19 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
1
Mrs Jacques Futrelle was placed in lifeboats five times and fought back each time to reach her husband only when he suggested he might survive alone. She recalled steerage men fighting for the boat and, after the craft rowed away, saw a body she believed was her husband Jack, begging the crew to pursue it, but it was not him.
J H Moody, a Titanic quartermaster and helmsman on the fatal night, testified that the liner was under orders to push speed and was traveling at 21 knots when disaster struck.
Reports circulating in New York on April 18 claimed Captain Smith killed himself during a Titanic panic. Officials and passengers deny ground for the tales. Some shots may have been fired to intimidate steerage passengers, but fatalities are doubtful.
Brief weather note from Washington on April 18 forecasts rain in Hostom and New England Friday followed by clearing. Weekend brings fair skies, brisk variable winds turning westerly, with little temperature change.
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