TITANIC DEATH-ROLL

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 5

TITANIC DEATH-ROLL

HEAVY IN THJBD-CLA3S. I BODIES FLOfiTFNtS IN WATER. FRANTIC STKDOGLES FOB, LITE A GBXTESOME FHEIGHT. XTJTSEEDSD SIGNALS OF | DISTRESS. (By Cable.Press Association.Copyright.) Received 5.20 a.m.) LONDON. April -i:,. The Hon. S. C. Buxton 1 Pre.-ident of the Board of Trade) --tatcs that the following were the numbers of I •who travelled i n tbe different classes on 1 the Titanic, and the numbers saved: — WOMEN. dumber Aboard. Saved. : First saloon 144 130 i Second saloon 03 7S j Third class 173 -29s CHTLIJSEN. First saloon — All Second saloon .. — All Third cla*s 76 23 MET?. All clasiCi 777 126 CREW. E7.S IS9 The percentages of -women and mes saved were: — Women . 77 per cent. Hen . _ 19 per cant. A PITIABLE SFECTACLE. Received £20 a_m.") XE'.V YOKE. April ZS. The lmer Bremen ha? arrived. The captain reports that, his vessel parsed the iceberg vh.i<.b the Titanic ■ struck. " i,

The passengers stat? that the spectacle in the- \T2ter was .1 pitiab!.> one. The body of 01? woman :n .1 nijhtdj-ess clasping a baby to hr breast, was floating in the v.ater. Another body was tha" 01 a fully drea&ed woman clutching j ihagsrr dog. Ti:-r<- were also the bodni of tiiiM- , iu€n i.-lixigin~ to a learner chair, au-i elsewhere \vej'> a dozen bodies, a! , , \ri-b lifebelts on, letted together as though they hai died in a urrihle struggle ior life*.

The steamer Mickay Bcrciett is conveying 203 bodies of victims to Halifax I Nova Scotia). Several passengers and members of the crew of the steamer flaunt Temple, which has arrived at St. John (Xsw Brunswick), allege that they saw- tha Titanic rockets and flare lighte, but the Mount Temple continued on her coiirs?. The officers deny that signal? of dietress were seen.

One newspaper points out thai Senator Smith's term expires in March, acd this is the first opportunity he. has had to catch the limelight on his election caaipaign. The paper adds that Senator Smith is a well-known hustler. He was once a newsboy.

A BAT OF HUMOUS. The Investigating (ormnittee of th-; Senate continued its inquiry into the Titanic disaster to-day. The haphazard methods of the Committee and the ignorance on nautical matters displayed by Senator Smith axe beinsr greatly comjnen\ed on. Senator Smith asked one witness to ; -day if the Titanic "by mc how or by the head."' The question was received with much laughter. Apparently ii: consequence oi Uje.v criticisms. Senator Smith his staled that thp Committee intJ'nd.- to question all British subjects vho ■*< , rf nn 11nTitanic and who arc now in Aiiori.j,, and added.- "'We shall hold them here] until wf. have, learned all. The Committee v.ill not tolerate any farther attempts to anyone, to snap* , iis course. , ', Senator Smith punctuated his remarks by pounding his fist, on the table. The Senate Cominittes refused to grant Mr. .T. B. I»imy i managing director of the 'VThite Star line) and ilr. Franklin (president of the Mercantile Marine Company i permission to return home.

** * A TEETOTAL OFFICES. The firs: witness to-day was Mr. Lowe, fifth officer on the Titanic. Senator Smith asked him where the icebergs | came from. Mr. Lowe: Thr Arctic regions. Senator Smith: Of what are the? composed? Mr. Lowe: Ice. \ Proceeding with his evidence, Mr. i i Low said til!" collision did not awaken I him. b-anator Smith aiked if witness was intemperate I Lowe, indignantly, said he was not. Senator Smith: I ask because a, note that has just been passed up to mc I states that it was reported that vou| were dnnkinc on the. night, of the disaster. Lowe: That- i* impossible- I am a total abstainer. j Witness, continuing his evidence. so:<l that when he awoke he found the boars \ ■being prepared, and the vessel tipping at an angle of fifteen degrees. The only confusion was due to passengers interfering with the lowering gear of the liteboats". Otherwise the discipline was excellent. Lowe said he told one passenger. wao was excitedly raying, "'lower away." that if he \'pct to hell they would have a chance to get the boats i?.mt. The passenger stepped back, and witness after-j wards learned that it was Mr. Ismay. j managing director of the While Star i Line. Mr. Tsmay's fault wa_s that he wa? ! over-anxious: he "was helping all he could, i HEiUCTANT TO LEAVE SHTP. i Mr. Lome, proceeding, said that when i r.o more women came forward male pa:-- ! icngers were put. in the, bnj.t.-. There : was ;io dj?.j;"imjna'.io'i between the ur='.' second, and third rUsse.-. or ;gu:n = i fhi'i stewardesses. One liieboji 'va* launched I with only 40 passengers, because the? j were unable to find any one waiting to gp* IbsLj>aasen^rsididjiotieem,-iaucaifii-

