Hongkong Telegraph.
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April 10th, 1012, Temperature a.m. 68, p.m. 82; Humidity...93, 01.
No. 8765
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SATURDAY, PRIL 20, 1912.
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THE TITANIC DISASTER. THE TITANIC DISASTER. THE TITANIC DISASTER. THE TITANIC DISASTER. THE TITANIC DISASTER. THE TITANIC DISASTER.
CAPTAIN'S HEROISM,
Survivors' Thrilling Descriptions of the Last Scenes.
THE DAMAGE.
[Service to the Telegraph."]
OFFICERS HAD TO BE FORCED, TO LEAVE THE SHIP.
-Service to the ""Telegaph," }
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[Service to the "Telegraph."]
Survivors who wore still aboard when the Titanio sink, agree that Captain Smith was most heroic to the end.
London, April 19, 1.25 p.m. | PASSENGERS SEIZED WITH kis feet ho mogaphoned the
Mira. Churchill Cundee, of Washington, who had both logs broken in getting into a life boat, declares that most of the men were saved through boing picked up in the water into which they plunged after the lifeboats were launched.
PANIC. 1
Just before he was wushed off
crowd to be British. He was seon lator nlping struggling people in the water,
No less than 85
passengers;
are in hospital in New York..
Lady Doff Gordon who left the Titanic. in one of the last boats Other officers and members of narrates that among this home re-the crow nolly seconded the maining passengers some began captain's oxninple. to be seizod with panic. A few of the men rushed into the life boat hut were turned back at the Colonel Gracio of the United point of Captain Smith'a revolver, States Army, who wont down Several were felled before ordor with the Titanie, states that he was restored. As the boat was was whirled around and seized a about to clear the vessel a man | £250. grating. He then saw a raft tried to get aboard but was shot floating upwards which he board-through the body and fell into ed. Ho rescued otliers till there the boat whore he remainod:] was thirty alasard. They were Protooding, Lady" "Duff Gordon picked up by the Carpathing
;
ways she saw bodies in all direc-
wator.
* PAULS..
St. Pauls Cathedral was packed during the Memorial Service for
The Mansion House Tund now roaches to over 150,000. Sir Ernest Castel has contributed; £500 and Sir Julius Wernher]
FOREIGN POWERS
biles came rushing up outside,
bringing others. Women wero walling as the Carpathia was slow-
AN OMINOUS LIST,
There was no doubt that many ly warped to the dock The Com- of the passengers hind boen waken-
THE LAST SCENE. About two in the morning observed the Titanic settling most.
The bows and bridgo rapidly. were completely submerged, and
Steps were taken to ascertainmittee of the New York Stock Ex-od froni their sleep by the sudden she slowly tilted on end, the siem
change brought to the plex a sum stopping of the vibration. of twenty thousand dollars collect- cd from the members for distribu-
the damage and to save the pos- sengers and api. Odors were
given to put on life-belts, boats
were lowered, the usual distress signals were sent out by wire
less and rockets were fired at intervals.
Fortunately the. Carpathia re- ceived the wireless message from the Titanic about mid- night Sho arrived, on the scene of the disaster at 4 a.m.
tion among needy survivors. There were many doctors and nurses in attendance, also a couple of ambu- lances,
SUICIDE RUMOURS
DENIED. According to the stories of the
in Alunday and received the sur-survivors revolver shots were heard vivors on board with the most as the Titanic went down and this touching care."
ccasioned rumours of the suicide
す
Roticed
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being vertically upwards. The the bows and imagined that some altogether. I heard the machinery. a list from the stern to lights flashed and then went out of the front compartments had filled roaring down through the vessel nd weighed her down. I went
with a rattle and groaning that down below again for warmer was the weirdest sound imagin- was audible for miles around. It clothing and, as I was dressing, Jable in mid-ocean, She remained heard, the order?. ',
.
All Passengers on Deck With
Lifebelts
Wo all walked up slowly with
upright for a time, which I estimate at five minutes at least, one hun- dred and fify fect of her hull tower- ing up a black mass against the sky. Then with a quiet slanting dive, she disappeared and there fell upon our ears the most appalling. noise human being has over Ils- only a wise precaution that the
tened to the cries of hundreds of captain was taking and that wey water and crying for help, our fellow-beings struggling in the should return shortly to retire to which cry we knew could not be
of the captain and the chief enginebelts over our clothing, and oven
THE LIFEBOAT - JOCÒMOD-[cer, but the survivors of the crew then we presumed that this was have discredited these reports, and say that the captain was last seen coring from the bridge as the decks
ATION.
