Whats the min idea? LINERITANIC KEPT AFLOAT BY WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS BEING TOWED INTO HALIFAX, N. S
The Washington Times
April 15, 1912
Steamer Virginian Taking Disabled Ship to Port of Refuge. Passengers Trans-shipped to Other Vessels to Await Arrival of the Baltic,
a ship which was in the vicinity of the Titanic
Which is to Convey Them to New York. Disaster Unparalleled in History of Navigation.
MONTREAL, April 15. — A message to the Montreal Star from its correspondent at St. Johns, New Brunswick, at 1:15 says that the Titanic is being towed toward port
by the Allan liner Virginian. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 15. — Held afloat only by her water-tight compartments the great White Star liner
Titanic is slowly crawling toward this harbor. Her passengers have been taken off to other vessels, only to have to face a second ordeal, as they are to be again transferred to the Baltic, of the White Star line, this afternoon. The Baltic will take them to their journey’s end in New York, where they are due next Thursday. The disaster to the Titanic was unaralleled in the history of navigation. The largest, most luxurious and best appointed
vessel ever laid down, she seemed proof against any disaster, and it is to the very fact that she was a new steamer that the passengers on board, noted financiers and society leaders, owe their lives. Hardly another craft afloat could have withstood the terrific shock when the Titanic, driving along at better than half speed, although in the midst of icefields, crashed bow on into a great submerged mountain of ice which tore away her steel plates.7 LINER TITANIC WRECKED BY ICEBERG; PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER VESSELS IN MID OCEANThe Day BookApril 15, 1912Biggest Steamer Ever Afloat Crumpled Up Like Toy in Nighttime — Wireless
Saves 2,000 Passengers and Crew. Halifax, N. S., April 15. — Kept afloat only by her watertight compartments, the great White Star liner Titanic slowly is crawling toward this harborHer 1,470 passengers were taken off and put aboard other steamers in mid ocean. Theymaythank a calm sea and the wireless that they are alive today. The disaster to the Titanic is unequalled in the history of navigation: The largest, most luxurious and best appointed vessel that ever floated, she seemed proof against any disaster. Hardly another ship afloat could have withstood the terrific shock when the Titanic, driving through the night at more than half speed ahead, crashed bow on into a great submerged iceberg. Just how the accident happened, whether there was a panic among the passengers, is not yet known here. Only the wireless appeals for help came from the stricken shCaptain E. S. Smith, admiral of the White Star fleet of liners and in command of the Titanic, realized acutely the danger to his passengers. The first message was received at the Cape Race wireless station at 10:25 p. m. last night. It was demand for immediate help. From Cape Race the news was spread far and wide by wireless and by telegraph. Vessel was reached and given the position of the Titanic, and urged to make all speed to her aid. The Allan liner Virginian was the first. She turned her prow
toward the wounded giant of the seas, and set out under forced draught.
Then the Carpathia, of the Cunard line, and the Baltic, sister ship of the wrecked vessel, and the Allan liner Parisian, were reached, and all proceeded toward the Titanic. Then came a time of cruel waiting. From the moment the first message reached Cape Race station until 12:27 a. m., there came flash after flash from the Titanic. And each message was the same — “Hurry! Hurry! We are sinking and the passengers may be lost.”Nothing could be done from the shore. The Titanic lay 450 miles south of Cape Race, and 1,150 miles due east of New York. The only hope for her passengers seemed to be from vessels in her immediate vicinity. At 12:27 a. m. a message was relayed to the shore: