THE TITANIC WRECK.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11610, 18 April 1912, Page 4

THE TITANIC WRECK.

BHOCKINC HOLOCAUST.

DISTINGUISHED PASSEN-

GERS MISSING.

UNIVERSAL GRIEF.

[By Eleotbio Telegbaph—Coptkight/J

(Pee Pkess Association.)

Received April 17. at 10.10 p.m. Now York. April .17. Crowds throughout the day the White Star and newspaper offices. There are pathetic scenes, scores of towns throughout the United States and Canada being represented by those aboard. . - The Carpathian arrival is delayed by thick ice fields. . . Mr Taft has ordered the cruisers Salem and Chester to the scene. Revenue cutters have also been despatched.

NO FURTHER RESCUES. Received April IS, at 0.25 a.m. London,. April 17.. Wireless messages from various ships at the scene make it clear that none were rescued beyond those picked up by the Carpathia. . . The captain of the Parisian states, that if auv clung to the wreckage they . must have"perished from exposure..The liner Touraiu on Wednesday entered the icefield and quitted it on Thursday. It warned the Titanic 0') Fridav, receiving the captain's thanks. An'official at Messrs Harland and Wolff's thinks that after colliding the Titanic swerved, and careened.: along the edge of the ice floe, her side being, ripped open, otherwise her bulkheads 1 would have saved her. . . Eight representatives of the building firm were aboard the Titanic. - Many entertainments at Southampton were abandoned. The Mayor has opened a relief fund for the families of the crew. The King, Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra and the Kaiser condoled with the victims' relatives.

The newspapers' relief fund and the owners' compensation to the drowned seamen's relatives are computed at £IOO,OOO. The Titanic's wireless apparatus ceased two hours after the collision. -

Seventy-nine men were saved, of whom 68 were those of the crew necessary to man the boats.

The Daily Mail says the Titanic was provided with 100 per. centum more boat accommodation than the Board _of Trade's requirements, but the provision proved altogether inadequate. The Financial Times estimates the total loss'at £5,000, including, besides the vessel and cargo, mails, life, and other insurances.

New York, April 17. _ • The community is stunned. There is scarcely a large city in the States not contributing a victim. " Major Butt, Mr Taft's chief military «ide-de-camp, is among the missing. . The Carpathia was slowly traversing the icefield. The Virginian arrived too late. The Carpathia was first on the scene. The newspapers, declare that the Titanic had insufficient boats. The second, third, fourth and fifth officers and the junior Marconi operator were saved. Received April 18, at 8.5 a.m. London, April 17. Tlie Times questions whether it is not- time to call a halt in mammoth gt earner construction made for speed competitions, and condemns the selection of a track dangerous at certain seasons, when a safer route exists. It appeals for a saner and sounder public opinion oil the- subjectBerlin, April 17. The papers condemn the rage for speed, and describe the Titanic's voyage as an attempt to break the Olympic's record.

German underwriters lose £75,000 on the Titanic.

German ships have been instructed to make the southern route to America. YELLOW JOURNALISM. New York, April 17. The Herald and other papers have received a message from St. John's purporting to have been picked up by the wireless operator of the steamer Bruce. The message states that the -^ IS knots an hour and ran head foremost- into an iceberg. The shock almost demolished the decks, ripped the bulkheads, and shattered the how to a point almost amidships. The upper works and some uf the boats were splintered. The bow at first rose clear of the water, and then the vessel listed and threatened to capsize before she gained a level keel. When mount-' ing and sliding back many of the bottom plates were wrenched amidships. The two bow compartments were flooded, defying the pumps. The steamer settled by the head, listing to port and rolling heavily. Tons of ice fell on the deck. Every man leaped to his post, and most of tlie boats iver e launched, bmt some had been stove in before thev were freed from the davits, and others were swamped. Received April IS. at 10.30 a.m. London, April 17. The New York Herald's details that the Titanic, 6teaming 18 miles an hour,: ran bow foremost on to a berg and was shattered from bow to midships are fictitious. Reuter denies the existence of any marconigrams alleged by the Herald to have been received from the steamer , Bruce. - . j THE SAVED. - I

Lady Cosmo Gordon Duff and Mr. C. 31. Hays, president of the GrandTrunk Railway, were rescued. THE MISSING.

The following are still missing:— Messrs Isidor Straus, George D. Widener, Benjamin Guggenheim (millionaires of Washington). Mr Roebling (constructor of the Brooklyn bridge), Mr and Mrs D. Marwin and Mr Clarence Moore (well known New York residents), Mr Thomas Andrews (director of Harland and Wolff's). Mr Ridgeley Carter ("United States Minister to Roumania). and Mr Charles Williams (the racquets champion). A steamer has been despatched to, 6earch for the bodies. The Carpathi.T, on Wednesday afternoon wired "All well." New York, April 17. Among the Titanie's passengers wereMr Dodge (banker), Mrs Levispn (a New York hostess), Mr Clarence Jones (stockbroker). Mr Robert Chisholm (fibre manufacturer), Mr Jacques Futrelle (novelist). Mr C. Head (exMayor of Chelsea), Herr Reuchluf (director of the Holland-America Line). Mr F. D. Millet .(artist>, Mr Henry B. Harris (theatrical producer). PATHETIC SCENES. Pathetic scenes continue outside the White Star offices. Usual bookings are not- being interrupted, and there have been no cancellations of passages. Fifty relatives stayed outside the Cockspur street offices all night. The wives and children of the crew are crowding at the Southampton offices at night awaiting the names of those paved and crying and begging for information. The crowd includes five; sisters, the husband of each of whom was aboard.

