AMONG THE LOST.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 22 April 1912, Page 5

AMONG THE LOST.

MR. STEAD'S FATE. HOW COLONEL ASTOR DIED. New York, April 20. Some of the survivors think that Mr. Stead, editor of tho "Review of Reviews," and Colonel Astor, Hie mulli-millionaire, reached a raft, but succumbed lo the cold and dropped oil'. Mr. W. T. Stead was last seen on deck near the smoke room. Another account eltilM 'Uint he jumped orerbflMtf fcltw jlw toaulaffc,

Colonel Astor, afler placing his wife in a boat, asked permission to accompany her, but Hie second officer paid: "Nn, sir, no man shall enter the lioals till the women are ofl'." Colonel AMnr then assisted in clearing away tho other boats and reassuring nervous women. Jlrs. Astor hazily remembers Hint when, amidst the confusion, she was about In be placed in a boat, her husband stood by her side. She has no knowledge as to how he died. It is now stated that Mr. C. M. Hay?, president of the Grand Trunk Kailwny, who had been reported as, among the saved, was las!, seen bidding farewell to passengers who were leaving tho ship. The following additional persons are known to be among the missing:— Mr. Julian, tho well-known metallurgist. This is doubtless Mr. Alexis Anastay Julian, ono of tho most distinguished geologists in America. He was born in 1840, and has been curator of geology at the School of Mines, Columbia, Bince 189". He has conducted numerous geological 6urvoys in America, and was well-known as a contributor to the scientific press. Mr. Case, managing director of tlie Vacuum Oil Company. The Rot. E. C. Carter, of St. Jude'e, Whitechapel, and Mrs. Carter. Mrs. Thayer Straus, of New York.