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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-04-26, Page 2GRAPHIC STORY OF WREAK The Great Liner Titanic Went Down With Her Band Playing A despatch from New York says: The Cunard liner Carpathia, a ship of 'groom and succor, carne into New York on Thursday night with first news direct from the great White Star liner Titanic, which sank off the Grand Banks of New- foundland early on Monday morn - ng, the 15th inst. • The •great liner wen down with her band playing, taking with her to death all but 745 of her human cargo of 2,340 souls. SIX OF RESCUED DIED. To this awful death list six per- sons were added. One died in the ;fife -boats which were put off from the liner's side and five subsequent- ly succumbed. on the rescue ship Carpathia. The list of prominent amen missing stands as previously reported, and the total death list, as brought to port Thursday night by the Carpathia, is 1,601. Survivors in the lifeboats hud- dled in the darkness at a, safe dis- tance from the stricken ship and saw her go down. As to the scene on board when the liner struck, ac- coants disagree widely. Some maintain that a comparative calm prevailed; others say that wild dis- order broke out and that there was a maniacal struggle for the life- boats. That the liner struck an ice- berg, as reported by wireless, was confirmed by all. SENSATIONAL RUMORS. Sensational rumors told by hys- terical passengers who would not give their names, said that Captain Smith had killed himself on the bridge; that the chief engineer had • taken his life, and that three Ital- ians were shut in the struggle for the boats. These rumors could not be confirmed in the early confusion attendant upon the landing of the survivors. Ripped from stem to engine -room by the great mass of ie•e she struck amidships the Titanic's side was laity open as if by a gigantic can - opener. She quickly- listed to star- board and a shower of ice fell to the:. forecastle deck. 'TITANIC BROKE IN TWO. Shortly before' she sank she broke •+4w` I've .,V148s st�rgit'•t' :• ma ' asid rate ' lintre .. r• _b .in't a.eisesir`caused'tivo tee piusions .Which were plainly heard by the survivors adrift, A moment more and the Titanic had gone to her doom with the fated hundreds grouped on the after deck. To the survivors they were visible to the last, and their cries and moans were pitiable. GRAPHIC STORY. E. Z. Taylor, of Philadelphia, one of the survivors, jumped into the sea just three minutes before the boat sank. He told a graphic story as he came from the Carpathia. "I was eating when the boat struck the iceberg," he said. "There was an awful shock that made the boat tremble from stem to ern. I did not realize for some ime what had happened. No one eemed to know the extent of the ccident. We were, told that an ecberg bad been struck by the hip. I felt the boat rise, and it eemed to me that she was riding ver the ice. I ran out on deck rid then I could see ice. "It was a veritable sea of ice, rid the boat was rocking over it. I ould say that parts of the iceberg ere eighty feet high, but it had en broken into sections, probably 'our ship. T jumped into o the ACea a nd1 was keel up by one of the boats. I ver expected to see, land again. cited on board the boat until the is went out. It seemed to me t the discipline on board was derful, ' HEROIC CONDUCT. young English woman, who re - teal that her name be omitted, a thrilling story of her experi- in one of the collapsible boats h had been manned by eight of row from the Titanic, The lvas in command of the fifth , H. Lowe,, whom she stated the lives of many people. the lifeboat was launched, sed along the port deck of the 1� commanding the people jlirnp in the boats and other- etraining then from swamp - craft. When the collapsible ached, Officer Lowe succeed- tting up a mast and a small o collected tate other boats In some cases the boats ort of adequate crews, and ted an exchange by which adequately manned. He s ounnectin,; the boats to- gether, two by two, and all thus moved