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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
5
Testimony details lookouts Fleet and Leigh reporting ice at 11 30 p m and the collision on the Titanic. Major Peuchen describes lifeboat procedures and the lack of glasses for lookouts, while Senators press for blame and note several women rowed bravely in boats.
Cunard line states Laconia will be equipped with extra life rafts on arrival in Boston this week if needed. A cable from the home office instructed the Franconia to sail from Boston on April 16 via a southerly track, and captains have since been ordered to take that route.
A letter to the editor lauds Mrs. Isidor Straus for intellect, gentleness, and duty. It recalls her hospitality and education work, her support of College of the City of New York and Educational Alliance, and the family unity of the Straus men led by Isidor. Adieu to Mr and Mrs Straus and hope their influence endures.
John Watts returned from New York where he met his sister in law Mrs Bessie Watts and her daughter Miss Bertha Watts who were aboard the Titanic and among the rescued. They will stay in New York with a brother before coming to Hanover.
George Bradley, a first cabin passenger, says a bridge whist game continued for about 45 minutes after the iceberg impact. Henry B Harris left to check the deck, reported danger, and returned. The orchestra played and the group kept calm until the ship sank and lifeboats were lowered. Bradley barely reached a boat in time.
The Helligolay from Christiansand Norway was 406 miles from the Titanic at disaster time and would have needed about 26 hours to reach the doomed liner. Captain Holst recounts wireless messages with the Olympic noting Titanic struck an iceberg and assurances to keep the safety status quiet.
New York April 23 Announcement was made that the Metropolitan Opera House will stage a memorial performance Monday evening for Titanic disaster victims relatives under patronage of President Taft and notable New York figures. The program includes Bourke Cochran memorial address Caruso singing The Lost Chord English Brahms Requiem by the Oratorio Society with the Philharmonic Orchestra. William Marconi to receive a gold tablet of honor by sculptor Prince Paul Troubetzkoy.
Captain Lord of the Leyland line steamship Californica denied last night that his vessel passed within five miles of the sinking Titanic and ignored distress signals. Surviving Titan ic crew members had claimed the Californica ignored calls for help. The assertion sparked a protest from Leyland Line officials.
Captain Lord says his vessel was about 20 miles from the Titanic during the night of the wreck. He stopped engines and shut down wireless to avoid heavy ice. he received news at 6 a.m. from the Virginian and found only empty lifeboats afterward. He regrets not aiding Titanic and notes no other ship was sighted by the Californian.
In New York on April 23 a 40 000 strong East Side crowd at the Educational Alliance building forced postponement of a planned lecture on Tsidor Straus career after a crush risked trampling as doors could not be opened.
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