The
were washed away.
answered.”
WOMEN FIRST.
The story is given by a passen- crashed into the iceberg immedi ger of the Carpathia that the Titan-
ately after sighting it a quarter of a mile away. Simultaneously tho
bridge stopped the engines and click of levers operated from the
closed the bulkheads.
The cap tale on the bridge summoned all he covers were lifted from the the boats to be lowered.
to don life preservers and ordered The boats and that the crows werò first boat was mostly filled with standing by ready to lower, and males as they were the first to All were hurried to the salcon, then I realised that something seri-ench the deck. When the rush of where they wore furnished with a
The statement of the committee SYMPATHY.
of survivors continues at length and pays high tribute to the treat-
bed. There was a total absence of A PITIFUL SIGHT, tions of the poor souls who ENQUIRY WELCOMED.
Representatives of practically inent the shipwrecked passengers couldn't live long in the exall the Foreign Powers have called received on the Carpathia.
panic, possibly owing to the oxceed Interviewed in New York, a pasingly calm night and the absence Mr. Bruce 1-may, who is over-
at the Foreign Office to offer sym-statement proceeds to point out senger by the Carpathia says that of signs of accident. whelmed by the disaster, affirms MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST. Sir Elward Groy has gratefully certificate of the Titanic allowed for. The transfer of the Titanic's pas for a gentle tilt downwards, which pathy in the Titanic disaster. that the Board of Trade passenger sixteen lifeboats in all were sight was absolutely still, and, except The ship that the White Star line will do everything that is humanly pos
acknowledged the offers of syl-3,500 passengers but lifeboat sengers was a pitiful sight. Ropos sible to alleviate the distress and
pathy. would welcome the past exhaus
a resolution at all clubs shall total number of people on board and the children and bables were would have noticed, there were The Football League has passedcommodation for only 950. The were tied to the waists of the adults don't think une person in ten Live enquiry. Mr. Ismay left on the passengers who perished in make collections on behalf of the was 2,340, and those who were placed in bags and hoisted on deck. signs of approaching disaster. the last boat one of the collap, the Titanic Disaster, Thousands relief funds on the football rescued comprise the following:-Some of the bonts were not half
wore unable to gain, admission.
grounds. There was a distinguished con-
But in a few moments I saw that
gregation mostly dress in mourning comprising of members Reuter's correspondent at New of the Cabinet, the Lord Mayor "ork states tint undreds of and Sheriffs of Loudon, Diplamots aelegates at the religious con- and High Commissioners. The gross which Mr. Stead was to Service was no of the most address held a memorial servics to 'affeeting, moving many to toara, Mr. Stoad in the Carnegie hall.
MARVELLOUS DEVOTION.
sible boats,
MEMORIAL TO MR. STEAD.
The Titanic's assistaut wireless
operator in a message to his bride testifies to the marvellous devo- tion of his chief, Phillips, who continued working in his cabin after it was awash and n quarter of an hour after the captain said. "You have done your duty. Savo yourselves."
NO COWARDICE.
Mr. Cheverot, the Canadian sculptor, declares that there was absolutely no cowardice. "I take off my hunt to the English soomen who went down with the ship," he said, "Those manning the
AMERICAN FLAGS HALF- MAST.
at
Reutera correspondent Washingtoncablos that President Tuft has ordered all flags be flown athull mist.
FEATURES OF THE.
DISASTER.
to
First class Second class
At
Third class Officers Seamen Stewards Firemen
WHAT OF MR. STEAD?
Router's Now York states that some nows
correspondent papers print a brief account of the death of Mr. Stoad whom the survivors think they saw on the raft with Colonel Astor after the Titanic sank. Other witneнHOS state that they had soon Colonel Astor with Major Butt on the bridge as the ship took her final rect, both Mr. Stead and Colonel plunge. Probably, if this is cor- Astor found themselves in the sou and swam to the overturned raft in a final effort to escape. At any rate, the two men who wore taken for Mr. Stead and Colonel Astor finally succumbed King their hold on the raft, disap- to cold and exposure and, reloa poured into the sou.
A feature of the disaster is that any of the rich were drowned, while as far nu is known all the
It has been arranged that the poor--womenandchildren were 200 survivors of the crow shall
sail for England -to-day.
saved.
210
full, while others were crowded.