together, Later on he went back to the wreck with the crew of one of 'the, boats and sucoe•eded in picking up some of those who had jumped overboard and were swim -- ming about. On his way back to the Carpathia he passed one of the collapsible boats which was on the point of sinking with thirty passen- gers aboard, most of them in scant night clothing. They were rescued just in the nick of time. Some died on the way to the Carpathia. HOW CAPT. SMITH DIED. Geo. A. Brayden told of how Cap- tain Smith met his death. "I saw Captain Smith while I was in the water. He was standing on the deck all alone. Once he was swept down by a wave, but managed to get his feet. Then, as the boat sank, he again was knocked down by a wave, and this time disappear- ed from view." ELEVEN MONTREALERS LOST. A despatch from Montreal says: It is now certain that eleven Mont- realers lost their lives on the Titan - ie. Owing to their prominence in the financial, industrial and social life of Montreal, the whole, city is plunged into mourning. Following is the latest revised list of those lost and those saved:- THE aved:THE LOST. Mr. Chas. M. Hays. Mr. H. 14Tarkland Molson. Mr. .and Mrs. H. J. C. Allison and daughter, Lorraine. Mr. Thornton Davidson. Mr. Quigley Baxter. Mr. Vivian Payne. Mr. R. J. Levy. Miss Anne, Perrault. Mrs. Hays' maid. THE SURVIVORS. Mrs. C. M, Hays. Mrs. Thornt-on Davidson. Mrs. James Baxter. Mrs. Frederick C. Douglas. Hudson Trevor Allison. Eleven months' old son of Mr, H. J. Allison. GEO. E. GRAHAM LOST. Ae despatch from Toronto -say sol ivate• wire frees New York u "irkday night from' -Mr, Harr McGee, of the T. Eaton Company stated that Mr. George E. Graham buyer for the T. Eaton Company was not on the Carpathia, and wa to be numbered amongst tho•s drowned. The word was received by the late Mr. Graham's brother, who lives in Toronto. In the list of survivors as received by wireless" Mr. Graham was mentioned as among those saved. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. New. York, April 10. -The official Government inquiry into the wreck of the Titanic began this afternoon at the Waldorf-Astoria, with Sena- tor William Alden Smith of Michi- gan as Chairman of the United States committee conducting the injuiry. The first witness called was J. Bruce Ismay, President of the In- ternational Mercantile Marine. Be was severely interrogated by the members of the Investigating Com- mittee. Though obviously i11, he answered every question succinctly, Hesaidhe always accompanied his company's liners on their maiden voyages. He was in bed when the collision took place and did not sec the i Cebel• g. "How long M a did you remain on the injured ship'?" he was asked. "That would be hard to esti- mate," he responded, "Almost un- til she sank. Probably an hour and a quarter," Describing how he left the Ti- tanic, Mr. Ismay said he only look- ed round once. The boat was afloat at that time. "I did not want to see her go down. • I was rowing in the life- boat all the time until we were picked up," he continued, Mr. Ismay said there was no ex- plosion on board. Ile estimated the speed of the ship when she struck at twenty-one knots. If the ship had struck head-on she would have floated. Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia said that when they found the Ti- tanic's boat's they were in the ice field, "By the time I got the boats aboard day was breaking. On all sides of us were icebergs, some twenty were 15'0 to 200 feet high and. there were numerous small icebergs or 'growlers.' �Wreckage was strewn about us," he said. The committee is seeking td' pa. that the Titanic's boats bon to another vessel,Asked conc ing this, .Capt Rostron said ,+ were towed' away last night; w he did not know. "What was the last inessago' got from the Titanic ?" asks Senator. "The last message was, 'Regime nearly full of watee,' "' In discussing the strength ain`t'• Carpathia's wireless; Captain Ros tron said the Carpathia was only fifty-eight miles from the Titanic when: the call for help came, "Providential!" exclaimed. Eep. resentative