Ito get into the boats, and. there was 33 : time to drag women from their husbands. ; One Italian with a shawl over his head matched, a chance, to get into a boat full of •women and children. After the Titanic sank, boa; ■wilted at the edge of the scene of the disaster until the cries reased, and then ha transferred some of liis passengers to other boats and called for volunteers to tots' back to the wreckage. He had 45- in his boat when the Carpathia picked them up, including iLI taken from a. sink--ing coßapsicle. It would have been sui-

cidal to take the boats into a struggling Biasss of human beings left in the water -when the Titanic sank. PAHIC-STRICKETT FOBEICOnERS.

Mr. Lo-we further stated thai lie was a-£raid to crowd his boat lest the davits would break. He saw the Italians, who were steerage passengers, glaring like I wild beasts over the. railings while the boats "were being lowered, and ma.king I ready to spring. He fired his revolver three times to frighten them. Mr. Ligh toller, second officer, recalled, stated tha; u-he.n he sa.*.- Air. Ismay on the Carpathia lie .-.eeinr,! obsessed with the idea that he oiight to have gone down with the ship, as women had been urowrx-d. Mr. Ismay had to receive medical attention. The ehir.f officer actually put Mr. lemay .ii the boat telling I .mm there were no more women to go. j Hitc-hingn, the Tiiaji*-'.s quartermaster. I who hud shipped on the Celtic at New lorJc. «ad served with a subpoena ) aboard, and is now in Washington. QuesI tioned a: the inquiry, he denied a statej ment that when passengers asked him to I return with the boat to rescue the : drowning he said: "We are not gain" . hack after those stiffs.- He added that it was impossible for the boat to return. am. IS3&A V censttred. GEKSIATy FLOWERS OF SKE3BCE.' (Received 10 SO ajn.) BEHLDT. April 26. The Eaiser has ordered a searching inquiry to be. made into the question of safety at sea. and the extension of rife£J.Ting appliance.- lor passengers on ships he Government ha? circularised the I Powers, suggesting that, an international conference for the improvement of lifewiving precaution:, at "sea. be heJd. ' The -"Vossische Zeitung" attribntes fie j Titanic disaster to British sporting in- | itincts. which it d?nounces. i The -IranJ-Uurter Zeitung" .-.ensures Mr. Isnay for abandoning the ship, and ! says he will bear the mark of Cain all his : life The. 'Xokal Anzeiger'" say? the captain aimed with criminal ruthlessness at a record voyage.. The "Gennania"' state.- that th? tragedy v.-ar the judgment of <>ri similar to that en tbe Tower of Babel. The '•Voerwartj." iSncialisti declares i tliax thi eapuni was thr victim of his irrPi-ponsibility and uni(.ruT".iloL!in?ss. hul Ismay w.;.- guiltier. UNSERWBITSSS HASD HIT. LONDON". Apr.! S3. Th" British m.-uranrf- markets assisted ! b> 'rp ConTin»Tit-il and I'nited States! ::-.-!-:-j>.t.- arc. tnii.i;; a million sterling- for j tao ?e:tlrmrrjt --i riuine anting lrom . -.h« loss cf The Titanic

The Nearest lind'ftrwntinj lose "has- to i>? borne by th» Eoy.i) F-r-tanjrc A.-.iur--nco Company. nirap.y £V(jO,0O0. Some liner? ha\r had to rp.nnw iusarnii'cs .sint'r , the let-.- of ti)' , Tit.xnio. and thfrc have tyre j'H.-ed m far hj<rlier rates than ierflcforr.