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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
7
The Allan line steamer Virginian reached Liverpool today. Captain Gambell could not explain messages claiming the Virginian towed the Titanic and that other ships stood by. He said they passed the sinking site six to seven miles away and faced an ice field with no wreckage seen.
The Virginian reported the first wireless on the Titanic iceberg crash at 12 40 AM from Cape Race. It tracked Carpathia and other vessels, noting Carpathia’s orders to return, Carpathia rescuing passengers, and Baltic reports of 800 aboard. Virginian crew prepared lifeboats and volunteers ready to assist.
The Theatre Comique screens moving pictures of the Titanic disaster including Captain Smith the ship and the Carpathia. It shows the keel laying launching scenes and iceberg shots taken two days before the sinking. First such film imports shown in Boston.
London April 21. The Titanic memorial service at City Temple featured hundreds singing a song titled The Titanic written by Hall Caine. The hymn, set to a tune based on God Our Help in Ages Past, laments fate and seeks faith, comfort, and guidance as sailors lie beneath the waves.
The Titanic passenger list and survivor records show 135 women drowned, including 16 first saloon passengers, despite many gallant acts and the "women first" ethic.
Washington says the Titanic was on the southern route in April, contrary to popular belief. The navy hydrographic office notes the spring lane was the westbound track just north of the eastbound line, aligning with 1898 agreed routes. Shifting routes south would lengthen eastbound and westbound legs between Ambrose Channel Lightship and Bishops Rock.
At Intercolonial Hall, Branch 5 United Association of Postoffice Clerks in Boston, resolutions honored five clerks who died in the Titanic disaster. Three served the United States, two served Great Britain. Postmaster E C Mansfield attended and spoke on modern post office topics as officers for the coming year were installed.
New York April 21 doctors Kimball and Biggs, after consulting on Mrs. Astor widow of Colonel John Jacob Astor, reported no serious development and no expectation of one. She remains abed, suffering from the Titanic sinking shock and grief for Vincent Astor and others. Vincent Astor and close friends visited her during the day.
Wireless dispatch from Bremen reports numerous wreckage and many bodies in life preserver rings around three large icebergs near 42.0 north 49.20 west. Mackay Bennet may have recovered 64 or more bodies. Empress of Ireland to relay further news.
London April 21 It is understood that the White Star Gigantic now under construction at Belfast and originally to be 1000 feet long will be modified. The revised plans likely include double cellular bottom and sides as with Mauretania and Lusitania to meet government subsidy conditions. The Olympic will have 40 collapsible boats and carry 16 extra lifeboats.
The Rev. Dr. George Chalmers Richmond of Philadelphia was rebuked by Dr. Clifton Gray and Dr. Arthur Little for condemning Colonel John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force. Gray denounced the idea of divine judgment and warned against blasphemous views of God's penal decrees.
At a Titanic memorial service in Trinity Church Boston yesterday afternoon a 2000 strong crowd joined child choir voices and organ to sing Nearer My God to Thee. The hymn rose with organ peals as veterans and congregants cried and joined in the mournful anthem.
The article recalls a Titanic memorial service by the Sons and Daughters of St. George with British and American veterans in uniform, honoring Major Butt Colonel Astor and Jacques Futrelle. Dr. Mann’s eloquent sermon lauds shared sacrifice across continents as tears and hymn Nearer My God to Thee fill the hall.
The Mandolinata Orchestra of Greece conducted by Nicholas Lavdas, a 14 player ensemble with double bass, performed last night in Symphony Hall Boston for the first time. A large, new audience applauded eagerly and listened absorbed to folk tunes and lively orchestrations, especially rhythmically driven pieces like Grieg Solveig and Norwegian Dance Brahms Hungarian Dances Wardas compositions Balfe Die Zigeunerin and Saint-Saens La Jota Aragonaise. The crowd crowded the balcony and floor, and the performance drew warm enthusiasm throughout.
Crowds gather at Faneuil Hall for city meeting to pass resolutions of regret for Titanic victims and sympathy for relatives. It will condemn insufficient life saving equipment and consider safety measures for passengers and crew. Mayor presides with invited speakers including Governor Foss Cardinal OConnell and university presidents.
A legislative item urges Congress to compel ships from American ports to carry adequate life saving apparatus. The fragment notes a push for federal action to improve maritime safety and vessel equipment standards.
President Taft joined services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church for Major Archibald W. Butt and Titanic victims. He then attended sermons at All Souls Unitarian and St Johns Episcopal with Mrs. Taft, while Cardinal Gibbons spoke at St Stephens Catholic Church on the disaster and human pride.
North German Lloyd Steamship Company released a statement about the Titanic distress, noting the Frankfurt replied to the call and arrived 20:50 at the scene, 140 miles away, with Carpathia 58 miles distant. It urged an international commission to discuss life saving upgrades and reassured the public about equipment.
The Rev. Benjamin Wilmot of Bethany Congregational Church Quincey said yesterday that hundreds of lives were sacrificed for speed and business gain when the Titanic struck an iceberg. He warned the ship rushed toward immorality and profits, where the wages of sin is death.
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