Hughes, no longer able to control his emotion, "Providential," repeated the Captain, "the whole thing. Qir wireless operator was not on duty, but as he was undressing -he •'had the apparatus to his ear.. Two min- utes more he would have been: in bed, and we never would have heard." Senator Newlands asked about the lifeboats at great length. "Take the Titanic," he said, "whose tonnage is three times thatof the Carpathia; how many Addl., tional lifeboats could she accommo- date without inconvenience ?" "I don't know the ship," said Captain ' Rostron, "but if shecouldn't carry more than twenty. she could be made to." Questioned as to the Titanic's 'la- titude Captain Rostron said: "She was in what we call the southerly route to avoid icebergs."' "Do you think that" the route is a practical one ?" "Quite so, but this is •a notable exception." "Would you regard the course taken by the Titanic in this trial. trip as appropriate, safe and wise at this time of year?" the Senator continued. "Quite so." ''What would be a safe, reason- able speed for a ship of that alio and in that course?". "I did not know the ship," th Captain said, "and therefore can not tell. I had seen no ice before the Titanic signalled us, and Z knew from her message that there was ice to be encountered. But the Carpathia went full. speed ahead. I had extra officers on watch and q some ethers volunteered to watch ahead throughout the trip;". ase, C'aptain Rostron was asked' e ITAIIC'S WIRELESS IAV ra:atio Story Told by Bride, the Young Operator ,Few York, April 21. -The com- mittee devoted its entire day to an investigation of the connection of tire;, wireless• with the disaster.. H. T C:4ttarn, the operator on the t-aapath� ., , was the first witness. Senator 'with sought to establish certain testimony he had given on the stand yesterday, and this soon was ended. Then came the "star" witness of` the day, Seated in an invalid's chair, Bride was wheeled to the end of the long table at which the committee sat. Ile was hollow-eheeked and :wan, and had just come from a phy- sician's care. His hands were nev- er quiet and he locked and inter - lucked hie fingers incessantly. Like Cottam, who is twenty-three years old, Bride is merely a boy, a year younger than Cottam. Neither had any telegraphic experience previous to taking up wireless tele- raphy, and both told tales of 1 hours at low wages and, days nights spent. without sleep. sights inexperience and the m tal condition of the young opera- tors were the two points on which Senator Snaith bore persistently. Re had put Cottam through a grueling examination, in 'which the youth testified that he had not slept more than eight or ten hours be- tween Sunday night when the Ti- tanic called for help, and Thurs- day night, when the vessel docked here with its load of unnerved men and hysterical women. •Bride's story was one that bore out vividly all that Cottam's had established, except that his was one of nervous strain and worry and high-keyed suspense. THE FINAL SCENE. ALMOST A PANIC. "From time to time either Mr. Phillips or I would go on deck to observe the situation. The last time I went on deck I found the passengers running around in con- fusion and there was almost a pan- ic. They were seeking for life- boats, All of the large lifeboats were gone, but there was one life- raft remaining. It had been lashed on the top of the quarters on the boat deck. A number- of men were striving to launch it. "I went ,back to the wireless ca- bin then. Mi*. Phillips was striving to send out a final ,`C.Q.D.' call. The power was so low that we could not tell exactly whether it was be- ing carried or not, for we were in a closed cabin and we could not hear the crackle of the wireless at the mast. Philips kept on send- ing, however, while I buckled on ong his lifebelt and put on my own. and Then we both cared for a woman who had fainted and who had been en- brought into our cabin. Under insistent questioning, Bride began to show signs that he might collapse, so Senator Smith ended the wireless inquisition and uestioned him about the final. sr�• aboard the Titanic. Bride ant his superior, Phillips, were uilg the last to leave and were :ses'A, of -the closing..