125 200
4'
Some of the unfortunate people were in evening dress and others were in night clothes and blankets.
39
96
71
Total 745
STRAIGHT SPEAKING.
committeo says:-
Concluding their statement the
"We feel it is our duty to direct the attention of the public to the inadequate supply of life- saving appliances on modern pas senger steamships,
"We recommend that immedi- ate steps be taken to compel them to carry sufficient boats und to carry the... maximum "aboard.".
women and children began the
strictly observed. The officers drew their revolvers but in most cases they were not used.
het breakfast. They had been in us had happened. The people women wero first, a rule that was the boats for from four to five were now pouring up from bolow beurs in a most biting wind. No and prosently the order was given: demonstration was inade by thom, and not a sob escaped their lips. Al seemed to have been stunned by the shock of their experiences. Divine service was held after breakfast. Four of the rescued died soon after reaching deck.
A SURVIVOR'S STORY.
All Men Stand Back From the Boats. All Ladies Retire to the Next Deck Below.'
'NEARER MY GOD TO THEE."
As the last boats drew away the The men stood back in absoluto | -hip's band gathered in the saloon silence, some loaning on the Encor the end and played "Nearer railings and some pacing the deck, my God to Theo." It is believed that the explosion of the boilers while ne boats were swung out
was due to the admission of ica water, and that this broko the ship in-two
A Londoner named Beesley said and lowered to the deck below, the voyage from Queenstown was where the ladies got in quietly, quiet and uneventful and of the fin-except some who refused to leave est description. The weather was their husbands. Some of the latter calm but extremely cold and par-were torn from their husbands and The statement also directs atten.cularly so on the last day. in to the lack of trained sonmen
Mr. Isidor Straws and his wile woro also in hiding wore crushed he launching of them. The com- ar, then soon another one, but
neither of them sufficient to cause me the slightest anxiety. How- ever, the engines stopped immedi- ately.
* NO DISORDER.
ACCOUNTS DISAGREE.
Titanic's passengers died in the It is stated that one. of tho
boats and five on board the Car pathia as a result of the hardships and exposure. The accounts of the scone when the linef struck All this time there was no trace disagree. Sono maintain that of disorder or any attempt to rush calm prevailed, while others state that wild disorder broke out and the boats. There was no hyster- that there was mad struggle for cal subbing on the part of the the boats,
Six Two well known millionaires Chinese who had hid beneath the Widoner and Harris and the seats of the Titanic's lifeboats are famous novelist Mr. Jacques among the survivors. They were
"I had been in my berth for pushed into the boats.. Patrelle died bravely after put undetected until the poople in the to man the boats and the insuffi-bout ten minutes," he said,
ing their wives in the boats.
boats boarded the Carpathia.
+1 when, about 10.15, I felt a slight ciency of officers to superintend bouts were difficult to force into
Two of their companions who them."
perished together, the wife Colonol Gracie, in the course successfully resisting being part-passengers
to death by the weight of the mitteo suggests that an internation. of further statement, aid thatod from her husband. When above the .
who were sitting conference be convened and re- he felt as though he were pro- the boats were being lowered.
commends the passage of identical pelled upward by the explosions. Mr. Hays shook hands with
ON THE RAFT. lays providing for the safety of All around him, were bodies Major Pouolen of Toronto an ex- Colonel Gracie, continuing his all at seg. and the raft was soon full, and porienced yachtsman who com-narrative, statos that the crowd pelled to refuse to take others predicted that the Titanic would back and afraid to move lest the atorlogged. They were commanded boat No. 6. Mr. Haye on the raft were compelled to stand for hours packed back to aboard. Many of these refused float till help arrived. went to their doth saying:
delicate balance should be upset. Mr. Howard Case, valiantly Even when someone whispered Goodluck. God bless you." assisted Major Bust to get the that a steamer was approaching "We prayed constantly," said women into the bonts,
they dared not look round. Colonel Grrele," throughout tho night, till help camo”.
COMMITTEE OF SURVIVORS
STORY,
SEVENTY WIDOWS.
A GRIM STATEMENT. Home survivors report that Mr. Three - French first-class pas. Stead come to the door of his state- sengers emphasise the fiet room but returned to bad. Mrs. thint but for blind faith Edgar Meyer of New York in the unsinkable qualities praises everyone on the Titanic, -of-the-Titanic-the-loss-of-life-ir-Meyer said her husband threw would have been Jews. Many hor into the lifeboat reminding believing that the launching of her of her child at home. "There the lifeboats was an excessive w ro about seventy of un widowa precaution and that there was no on board the Carpathia," risk whatever, remained aboard and refuted to go. Many of the boats wore thus lowered only!
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THERE WERE NONE.
half filled. When they realised' When questioned by the Son- - that they were ainking some of ale's Committed as to circums the passengora succeeded in taneca in which he left the Ti- lowering a collapsible boat which tanic, Mr. Tamay replied almost was damaged in the collision. in a whispor, one of the honts was Fifty people crowded into the being filled when an officer call- bont which was semi-swampoil, od out to know if there were any Quo by one the occupants porish more women to go. There were edwith cold and were thrown out. none. No passengers were on Only fifteen survived and were deck and as the boat was lowered picked up
got in.
London, April 18, 5,15 a.m.
CARPATHIA ARRIVES.
FIRST THOUGHTS.
Some hysterical sur
women, and it was extraordinary vivors, who refused to give thelf
The Carpathia arrived at the pier had lost a propeller.
how self-controlled everyone was names, said that the captain and My first thought was that we even when they realised that they Chlef engineer.committed suicide, but these reports are not confirm- 8.37 in the evening. The memcck in my dressing gown and
I went on might presently be in the sea with
|ed, and are discredited. beis of the Senate and the Commit- found that only a few people had life-belts only to support them.
Mr. Beesley, of London, and
tee of Investigation into the dis- come up similarly to enquire. No When the boats with the women Colonel Gracie, an American, dony ster had intended to board the one was in the least anxious. I and children disappeared in the that the officers used their revol Carpathia at sea, but the liner de-saw a game of cards proceeding in darkness word was given to the vers, veloped unexpected speed and the smoking room and went in to
;
reached the pier before the Com- enquire if they knew anything. It men to enter the brats and this mitted arrived in New York. seems that they felt more of the was effected quietly. A message from New York States,
“Some delay occurred in the dock.jar. Looking through the window, at a committee of surviving pasing of the vessel owing to the tal- I saw a huge iceberg pass close by sengers of the Titanic has issued-ing off of thirteen of the Titanic's and thought wo had grazed it with The following statement:--
life-boats. "We, the undersigned sur-landing at 9.35. As they entered
The survivors began a glancing blow. viving passengers of the Titanic, the street a. dead silence fell upon in order to forestall any seusa-the crowd and even the flash-light tional and exaggerated slats batteries of the Fress photograph ments, deem it our duty to give ers for a moment ceased their bom-
FORTHOLES BLAZING.
When I got away it was one c'clock in the morning. It was a CARD GAME WENT ON.
beautiful star-lit night. There that the vessel was pierced below calm as a pond, just a gentle None of us had any conception was no moon and the sea was by a submerged part of the Ice
NOTABILITIES MISSING.
Up to the present, the only refer ence to Mr. Stead is by the York.. shireman, Mr. Barkworth, who Saw-him on deck shortly after the vessel struck. Others 'report that they failed to see him among the men who were watching the load- ing of the boats. As there was no
the stateroom. It is also wonder- lurm, he may have returned to berg. The game went on with heavo, but bitterly cold. In the whother Mr. Hays, and Mr. Guggenheim tarried too long, or ttle thought of impending dis distance the Titanic looked enor forbora to approach the fast-filling When the Carpathia arrived ester. I retired again to my cabin mous. Outlined in black against lifeboats. Passengers praise en there were a thousand relatives and read till the engines restarted a starry sky, wth every porthole thusiastically the calm courage of at about 11:40 on a cold star nnd friends of those on Board as and never saw any of the card-play-blazing, it was impossible to think Col. Astor and Major But,
tho Press a statement of incls which have come to our know- ledge and which we bellove to be true.
On Sunday, April 14, 1012,
WAILING WOMEN.
lit night, the ship struck an ico-sembled on the plerhead, Including ors or onlookers again. A little that anything was wrong but for. Taft's alde do camp. Both ha berg which had been reported Mr. Morgan, Jun, and representa- later, hearing people going up-*** to the bridge by the look-outs, lives of the Widener and Thayer stairs, I went out again and found the ominous tilt at the bows, where but not early enough to avoid families, who came from Philadel everyone wanting to know why the the water now reached the lowest
phia by special tratos. Automo engines had stopped.
row of portholes,
a collision.
and cheered the women. Mr. Astar personally helped a young bride, who was in delicato, health, info ons of t