energy of l.
ltl ,00o-foot tons, crashed into parti-
ally submerged iceberg. She grounded
upon sumkcn ledge of the berg. crush
ing in nar steel plates like so much
paper. Its water-tiSht compartments
we're supposed TO make the great yes
sci unsuitable. Through compartment
after compartment the ice ledge tore
until practically all were opened Tons
OF water rushed in. ana slowly the
Titanic began To settle
For some strange reason the shock
of collision was scarcely felt by the
passengers. 1t was at first thought
that the accident was uniInportant.
and those VINO became alarmed were
assured that the Titanic is unsink-
able"
But the Titanic had been all but
torn in half. II was 1870 sunday night
when the collision occurred. in lati-
tude il.ls north and longitude 5o.l4
west. Fifty eight miles away was the
carpathia. At 1926 a. NJ Monday
morning tho wireless operator OF that
vessel got the call for help:
Come at once. We've struck berg
It's a c. q. ID. call. old man"
Cnrpnthin Gets Message.
This message sputtered and roared
over the mysterious wireless across
the ocean into tho ears OF the excited
young man In the wireless room of
the Carpathia. He hurriedly inquired
the location. OF the Titanic and then
awakened Captain Rostron. who
promptly ordered full speed ahead 10
the rescue.
For nearly four hours the officers
torn by anxiety Would they be too
late to save any one? Would they
find no sign of the Titanic on arriving
at latitude il.16 north. longitude SOIL
west?
In the meantime, they busted them
selves preparing to make the survl-
vors comfortable. i'll the event that
there should be any survivors, for
within brief time after receiving the
&C Q. D." call, the Carpathias opera
tor was no longer able to get in
touch with the Titanic. The last word
he received was this broken message:
''We-sinking-sink by the head.
Location, 41.16 north" and the wire
less trailed off into n tumble OF roars
and sputters. and then ceased alto
gcther
AT 4 a. NJ the Capathia reached
the scene OF the disaster. No trace
of the Titanic was to be found. For
several hours Captain Rostron cruised
in tho vicinity, and then a lifeboat
was sighted. and the first of the sur
vivors were brought aboard. suffering
badly from shock and exposure. Soon
the remainder of the lifeboats were
picked up and the hysterical survi-
vors taken aboard and given medical
attention
Then while the world, shocked by