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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
4
A condensed list recalls major ship disasters and incidents linked to steam vessels. Names such as Titanic and Koombana appear among a broader catalog including ships like The Norge and Iroquois with terse references to maiden voyages and maritime peril.
Major Archibald W. Butt military aide to the President is 46, native of Georgia, descendant of a colonial family. Educated at the University of the South, Sewanee. He moved to Washington and became a well known correspondent for Southern newspapers. In 1905 he wrote The Other Side of the.
The Tunnel Bargain Basement offers size 36 women and size 16 misses clothing at well below regular prices from manufacturers sample lines. The feature item cites the basement as a large outlet with frequent, short lived reductions among the hundreds of lots available today. The rest of the text shifts to a biographical sketch of Major Butt, detailing his military career from 1900 through White House service, friendships with Roosevelt and Taft, and a Rome rest period with mentions of the Pope and Italian King.
Percival W. White and his son Richard F. White, passengers on the Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, were returning from a pleasure trip to London after leaving New York less than a month ago. Mr White is a cotton manufacturer with N D White & Sons of Winchendon. His residence is Brunswick Missouri. Richard is a graduate of Cambridge Latin School and Bowdoin College.
Montreal April 15. Allan Line steamships Virginian and Parisian reported to have headed toward the Titanic wreck, but had not reported back by 10 o clock. George Hannah, general passenger agent, doubts Virginian arrived in time to help and Parisian may have reached the scene and possibly saved some passengers leaping from wreckage.
In a tense night at No. 11 Broadway offices crowds of men and women cried and waited for word on Titanic survivors. Officials warned of grim losses while Vincent Astor sought to learn if his father and stepmother were among those aboard, as distress and rumors swirled.
Officials acknowledged only the terrible loss after the Titanic struck an iceberg. The Carpathia and Olympic vanished from contact, with P A S Franklin seeking survivor names as wireless networks failed and hopes waned for news from vessels near the wreck.
New York April 15 The wireless operator on the Titanic who sent the CQ O call after striking the iceberg is J G Phillips formerly a wireless operator on James Gordon Bennett s yacht He later worked on the Oceanic before transferring to the Titanic.
An advertisement claims Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy will restore natural hair color after a single application and remove dandruff. It promotes safety and a fifty cent bottle from druggists with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after a fair trial.
John McCaffrey a 48 year old shoe dealer from North Attleboro was killed when his car skidded on Main Street and crashed into a tree early today. His companions Clark Newell the driver and Robert I. Givens were uninjured.
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