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Disaster, it was reported yesterday, has overtaken the great steamer Titanic, the largest and most luxuriously appointed vessel afloat. The liner, which is the latest addition to the White Star fleet, left Southampton last Wednesday on her maiden voyage to New-York, and was in the vicinity of the Newfoundland banks, to the |
south of Cape Race, when she strock an iceberg, an ever-present peril in those latitudes at this time of the year. " Wireless " has again demonstrated its immense Value, assistance being summoned by this means. The photograph shows the mighty vessel leaving Southampton on Wednesday.——('Daily Mirror photograph.)
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EVERY ONE ON BOARD WORLD'S GREATEST LINER SAFE AFTER COLLISION WITH ICEBERG IN ATLANTIC OCEAN.
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46,000-Ton Ship, with 2.300
The White Star liner Titanic, the greatest ship the world has ever known, has met with disaster on her maiden voyage.Aboard, in Peril. ————————— EYERYONE SAFE. ————————— Morning of Suspense Ends in Message of Relief. ————————— PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF. ————————— Helpless Giant Being Towed to Port by Allan Liner. ————————— She left Southampton on Wednesday last and carried about 2,300 passengers and crew ou board, with 3,400 sacks of mails. On Sunday she came into collision with an iceberg, and immediately flashed out wireless messages for help. Many steamers rushed to her aid, but her fate and that of the thousands on board remained in doubt on both sides of the Atlantic for many hours. It was at length known that every soul was safe, and that the vessel itself was procceding to Halifax (Nova Scotia), towed by the Allan liner Virginian. All her passengers had by that time been taken aboard two of the liners that hurried to the scene in reply to the wireless message.
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So many and so conflicting were the reports that reached London yesterday concerning the fate of the Titanic that until detailed and definite tidings come to hand it is difficult to establish much more than the one all-important and outstanding fact that—DRAMATIC TELEGRAMS OF DISASTER ————————— Every man, woman and child on the great liner is safe. It would appear that once again the value to humanity of wireless telegraphy has been established for at least five vessels are known to have hastened to the aid of the world's greatest ship when she flashed forth her appeal for help. Three at least arrived in time to be of the greatest service, as is evident from the following series of dramatic Reuter messages which reached London yesterday at the times named (N.B.— New York time is five hours behind London) :— 6.15 a.m. (New York).—A telegram received here from Montreal says :— " The liner Virginian reports in a wireless communication that the liner Titanic, which is reported to have been in collision with an iceberg, has requested assistance. The Virginian is hastening to her aid." |
8.40 a.m. (New York).—A telegram from Cape Race says : — " The wireless telegraph operator on board the Titanic reported the weather calm and clear, the position of the liner being then 41.46 north, 50.14 west. " The Virginian at midnight was 170 miles west of the Titanic, and is expected to reach her at ten o'clock this morning. The Olympic at midnight was in 40.32 north latitude, 61.18 west longitude. She is also in direct communication with the Titanic, and is hastening to her."
BLURRED MESSAGES.
