Astor Refuses Lifesaving Aid and Goes to Sea
Titanic witness James Johnson recalls Colonel John Jacob Astor aiding his wife before the ship sank. Mrs Isidor Straus refuses to leave her husband as waves of fate surround the vessel. Barber Alfred Whitman confirms Astor faced death calmly, seeking a liferaft and choosing to jump with dignity.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
James Johnson
Colonel Astor
Johnson
Straus
Colonel J. J. Astor
Alfred Whitman
Whitman
Titanic Seaman Recalls Last Words of Captain Smith
G A Hogg, able seaman, told how as the Titanic sank a big wave swept him from the wreck and he landed on a raft with 35 others. He recalled Captain Smith bidding farewell with the phrase cooed by the crew. The story comes from the American Seaman's Friendly Society Institute where 150 survivors are being cared for.
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New York
American Seaman’s Friendly Society
G. A. Hogg
Captain Smith
Hogg
Eyewitness Accounts of Titanic Sinking and Lifeboat Atrocities
Survivor recollections describe Captain Smith's last hours aboard the sinking ship and a woman left in a lifeboat dying of cold. Reports claim the Titanic hit the iceberg at top speed 221/2 knots. First officer Murdock allegedly fired on Portuguese steerage passengers. A lifeboat救 recovery includes two women—one described as a roving maniac—pulled from freezing waters. Women are praised for rowing and preventing swamping of lifeboats while exhausted men faded.
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A. Schuss
Murdock
Sidney Humphrey
Carpathia
Ed Clinch
Hich
New McElwain Shoe Plant Planned for Manchester
The McElwain Shoe Company announced a large concrete factory to be built on the east side of the South Manchester railroad, measuring 695 feet by 45 feet and six stories high. The project aims to strengthen Manchester New Hampshire's standing as a major shoe center.
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Manchester
N. H
McElwain Shoe Company
South Manchester
Roosevelt Rally in Cambridge Tonight
A big rally for Theodore Roosevelt will be held in Cyprus Hall Cambridge tonight under the Cambridge Roosevelt campaign committee. Principal speakers include Judge Frank D. Thompson of Brattleboro VT Charles S Baxter and Rev Allan Hudson of Brockton.
Misses Newell Return From Titanic Voyage
In Lexington last evening Miss Marjorie Newell and Miss Madeline Newell arrived with their mother, grieving over the loss of their father A W Newell, president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston. Relatives comforted them as reporters were kept from details of the disaster.
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Lexington
Marjorie Newell
Madeline Newell
A. W. Newell
Fourth National Bank of
Boston
New York
Misses Newell
Back Bay Station
Regular Spring Weather Hovering Near Boston
The weather bureau predicts fair cool today with a warmer Sunday and possible showers later. A rainstorm yesterday dampened Patriots Day celebrations, with thousands of golfers, tennis players and baseball fans discouraged by chill clouds and soggy grounds. the day’s high reached 51.
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