• -scenes .ori ir.Mat Bt (� as 1 oV t e• ntarti , because ii was i1iDv i from a memory that had"not I1,seid to see the actual living hor- or" i'if its • Without Senator Smith's terrogations, it ran about as fol - the lifeboat with but one •o and one seaman in it. , Thu: s; the boati frufl e r• l="n Jaynes A' yang. - y L. P. `'Smith, was rescued. two women were rowing in this boat. In • another lifeboat he saw women at the oars, but Ito* many oe r he could not tell. One boat; teas •in i described as overcrowded, having on board the passengers from a wrecked lifeboat, .11 T.IIINKSGIFIN•G PSALM.. A Rhythmical and Grateful Chant A teacher in a Terre Haute pub- lic school joins in the chorus: "Teaching is a business which re- quires a great deal of brain and nerve force. Unless this force.,is renewed as fast as expended the teacher is exhausted before ethe close of the year, Many resort to stimulating tonics for relief, "For 3 years I struggled against almost complete, exhaustion, get- ting what relief I could from doc- tors' tonics. Then in the spring of 1903 I had an attack of la grippe and malaria, which left me too weak to continue my work. Medicine failed to give ime any relief, a change of climate failed. I thought I should never be able to go back in school again. • "I enough 1 ghfo� d (the ordin- ary meals -white bread, vegetables, etc.) but was hungry after meals, "I happened* this time to read an article giving the experience of another teacher who had been helped by Grape -Nuts food. I de- cided to try Grape -Nuts and cream, as an experiment. It was a de- lightful experience, and continues so after a year and a half of con- stant use. "First, I noticed that I was not hungry after meals, "In a few days that tired feeling left me, and I felt fresh and bright, instead of dull and sleepy. "In three months, more than my usual strength .returned, and I had gained 15 pounds in weight. "I finished the year's work with- out any kind of tonics -was not ab- sent from 'duty even half a day, "Am still in the best of health, with all who know me wondering at the improvement. "1 hell 'them all, 'Try. Grape - Nuts!' Name given by Canadian' Postum G'o., Windsor, Ont, "There's a reason," Ever read the above letters A hew Ono appears troth Ono to time. They are genuinSe, true, and tuft of human interest, . "We did not feel the shock when the ship struck. In fact, I was asleep at the time and was not even awakened by the impact. When the engines stopped, Mr. Philips called ime, and I put on the tele- phone apparatus while he went out to see what was the trouble. A little .later he came back. He said things looked `queer,' By `queer' I suppose he meant that everything was not as it should be. "At this time, however, neither of us worried a bit. When he heard confusion on the deck I went out to investigate, and when I returned I found Mr. Philips sending out a `C,Q.D.'. calf, giving our position. We; raised the Frankfurt first and then the Carpathia and the Baltic. As T have said, we did not try for theFrankfurt for any length of time, but concentrated our mes- sages on the Carpathia, which had answered that she was rushing to oui .aid. "The captain come into the wire- less ,cabin from 1 the deck whenthe . , Carpathia advised us of her posi- tion. and figured out the time when that vessel probably would arrive. He left when that was disposed of and ;proceeded to his bridge. Then ye beganto unofficially keep in 'communication with the Carpathia. LAST SIGHT OF CAPT. SMITH. "Then, about ten minutes before the ship sank, C'aptain Smith gave word for everyone to look to his own safety. I sprang to aicl the men struggling to launch the life- raft, and we had succeeded in get- ting to the edge of the boat when a giant wave carried it away. I went with it and found myself un- derneath. Struggling through an eternity I finally emerged, and was swimming 150 feet from the Titanic when she went down. I felt no suc- tion as the vessel plunged, "I did not see Mr. Ismay at all. Captain Smith stuck to the bridge, and, turning, I saw him jumping just as the vessel glided into the depths. He had not donned a life - belt, so far as I could see, and went down with the ship." The witness showed so ,plainly„ the mental and physical strain un- der which he was laboring that. both Senators Newlands and Reed lbs urged Se:.iator Smith te• excuse, 911 111)i. Afti!