Titanic Disaster Toll Tops 1,342 Survivors Record
Reported recovery figures from the Titanic wreck show 1,342 dead and 808 survivors among first and second class passengers. President Taft orders revenue cutters to meet the Carpathia as lifeboat and raft survivors endure zero cold off Grand Banks amid drifting ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Revenue
White Star Line
Grand Banks
New York
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Carpathia
Gresham
Acushnet
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Salem
White Star Company
Greenland
Labrador
Titanic Disaster Reports and Claims of Heroism and Loss
Wireless from Captain Rostron places Carpathia to New York with about 800 aboard after rescuing Titanic passengers. London Paris New York mourn the ship loss as crowds await news. tales of bravery and the possible deaths of Mrs Isidor Straus and others surface amid chaotic scenes.
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Cunard
Rostron
Carpathia
New York
Ismay
Halifax
Baltic
Queenstown
London
Paris
The Key Log Band and the Titanic Echoes
Survivors recount the Titanic disaster with stark horror as passengers in forward cabins perish or survive. A fraught crew under a venerable captain braces at the rails while lifeboats are lowered in a race against the sinking ship.
General Rain Across North Dakota Reported
A general rainfall is reported in every section of North Dakota including Fargo on April 15, helping conditions across farms and towns in the state. The report notes widespread precipitation with potential easing of dryness in several regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Jones Statue Unveiled in Washington by Taft and Congress
President Taft and members of Congress, the diplomatic corps, and a large official crowd attended the dedication of a John Paul Jones memorial statue in Potomac Park. The ceremony included Rev. Charles Wood, Gen. Horace Porter, Admiral Dewey, and sculptor Charles H. Niehaus with a salute from the Dolphin in the Potomac. The $50,000 statue stands at Seventeenth Street, pedestal by Thomas Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Paul Jones
Taft
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Fort Myer
Marine Corps
Naval Academy
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Nations Guard
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Horace Porter
Navy League
Jones
Admiral Dewey
Marine Band
U. S. & Dolphin
Potomac River
Potomac Park
Charles H. Niehaus
Henry L. Stimson
William T. Russell
St. Patrick's Church
Seventeenth Street
Thomas Hastings
Niehaus
House in Official Action on Titanic Tragedy
Washington April 17 The House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution extending sympathy to the relatives of those drowned in the Titanic wreck. Chaplains from both houses mentioned the disaster in their invocations. Chaplain Peirce in the Senate spoke of the sore distress and sad fate, while Chaplain Couden in the House urged stronger laws to protect travelers by land or sea and those facing fire and flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Peirce
Senate
Couden
List of Titanic survivors aboard Carpathia released
A New York report lists Titanic survivors aboard the Carpathia en route to port. It names Mrs Rose Abbott likely Mrs N Aubert and numerous others including Mrs J J Astor, Mrs E D Appleton, Mr Henry Bertram Ismay, Col Archibald Gracie and many more with maid and children among the listed survivors.
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John Jacob Astor
Archie Butt
Taft
W. T. Stead
Hearst
Henry B. Harris
BE. G. Lewy
New York
Carpathia
Rose Abbott
N. Aubert
Harry Anderson
K. T. Andrews
Cornelia
W. Alien
E. D. Appleton
A. H. Barkworth
Karl Barrett
A. Bassina
Besette
Hathworth
James Baxter
Allen Becker
Ruth
Mary
Richard
Becker
Georgia Brayton
R. T. Beckwith
Karl Hf. Reha
D. H. Nishop
Henry Blank
Caroline Bonnell
G. C. Bowen
Elsie Bowerman
J. M. Brown
J. J. Brown
Edith Brown
T. W. 8. Brown
G. M. Burns
William Buckner
W. M. &. Cabries
BE. P. Calderhead
Churchill Cardell
J. W. Cardeza
Thomas Cardeza
Luchile Carter
Wiliam B. Carter
Renaldo M. Carmacion
D. D. Case Bere
Wiliam Carter
Howard B. Case
Terrell W. Cavendish
H. F. Chaffee
N.C. Chambers
Victorine Chamdasen
Gladys Cherry
Paul Cherro
Walter Clark
B. Chibanace
E. B. Chibance
FE. G. Crosby
John B. Cummings
Mise Crosby
Robert W. Daniel
Sarah Jel
Mias Dessette
Antionette Flegheim
Franchatelli
G. Blein Formery
J. 1. Flynn
Mark Fortune
Lucille Fortune
Alice Fortune
Henry Frauenthal
T. G. Praventhal
Margaret Frolicher
Jacques Futrelle
Marcy Gerroai
James Googht
Leonard Gibson
Dorothy Gibson
Samuel Goldenberg
Ella Goldenberg
Cosmo Duff Gordon
Archibald Gracie
Graham
Margaret FE. Graham
Lee D. Greenfield
William B. Greenfield
Jennie Hansen
Henry Haraner
George A. Harder
Ienry S. Harper
Henry S. Harper
Henry Hawksford
Charles M. Hays
Margaret
Mile Hiaussig
Jean
Fran PD. Miller
W. EF. Minnihan
Daisy Minnihan
Roberta Matmy
Lettia McNearmont
Olivia Middle
Florence More
Adelie Naseraell
Nicholas Nisser
Madeline Newell
Marjorie Newell
Helen Newsom
Obert O'Connell
R. C. O'Connell
C. Ostby
Mrs. Ostby
Helen R. Ostby
Percy J. Oxenham
Thomas Oxenham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Storm
Titanig
E. J. Smith
Iroe
Smith
J. Renee Ismay
Isidor Straus
Mssing
Straus
Olympic
Hawke
John Muir
John Burroughs
Ohn Burroughs
Pelham
N. Y
Pacific Slope
Mr. Muir
Mr. Burroughs
Unveil Jones
Mrs. John J. Astor
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