8 45 a.m. (New York).—The liner Baltic has also reported herself within 20O miles of the Titanic, and says she is speeding to her help.The last signals from the Titanic came at 12.27 this morning. The Virginian's operator says that these were blurred and ended abruptly.—Reuter. 9.5 a.m. (New York).—A telegram from Cape Race says: " At 10.25 on Sunday evening the Titanic reported she had struck an iceberg. The steamer said that immediate assistance was required. " Half an hour afterwards another message was received saying that the Titanic was sinking by the head, and that the women were being taken off in lifeboats."— Reuter. 1.50 p.m. (New York).—Up to this hour the officials of the White Star Line have not received a word regarding the reported accident to the Titanic. The company have issued the following statement :— " Twelve hours have passed since the collision of the Titanic is reported to have taken place. We have heard nothing of an accident. " It is very strange that the Titanic's sister ship Olympic, which has a wireless installation of sufficient strength to send a message across the Atlantic, should have sent us nothing. The Olympic should be alongside the Titanic at two this afternoon." 2.50 p.m. (New York).—A dispatch from Halifax states that all the passengers of the Titanic had left the ship by 3.30 this morning. 3.5 p.m. (New York).—The Montreal Star reports from Halifax that the Titanic is still afloat and is making her way slowly to Halifax. 4.50 p.m. (New York).—A message from Montreal timed 8.30 a.m. says:— " The Titanic is still afloat and heading towards Halifax with her own engines. "The women and children have not been taken off, though the lifeboats are ready in case of emergency. It is thought that the bulkheads will prevent her sinking." A later message says : " Wireless telegraphy brings the word that two vessels are standing by the Titanic, and that all the passengers have been taken off." 5.20 p.m. (New York).—"The transfer of the passengers from the Titanic is now being carried out. Twenty boat loads have already been taken on board the Cunarder Carpathia." |
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This last report was sent by wireless telegraphy to Mr. Franklin, vice president of the White Star Company in New York, by Captain Haddock, of the Olympic, which is nearing the Titanic. The dispatch adds that the Parisian and Carpathia are in attendance on the Titanic, and that the Baltic is nearing the ship. Unofficial telegrams state that the Virginian has taken the Titanic in tow. 7.40 p.m. (New York).—Mr. Franklin at one o'clock this afternoon gave out the following message received from the Boston office of the White Star Line : — "Allan Line, Montreal, confirms report Virginian, Parisian and Carpathia in attendance, standing by Titanic."
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MONTREAL, April 15.—It is now confirmed here that the passengers of the Titanic have been safely transhipped to the Allan liner Parisian and the Cunarder Carpathia.PASSENGERS TRANSHIPPED. ————————— The Virginian is still towing the Titanic towards Halifax.—Exchange.
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NEW YORK, April 15.—The White Star officials here state that the Virginian is standing by the Titanic and that there is no danger of loss of life.NO LIVES IN DANGER. ————————— A wireless telegraph message to Halifax states that all the passengers were safely taken off the Titanic at 3.30. Mr. Franklin, vice-president of the White Star Company, states that the Titanic is unsinkable. The fact that she was reported to have sunk several feet by the head was, he said, unimportant. She could go down many feet at the head as the result of waler filling the forward compartments and yet remain afloat indefinitely.—Exchange.
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New YORK, April 15.—A wireless message received at Boston from St. John's, Newfoundland, states that the Titanic is slowly struggling towards Cape Race.STRUGGLING TOWARDS PORT. ————————— An unsigned wireless message, timed 8.50, has been received at Montreal, stating that the Titanic is still afloat, and is slowly steaming towards Halifax, Nova Scotia. The forward compartments are full of water, but if the vessel is able to withstand the strain it is hoped to make port. News has now reached here that at 11.10 a.m. (Canadian. time) the local agents of the White Star Line at Montreal received another wireless message confirming the earlier reports that the Titanic was not only afloat but that the liner's engines were also working. At this time the local agents were not aware whether the Virginian was with the Titanic, but they believed that she was Standing by, and that possibly the women and children might have already been transferred .—Exchange Telegraph
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According to a Lloyd's telegram, the signal station at Cape Race cabled yesterday as follows :—LLOYD'S MESSAGE. ————————— " 10.25 p.m, yesterday (Sunday) the Titanic reports by wireless that she has struck an iceberg, and calls for immediate assistance. At 11 p.m. she was reported sinking by head. Women being put off in boats. Gave her position as 41.46 N., 50.14 W. "Steamers Baltic, Olympic, and Virginian are all making towards the scene of the disaster. The latter was the last to hear the Titanic's signals. At 12.27 a-m. to-day (Monday) she reported them, then blurred and ending abruptly. it is believed that the Virginian will be the first ship to reach the Titanic." |
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Thanks to the wonderful modern invention of wireless telegraphy, which ten years agp was unknown, the Titanic was able to flash messages over the ocean asking for aid.WONDER OF WIRELESS. ————————— The wireless signal for "assistance wanted " is now "S.O.S.," the more familiar letters, "C.Q.D.," having been abandoned because they led to confusion with other code signals. As a resuit of these "S. 0. S." messages, five ships went to the assistance of the Tilanic——the Baltic and the Olympic, of the White Star Line; the Virginian and the Parisian, of the Allan Line, and the Cunarder Carpathia. The two last named took off boat-loads of passengers. Thus the passengers of the Titanic owe their safety to the invention of wireless, to the wondrous discovery of which it is due that every large liner is now in communication with any liner or battle-ship within hundreds of miles. On the high seas in these days one has only, as it were, to touch a button to give the alarm and immediately there is a general rush to aid. The ocean, it may almost be said, is as well guarded as London by her fire brigade. Every wireless operator on every ship has his earglued eternally to the receiver, Waiting for messages from the vasty deep. Suddenly taps out . . ., — — —,. . ., S.O.S.. It spells out HELP. He is all alert to locate the sender of the message, and then the rush across the ocean on the errand of deliverance. A marvellous picture this of man's battle with the weapons of science against the cruel forces of elemental nature.