There will be a- memorial service at St. Paul's on Friday. The Lord Mayor lias opened a Mansion House Fund. He suggests thatevery newspaper in the kingdom should acknowledge donations, and in'a-w.eek they could probably raise .an adequate fund. '•'-'• .

There were 3000 sacks of mails on the Titanic, including 1586 sacks - from London. OPINION OF THE BUILDER, " /

Alexander Carlisle, the Titanic r s builder, opines that when she struck the, masts would probably be buckled, and it would be impossible to send wireless messages. In future vessels would probably have a smaller number of bulkLeads, the door of which would be closed at sunset and sunrise, and have increased boat accommodation. The Parliaments of Denmark. Sweden, Belgium, and Capetown passed resolutions of sympathy in reference to the Titanic disaster. ': Received April IS, .it-O.n.•'•a.m. Loijdon. April 17. The New Zealand Government and the Lord Mayor of Sydney.have cabled

sympathy in connection with the Titanic disaster.

Xnv \i.>rk, April 17. The Cnrpntliin has sent a wireless nessage that slio was 705 .survivors on board. She expects to arrive early on

Friday. She could not vouch for the wireless reports that 2-50 passengers we're aboard the Baltic.

Received April 18, at 9.4.0 a.m. Sydney, April 18, The Lord Mayor cabled messages' of condolence-to - the Mayor-of'New York and the Lord Mayor of London, in the international and appalling loss of the Titanic*

(Per PEEBS Association.) • i Auckland, April 17. The wreck of the Titanic tfas feelingly referred to; to-day hy the Governor in his speech it the opening of the branch of the Overseas Club. He was, he said, vo-ciiig the sentiment that was in. the hearts of everyone in the.Dominion in expressing the deepest grief' at the appalling calamity. At the moment tfiev could ion 1 ? hope that the hews had been exaggerated, and 'that later particulars wdiil'd show the disaster was less serious! than now appeared.; Evidently it Was'a tragedy, so appalling as to be almost' unprecedented in.its force as a' maritime catastrophe. On' behalf of the Dominion he roiced their deepest sympathy:; with their; fellow .British subject? who ; were going through hours of a uxiety."nii(n sorrow, and/ coupled .wftV

it 'their .M those'oyer j respects tlj people -of "T many, fann bc-rcavemeij

iipatliy. an 3' compassion .for :he yrfiter vfrho irefe.'hi many icir-kith and kindred—the !he United States,: -wlicre so lies".were: now. in r n ..-state..of jt and anxiety; ; . - : _'

: : . i :■:".- . Dun'edin;.; April 17.; Sir.Joseph-Ward this afternoon cabled; ; to Mr expressinq; his grPat sorrow at the terrible loss of life occasioned '- by the foundering of the Titanic. • ' ': Wellington,. April 17His Excellency the Governor has been requested fty the. Prime Minister -to .'forward to tlie Secretary of State• for ; the Colonies: '{The : Government and people of New Zealand; are deeply grieved at: th c terriblt .catastrophe that :has overtaken theif "friends, both -British--..and American, Jin the loss of the Titanic. K : ndly coijvey New Zealand's- grief at the' appalling loss of valuable ! Wanganni, April 17. - A large! meeting of ratepayers who had assembled =to- hcar-;;a speech by .«: candidate jfor the mayoralty to-night passed a resolution of-sympathy in connection witli the Titanic wreck. ; A copy of the resolution is to be forwarded to the Premidr. .' ' ■ . Gisborne, April 17. Tory fecjling reference was made .to the. Titanic! disaster by Mr J. R. Kirk, of the Clamber of Commerce, at a meeting hejld to-night to-decide on what form a pijesentation .to Sir J-. -Carroll should takf, and-, on Mri Kirk's mbitfon, a resolution expressive of.the sympathy of the. citizens of Gisborne owith those bereaved-was. recorded,, arid, tho Mayor was; requested: to wire it-to./the Premier, for transmission to the properquarter, 'nie motion was carried iii-sil-. ence, those present standing, and! the meeting adjourned as a further cxpres-i-jion of sympathy. \ ; . j ' Christchurch,-April. 17At a meeting addressed by Mr H. .Holland, ajcandidate for'the'-Mayoralty, ■to-night, aj resolution was proposed by: Mr L. M. Ilsitt,- M.P., and- passed, expressing profound sorrow and sympathy with the bereaved .relatives, of-the crew, and passengers of ilie Titanic, andl-plac-ing on record 'the meeting's admiration of the gallant conduct of the officers and men ill placing so many-of the wbi men and children in the boats: ."-. '■;',. -! . i. :." - Du'nedin, April-'lßl-

A benefit, in aid of the Titanic simerers will he held, in the Brydone Hall'-on .Wednesday night.