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WOMEN AND CKILDREN GIVEN A CHANCE
MEN GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP
SURVIVORS UNDERGO BITTER EXPOSURE. „
(Received April, 17, 10.30 a.m.)
NEW YORK, April 16. There were pathetic scenes all night outside the White Star Line offices. Vincent Astor, son of Colonel John Jacob Astor, conferred for an hour with Vice-President Franklin, and departed in tears. It is understood that all the women and children' in tho steerage as well as in,the; saipoa were given • '&; chance of.-saving'•their lives'." "; ■;■ . ' l ' : ; ;. ' : 'Tb e steamer^■ Virgiiiiart, arrived too •iatX;:-^-/-^ v^ ~..N6 Jioj^.>Wnia^ f MW.,of any surOther'tfiatt 'the- 650 first rescued. The men behaved gallantly, and went down with the ship. The ice-cold, water made it impossible for any of the survivors clinging to the wreckage to escape. The women and children spent hours in the open boats exposed to bitter winds before they were picked up. The wealth -aboard- is estimated at representing two million sterling, in cargo, jewels and passcngere' personal belongings.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 5
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162EARLIER MESSAGES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 5
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