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The majority of the 900 men forming the Titanic's crew are either natives of Southampton or are domiciled at that port.ANXIOUS WIFES OF THE CREW. ————————— The first half-pay notes given to the wives or dependents of the members of the Titanic's crew became payable yesterday, and after receiving their money women gathered in small groups the Southampton dock gales, many of them with babies in their arms, and anxiously discussed the latest news respecting the liner.
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A rate of fifty guineas per cent. was quoted by underwriters yesterday for business, in reference to the Titanic.AT LEAST £150,000 LOSS. ————————— One prominent City underwriter said that even if the vessel made port her owners would have to face a loss of at least £150,OOO. In the event of total loss it would be a very serious matter for the owners. For insurance purposes her hull was valued at a million. |
LINERS IN PERIL FROM ICEBERGS.
Several liners and steamers within the past few days have been in danger from icebergs; one, the French liner Niagara, did not escape unscathed and suffered considerable damage to her hull.————————— Cunarder's Narrow Escape —— French Vessel Damaged. ————————— MILES OF FLOES. ————————— In view of reports by vessels arriving in America, it seems that a great icefield, with many bergs, is obstructing the west-bound transatlantic sea lane off the Newfoundland Grand Bank. Passengers on one liner relate how icebergs were seen close to the vessel, which had to thread her way through an ice lane for hours.
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NEW YORK, April 15.—From reports received from various sources it is certain that a great icefield with many bergs has been obstructing the west-bound transatlantic sea lane off the New-foundland Grand Bank for the past week.LINERS IN PERIL. ————————— Ships captains estimate its length at seventeen miles, with a breadth of some thirty-five. The Cunard liner Carmania arrived here yesterday from Adriatic and Mediterranean ports, and reports having run through the pack on Thursday afternoon. She sustained no actual damage, although she was in grave danger for a time. The passengers say that they sighted twenty-five icebergs, one cluster, indeed. no farther than 100 feet away. The liner had to feel her way through an ice lane for hours. The french liner Niagara did not escape unscathed. She was holed twice beneath the waterline, and had some of her plates buckled. At a given moment a wireless telegram was sent from her to the Carmania for assistance, but later the captain decided that he was able to navigate his ship to port without help, having temporarily repaired the damage to the Niagara's hull. The steamers Kura, Lord Cromer and Armenian, which arrived here during the last few days, also report having had dangerous experiences and having sustained more or less damage by the ice. It is known also that at least one full-rigged ship and one fishing smack are imprisoned in the floes.—Reuter's Special Service. |
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LIVERPOOL, April 15—The Canadian Laciac liner Empress of Britain, which arrived at Liverpool from Halifax yesterday, reports the presence of an immense quantity of ice in the Atlantic.PHENOMENAL QUANTITY OF ICE. ————————— (From Our Own Correspondant.) Last Tuesday, when three days out from Halifax, she encountered an ice field 100 miles in extent, with enormous bergs, and steered a wide course, which delayed the vessel. The Empress of Britain had previously received a wireless message from the Asian liner Virginian, warning her of the presence of ice. The extent of the ice was regarded as phenomenal. " On our way home," said Captain Murray, of the Empress of Britain, to me, "we met a very large piece of ice, which was interspersed with huge bergs. It was a solid piece of ice, and we had to run about seventy miles south to get clear of it. We were north of the position where the Titanic struck the iceberg. " The current which ran along the coast to Newfoundland carried the ice south, and it is probably a part of this field of ice I met with that has carried on to the New York track." In fact, the ice pack or berg which the Titanic has run into is thought to be that met and left behind by the Empress of Britain.
