The Titanic Wreck.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 458, 20 April 1912, Page 7

The Titanic Wreck.

AN APPALLINC DEATH ROIL.

ONLY 650 SAVED

TRUE BRITISH HEROISM

MEN GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP,

PITIFUL SCENES RELATIVES

WAITING FOR NEWS. Received April 17, 12.30 p.m. London, Last Night. The members of the House of Commons stood bare headed as Mr Asquith read the latest telegram about the wreck of the Titanic. He said: "All boats are accounted for, and (575 souls are all that are saved. We must brace ourselves to confront an event which appals one's imagination." He expressed the House's deep admiration for the manner in which the best traditions of the sea has been upheld in the saving of those least able to save themselves. Piteous scenes are being witnessed at the White Star offices in Cockspur jtreet, relatives waiting for hours for the latest news. Many people from the provinces failing to get news from Liverpool, came to London, but the officials are only able to point to the s.b. Carpathian's wireless that she had found boats and wreckage only. Similar scenes are occuring at Southampton, of which place practically the whole <JO3 of the crew are natives, and scarcely a family in that town has not lost a relative or friend. Paris, Last Night. The office of the White Star Company is besieged by weeping inquirers. Shipping at Continental ports is half-masted. New York, Last Night. There were pathetic scenes all night outside the White Star Company's offices. Vincent Astor, son of Colonel John Jacob Astor, conferred for an hour with the vice-president of the company, and departed in tears. It is understood all the women and children in the steerage, as well as in the saloon, were given a chance for life. The men behaved gallantly and went down with the ship. The Virginian arrived too late and no hope remains now that there are any survivors other than the 650 first rescued. The ice-cold water made it impossible for any survivors clinging to wreckage to escape. Women and children spent hours in open boats, exposed to bitter winds, before being picked up. The wealth aboard is estimated as representing £2,000,000, in cargo, jewels and passengers' personal belongings.