*.,, ru„ I tTc tions Senator• Sea ash so. "I regret •estrrsnely having irad to subject you to such an ordeal," he said, addressing Bride, "be- cause of your condition. I would have avoided it if possible, but the committee thanks you most heart- ily for the forbearance you have shown and the frankness of your testimony." PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices or Cattle, Rrain, Cheese and Othe. Produce at .Home and Abroad, BREADSTUPPS, Torano, April 23,--Flour-winter wheat, 90 per cent. patents, $3.90 at seaboard, and at $4.00 for home consumption. Mani- toba flours -First patents, $5.60; second Patents, 55.10; and strong bakers', 54.90, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat -No, 1 Northern, $1. 141-2, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, $1.111-2; and No. 3' at 51.07 1-2, Bay ports, Feed wheat, all -rail, 76c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, red and mixed, $1.00 outside, Peas -No. 2 shipping peas, 51.25, outside• 49� 2c, and of lotsr of 3 at 47 to Ontario, utside No. 2 Ontario, 52 to 521-2c, on traok, To-; ronto. No. 1 extra W. C. feed, 520, and No. 1, 51c','' Bay ports, Barley -8 lbs, at 88 to 90o, outside. Corn -No. 3 American yellow, 86c; T ronto freight, and kiln -dried at 890. Rye -900. Buckwheat -70 to 72c, outside. Bran -Manitoba bran, $26, in bas „. ronto freight. Shorts, $27.56 to 820. � COUNTRY PRODUCE. ABeans-Small lotto s of handp handpicked at $2.60 to $2.65 per bushel, quotGj Honey -Extracted in tins, 11 to 12o pe: lb. Combe, 52.50 to 52.75. Baled Hay -No. 1 at $16 to $16.50, on track, and No. 2 at $14 to 516; mixed clover, $11 to $12. Baled straw -$9 to $10, on track, 'pp. centro. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, in bags, 51.70 to 51.75 and Delawares at $1.85. Out - of -store, 51.85 to $2.00. Poultry -wholesale prices of ohoico dressed poultry: -Chicken, 15 to 170 per lb.; fowl, 10 to 110; ducks, 13 to 15o; tur- keys, 21 to 22o, Live poultry, about 2c lower than the above. BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE. ,,.Butter -Dairy, choice, 29 10 30c; bakers, inferior, 25 to 26c; creamery, 33 to 34e for rolls and 32 to 33c for solyids. Eggs--New-laid, 22 to 23e per dozen, in case lata. Cheese -Large quoted at 163.4 to 17e, and twins at 17 to 171.4e, per ib. ROG PRODUCTS. Bacon --Long clear, 13 to 13 1-2c, per lb., in case lots. Pork, short cut, 522.50 to 523.00; do., mess, 519.50 to 520. Rams -- Medium to light, 17 to 17 i•2c; heavy-, 15 to 15 1'2e; rolls, 12 • o 12 1-4c: breakfast baron 17 to 18c; backs, 19 to 20o. Lard -Tierces, 131.4c; tubs, 131-2c; palls, 13 3.4e. • MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, April 23. -Oats -Canadian 5012e; do,, exo. tra6No. 10 4 feed, 51 1-2o; de No. 2 local white, 501-2c; do., No. 3, 49 i -2e; do., No. 4, 481-2e. Barley --Man. feed, 66e; do , malting, 51,05 to $1.10. Buckwheat, No. 2, t:,to 75c. Flour --Man. Spring wheat pa.tente, firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, $5.30; do., strong bakers', $5.10; do., Winter patents, choir*, 85.10 to 55.35; do., straight rollers, $4.65 to $4.75; do„ bags, $216 to $2,25. Boiled, oats -Barrels, $5.35; do., bags, 90' .s2 ran -$25.00. Shorts -$27. ddlings, 9. Mouallze-$30 to $34. Ray A MOTHER'S PRAISE OF BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs. Wm. Sullivan, Main River, N. B., says : "Up to the time my baby was three months old it cried almost continually day and night. I tried many things, but got no- thing to help it until a neighbor advised Baby's Own Tablets, I got a box of these and there was a change almost after the first -dose and in a short time the child was in the best of health, and is now a big, fat, good-nattii'ed baby. I am now never without the Tablets in the house and recommend them to other mothers. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from Tlie Di, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The earliest mention of coal is in the writings of Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher, who lived about 300 B.C. And if some girls never married they would never get, over being romantic. NEW FOUNPLAND ru£g£C Aj'PROIttMATE.. Pos► it 7soH OP Oi.YM PIG nil 0-1410fir 55TZOHN5 `/-CAPE RACE„ , v1 RGINIAN 17o MIMS AWAY AT MIDiv TITTANie leatiEtta i?ROM N•Y, AND ABOUT itAo m14,Es F1gOMM C•r3AC •- la; showing where Titanic struck iceberg, and fries. and Virginian, first boats to receive wireless. eall ffor ihelp, of t K1 But , Jr VL do., seconds, 35 to 30 1-20.. Eggil."-3,re6ki; 23 to 23 1.2e. Potatoes, per bag, ear lots, $y,, 75. • UNITED STATES MARIKETS. 071-2 Minneapolis, 51087{8 to 51.09; September, 51.027-8; No. 1 hard, $1101-2; No, 1-North- ern. ;$9No.13 wheat? $1.051-2 too 5106.0 Corn- No. 3 yellow, 80c. Oats ---No. 3 white, 63 to 541-2c. Rye --No. 2, 881.2 to 89 1.2c. Braze -- 824 to 524,60. Flour -First patents, $5 to ;sdoaes2c ears,53.40t53.75; 54.65 to 530 to 52.70. Buffalo, April 23. -winter, No. 2 red, 51.13; No. 3 red, 51.11; No. 2 white, $1.12. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 84e; No. 4 yellow, 82 3.4e; . No. 3 corn, 821.4 to 831.4e; No. .4 corn, 801-2 to 81c, all on track, through billed. Oats --No, 2 white, 62c; N+,, 2 white, 6114e; No. 4 white, 601.40. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, April 23. -Choice steers sold at 57.15 to $7.25, good at $6.75 to 57.00, and the lower grades from that down to 54.25 to 84.50 nor cwt. Cows brought from 54.- 50 to 56.00, and bulls from 54.50 to 56.9 Per cwt. as to quality. Selected lots of hogs sold from 59.40 to $9,50 per owt„ weighed of car. Sales of ewes were made at $5.00 to 55.25, and bucks at 54.50 to 54.- 75, while yearling lambs brought $7.25 to ' $7.50 per ewt. A few Spring lambs of fairly good quality changed hands at from $5.00 to 58.00 each. The supply of calves was large, for which the demands was active at from 51,50 to $8.00 each, aa to size and quality. Toronto, 'April 23. -Cattle -Extra choice • heavy steers, for butcher and export, 57 to $7.121.2; geed medium to choice butcher loads, 56 to 56.25; mixed light butcher, 5,50 t.. 5 n 5.8 5 common, oznm z of 3.5 $ 0 8 o55.45; an•. c nets t , 5203• 5 choice butcher cows firm,' at 55.25 to 55,60; extra choice heavy cows 55.50 to 56; bulls, $5 to 5625. Stockers - 55.25 to 56 for good quality; extra choice heavy feeders, 56, Calves -Good veal, $6.- 50 to $8.50; bobs, $2.50 to 53.50. Sheep - Moire ewes, 55 to $7; yearlings, $8 to $9; bucks and culls, 54 to 55; spring lambs, $4 to $7 each. Hogs -$8.50, fed and wat- ered, and $8.15 f.o.b. OCCIDENT JIIT BERG. Steamer Was Run Into Shoal Water Before She Sank. A despatch from Flensburg, Prussia, says: The steamer Occi- dent collided with a» iceberg in the Baltic Sea off Riga. Her entire bow was shattered, but her captain managed to run her into shoal water before she began to sink, and her passengers and crew were safely taken off, WIIOLE FA IIILY WIPED OUT. Elel'ela Member; of One Household on Titania•. despatch from" London says Tobin gage, who clime i-ct.-England from Saskatchewan three months ago to fetch his wife and family' baekto Canada, is believed to have rii:rish•ed itr 'the Titanic wrocic with his wife and nine -hildren, 1 Ex of re€ SCO ap; 011 chi in nij sod all $nl 1811 ti Oh( kla Swe 41( urn the sox B a the pre tr0 pe] 7 f9 dl issr =ani a,! me bui usl t1 t { kn, the 1 hes sus tat chi to un to art ho - tai aur gal mar a` est mo h•oa It me it Th, wh• you ]' est '1 u.su cell 7 aria wax ane it t str, libi aft, dais to not ing boo dra wit; ear. him Nisto•' gue . par l'I rood :deli ,gree tut] EV r, mars men a w don beet tele kart Qua men di iv • `l erSec mei' Matti Ta r