ANOTHER LEVIATHAN BUILDING
The accident to the Titanic calls attention to another great ship for the White Star Line, the keel of which was laid during the past week in Messrs. Harland and Wolff's Belfast yards.This vessel, which will be named the Gigantic, will be 924ft. long, 94ft. broad, and of nearly 54.000 tons gross register, and will thus be considerably larger than any other vessel.
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Of all the perils of the deep the peril of the iceberg is one of the most dieaded.MENACE TO NAVIGATION. ————————— Just at present, when the ice is beginning to break up in the Arctic and come South, the icebergs are a great menace to navigation in the North Atlantic. Bringing with them their own Arctic temperature and meeting the warm air and water of the Gulf stream, they tend to produice dense fogs in their vicinity. Thus a ship may blunder unsuspectingly upon them. They are frequently of vast size—veritable islands—on which a ship, even of such enormous proportions as the Titanic, would crumple like paper. Only one-eighth of the berg is above water; the rest is submerged. And when it is remembered that bergs miles in length and with peaks many hundred feet above water have been seen, the terrible danger of these floating, unsuspected islands become very real. In 1903 twenty steamers met with bad accidents near the Banks, and two were totally lost.
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UNFORTUNATE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF LINER THAT CARRIED 2,300 PASSENGERS AND CREW
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THE LINER THAT COST £1,500,000.
To be a passenger on the Titanic is to be a resident in a luxurious town of over 3,000 inhabitants.————————— Titanic's Two Miles of Walks and Beds of Roses on Board. ————————— MAPS FOR PASSENGERS. ————————— Life on board is life timed and arranged always with a view to comfort. Indeed, the passenger is almost safer when crossing the Atlantic than in crossing a busy London thoroughfare. Built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, the Titanic Was launched at Belfast on May 31 last year. She cost £1,SOO,000. It was only on Wednesday last that she left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. The departùre of the Titanic was perhaps somewhat ill-omened.
HAWSERS SNAPPED.
Wnen leaving Southampton Water the suction from the big liner caused the hawsers holding the liner New York to the quayside to snap.Immediately the stern of the New York began to drift towards the Titanic and a collision seemed inevitable. The Titanic's engines were stopped and her three tugs cast off and went to the assistance of the New York. Fortunately they were able to secure her to the quay again, but at one time oniy fifteen feet separated the two vessels. With a gross tonnage of 46,382 tons, the Titanic is over 1,000 tons more than her sister ship the Olympic. She is over 882ft. long, 92ft. 6in. broad, and 73ft. from the keel to the top of the deck bridge.
TWO-MILE WALK ON BOARD.
There are ten decks, and so complicated are the numerous passages, saloons and stairways that the passengers are provided with special guide maps in their staterooms to show them the way about.One can go for a two mile walk on the Titanic without going over the same point twice. Before sailing all the stewards of the liner had to be instructed in the geography of the giant ship, in order to learn the shortest route to various parts of the ship. Like a smart seaside resort, the Titantc—infinitely more commodious than a hotel—provides every luxury a wealthy pleasure-loving public can wish. A full-equiped Turkish bath, squash racquets court, swimming bath, gymnasium, ballroon and skating-rink are some of these. Glass enclosed "sun parlours" are one of the most delightful innovations on the Titanic. Those who wish to take their meals on deck may visit the verandah cafe, made to represent those on the Riviera. |
SHIP'S MENU.
The lighting of one of the first-class dining saloons is so arranged that the room appears to be bathed in sunshine, a warm sunset light shining through the windows.With accommodation for 2.500 passengers and crew, the catering of the Titanic is a colossal business. Some of the stores which the Titanic took on board at Southampton were :— Fresh meat ......................... 75,OOOlb. Fresh fish ......................... 11,000 b. Fresh butter ........................ 6,OOOlb. Saussages ........................... 2,5OOlb. Eggs ............................... 40,000 Sugar .............................. 10,OOOlb. Potatoes ........................... 40 tons.
21,000 DISHES AND PLATES.
There are, for instance, 21,000 dishes and plates, while the silver and cutlery run into several tons in weight.Over 600 passengers can be accommodated at a time in the first-class dining saloon. The Titanic is propelled by three screws driven by two sets of reciprocating engines of 30,000 horse power and a low-pressure turbine engine of 16,000 horse power. Steam power is provided by twenty-nine boilers, which are led by l50 furnaces. The boilers are over 15ft. in diameter. Each engine crank shaft weighs 118 tons. Each of the four funnels if placed horizontally would hold a dinner party of fifty people. The height of the funnels above the boat-deck is 81ft. 6in.
STAIRCASE INSIDE FUNNEL.
From the top of funnel to the keel is 175ft.—almost as high as the Monument. One of the funnel, which is not at present used, may be climbed from theinside by an iron staircase which runs to the top of the structure.These four elliptical funnels are each wide enough to allow two "Tube" trains to pass through and still leave room to spare. The most expensive passage that can be booked on the Titanic costs £870 in the height ot the season. For this two bedrooms, wardrobe-rooms, sitting-room, private bathroom, servant's room and a private promenade deck can be obtained. The lowest booking for a first-class passage is £25 without meals, while the cheapest passage on the Titanic £7 15s.—the third-class fare which includes meals. Expert gardeners have even been engaged to plant out beds of roses and carnations in some parts of the vessel. Shaded by palms, the passenger when miles from land is able to imagine himself at Hampton Court or Kew Gardens in the height of the summer. |
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UNLUCKY CAPTAIN.
In command of the Titanic on her disastrous maiden voyage is Captain Edward John Smith, who bas been a commander on the White Star Line for five-and-twenty years.————————— Titanic's Commander in Command of Olympic at Time of Collision. ————————— It is an unhappy coincidence that Captain Smith was in command of the Olympic last September on the occasion of her collision in the Solent with the cruiser Hawke. In his evidence before the Admiralty Court he stated that he took charge of the Olympic on her first voyage last June, having formerly commanded the same company's liner the Adriatic. At the time of the collision, the Olympic was in charge of a duly-licensed Trinity House pilot, and the judgment of the Court was that the colliSion was due to the Olympic's pilot. Captain Smith, a Staffordshire man, born siXty years ago, is one of the best known and most popular shipmasters on the North Atlantic route.
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Twice within eight months the two most colossal vessels that the world has ever seen have met with disaster. It is as though Nature grudged man his triumph over the nation-sundering ocean and revenged herself upon his puny presumption.TWO GREATEST LINERS' PERIL. ————————— Last year it was the Olympic whose mass of 45,000 tons collided with a warship that clavc a hole in her side. Yesterday it was the Titnnic, mightier still in weight, yet for all her mammoth proportions a mere tub in the face of the overwhelming ice-mountain of the Atlantic. So disaster crashed upon her, threatening 3,000 lives and the destruction in one blow of a floating township valued in gold at over 2,5 millions. But the inventions of man proved mightier than the brute force of the inanimate elements. The unsinkable ship builded by all the resources, of centuries of science withstood the shock, messages carried by the harnessed waves of the air brought speedy help, and every life, it seems, was saved and the ship herself proceeded unaided to port. |
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BELFAST, April 15.—Nowhere has the news of the disaster to the Titanic been received with greater regret than in Belfast, the birtbplace of the world's mightiest ship.IRISH PRIDE IN THE TITANIC. ————————— (From Our Own Correspondant.) Every stage of her construction, as in the case Of her predecessor, the Olympic, was followed with the keenest interest and local pride. Her launching was the occasion of a general holiday, and, while undergoing her final preparations for sea, she was daily inspected by hundreds, and on Sundays by thousands, of admiring visitors. The Titanic sailed from Belfast for Southampton on Tuesday, April 2, her departure, which had been fixed for the previous day, having been delayed by the violence of the weather. This incident at the outset of her career was regarded by many as being ominous, especialy having in memory the adventurous experiences of the sister ship Olympic. However, Tuesday, morning was fine, and in brilliant sunshine the great liner cast off her moorings at the new deep water wharf, and she steamed away a stately and resplendent maritime figure after the half-dozen tugs which brought her down Belfast Lough had performed their task. Having had her compasses adjusted and gone through a series of trials to the completest satisfaction of the officials concerned, the giant vessel left the Lough at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night and safely berthed in Southampton at 11 p.m. on the following night, having made a splendid run, which augured well for her maiden voyage. So far as can be traced by inquiries amongst Belfast shipping agents there have been only two direct bookings from Belfast by the Titanic, the passengers being a visitor from America, named Mr. Wyckoff Vanderholf, and a young Belfast electrical engineer named Ervine. To no one will the news come with a greater shock than to Lord Pirrie, slowly recovering from a severe operation. When the Titanic was launched he remarked that she would be his last and supreme effort in marine architecture.
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Though she smashed into an iceberg, a collision that would have meant the foundering of any liner a few years ago, the Titanic still floats. She is indeed practically unsinkable.SHIP THAT IS "UNSINKABLE." ————————— The increase in a modern liner's size is accompanied by greater steadiness, better behaviour and greater safety. All the beams, girders, and stanchions in the Titanic's framework were specially forged and constructed, the deck and shell-plating were of the heaviest calibre, so as to make the hull a monument of strength. The Titanic's transverse bulkheads number fifteen, extending from the double bottom to the upper deck at the forward end, and to the saloon deck at the after end, in both instances far above the load water-line. The builders state that any two of these compartments might be flooded without in anyway involving the safety of the ship.
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The Titanic is insured at Lloyd's for £1,000,000, which 0f course does not include any valuables or specie that she may have been carrying at the time of the accident.INSURED FOR £1,000,000. ————————— The rate of reinsurance on the Titanic at Lloyd's yesterday rose to 50 per cent. The underwriters were, however, in receipt of no direct information. |
1,455 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
The number of passengers on board the Titanic when she left Queenstown on her voyage, including the Cherbourg passengers, was, says Reuter :—————————— A Few of Those on the TITANIC Worth £50,000,000 ————————— SOME WELL-KNOWN NAMES ————————— First class ......... 3SO Second class ........ 305 Steerage ............ 800 Çrew ................ 903 Total................ 2,358 The totalmail on board was 3,418 sacks. At Cherbonrg 142 first-class, thirty second-class and about eighty third class passengers were embarked. Among the passengers on board were Colonel and Mrs. J. J. Astor, MaJor A. W. Butt. President Taft's aide-de-camp; Mr. B. Guggenheun, of the well-known banking firm, Mr. C. M. Hays, president Of the Grand Trunk Railway ; Mrs. Hays and Miss Hays, Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the While Star Line; Countess of Rothes, Mr. W. T. Stead, Mr. Clarence Moore, Mr. Isidor Straus, Mr. George D. Widener and Mr. W. Roebling. A list sent out by a London news agency includes Lord Ashburton, his Excellency Manuel de Lizardi, the Hon. and Mrs. L. Grove Johnson, Mr. Gustave Scholle, secretary of the United States Legation, and Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, jun. The Countess of Rothes was on her way to America to meet the Earl of Rothes. Many of the first-class passengers were well-known American multi-millionaires, who were returning to the States after a holiday stay in this country.
REPRESENT £50,000,000.
" At a moderate estimate," a prominent American resident in London told The Daily Mirror yesterday, " the passengers represent a wealth of at least £5O,OOO,OOO. Two of them alone are worth £20,000,000!"Forthwith this gentleman compiled the following table showing the wealth of a few of he passengers:— Colonel J. J. Astor ................ £10,000,000 Mr. G. D. Widener ................... 10,000,000 Mr. Isidor Straus .................... 4,000,000 Mr. Benjamin Gueggenheim ............. 2,000,000 Mr. Charles M. Hays .................. 1,500,000 Mr. William Dulles ................... 1,000,000 Mr. Emil Tausig ...................... 1,000,000 Mr. Frederick M.Hoyt ................. 1,000,000 Mr. Clarence Moore ................... 1,000,000 In addition to these nine passengers representîng between them over £30,000,000, there are several others who, if not actually millionaires, are extremely wealthy, and would easily approximate another £20,000,000. There was also a vast quantity of previous jewellery and art treasures belonging to the passengers stored in the strong room of the ship. When a wealthy American and his wife visit Europe they always return with magnificent gems bought in Paris or London, and the total value of these would certainly run into seven figures. |
MEMORABLE WEDDING.
Mr. G. D. Widener, who is the son of the millionaire who purchased the famous Rembrandt picture,"The Mill," from Lord Lansdowne for £100,000 last May, had a large number of works ot art on board, including a superb piece of Sevres china which he had purchased in London for a considerable sum.Colonel Astor figured in a divorce suit brought by his first wife in New York two and a half years ago. Last year he married again, his bride being Miss Madeline Talmage Force, a beautiful young girl. The wedding created a furore of anger, resentment and indignation, one of the chief objections being that the bridegroom was forty-seven and the bride not twenty years old. Mr. Isidor Straus, who is a member of Congress, is a partner in the great firm of R. H. May, of New York, while Mr. Guggenheim belongs to an American banking house. Of the other millionaires Mr. Clarence More is a famous owner of steeplechase horses, of Washington; Mr. William Dulles is a private gentleman of Philadelphia ; Mr. Taussig is a New York business magnate, and Mr. Frederick M. Hoyt is of the New York " Four Hundred." One of the wealthy English passengers is Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, head of the White Star Line, and one of the best known shipowners in the country. He bas a beautiful estate and mansion in Dorsetshire, which is valued at £150,000.
MR. STEAD'S MISSION.
Mr. W. T. Stead, the editor of the " Review of Reviews," was on his way to attend the convention which is to close the "Man and Religion Forward Movement," which bas been operating in America for some months with the obJect of inducing business men to take an active part in religious movements.Of the other passengers, Lord Ashburton is a member of the family of Baring. He married, a few years ago, Miss Frances Donelly, an American actress. Mr. J. B. Thayer is president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Washington Roebling is the millionaire president and director of John A. Roebling's Sons Co. iron and steel wire and wire-rope manufacturers. He it was who directed the construction of Brooklyn Bridge. Jonkheer von Reuchlin is joint managing director of the Holland-America line. |
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The passengers list of the Titanic includes the names of many well-known and distinguished people, portraits of a number of them appearing above. Mr. Bruce Ismay is chairman and managing director of the White Star Line and the eldest son of the founder of the concern. Captain Smith, in command of the Titanic, is one of the best-known shipmasters on the North Atlantic. The Titanic, it will be remembered, narrowly escaped being involved in a collision with the steamer New York at Southampton last Wednesday. The ropes holding the last-named vessel snapped, and she swung round, coming within a few feet of the White Star liner.—(Downey, Langfier and Ellis and Walery.) |
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