Arabic Sinking Survivors say no warning given on voyage
Captain Will Finch led the Arabic with twenty six US citizens aboard two years after the Lusitania disaster. Survivors reached Queenstown in boats and rafts. German sub torpedo struck on the starboard side. ten lifeboats and rafts saved many, though Third Engineer Logan is missing. Kenneth Douglas, actor, among the survivors.
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Liverpool
Will Finch
Logan
Kenneth Douglas
Douglas
London
White Star
Queenstown
Finch
Pacific Mail Service
1000 Shriners Celebrate 27th Annual Outing
More than 1000 Shriners joined a daylong outing departing Rowe's wharf aboard the Rose Standish bound for Charlestown navy yard Marblehead and Nanasket where Metropolitan Park police chief Elmer L. Bickford led a parade to Paragon Park.
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Mystic Order of Shriners
Rowe's Wharf
Rose Standish
Charlestown Navy Yard
Marblehead
Nantasket
Metropolitan Park Police
Elmer IL. Bickford
Paragon Park
Poslam Skin Remedy Advertises Quick Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Poslam for treating eczema and other skin eruptions. It claims relief from itching and daily improvement toward clear skin, promotes Poslam Soap, and offers samples via 4-cent stamps to Emergency Laboratories in New York City. Sold by all druggists.
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West 25Th St
New York City
All Druggista
Arabic length and tonnage details for a ship
The ship measures 600 feet in length with a breadth of 65 feet and a depth of 44 feet. It has a draft of 33 feet 1 inch and quadruple expansion engines. It features three full promenade decks, a displacement of 26,500 tons, cargo capacity of 16,500 tons, gross tonnage 15,800 tons, and 10,000 horsepower.
Sinking of Arabic Leaves 20 Lost Off Ireland Coast
The White Star line announced that 20 people died when the steamship Arabic was torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk off Ireland. Two passengers and 18 crew members perished. 175 passengers and 216 crew members were saved from 423 aboard at departure from Liverpool. Several Americans were aboard, with 25 listed. rescue of 14 Americans was later confirmed. The ship carried mail and freight. insurers estimated about 1,000,000 pounds. The market responded with a drop then partial recovery after news.
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New York
White Star Line
Ireland
Liverpool
Annie Phillips
Trenton
O. T. H. Phillips
P. A
Franklin
America
Wall Street
United States Steel
John B. Kelk
Dorothy
Olive M
Violet
List of Cabin and Steerage Passengers on Arabic
A roster of travelers bound for the United States is listed with numerous names including Mr. W. L. Adams Miss W. H. Alderson Mrs. F. C. Allison Mr. James Barnes and many others. The document enumerates passengers by title and surname, reflecting a diverse mix of individuals from several countries.
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W. L. Adams
W. H. Alderson
F. C. Allison
James Barnes
W. Bathurst
J. C. Boland
M. E. Boland
Robert Bond
Margaret Boudet
Michael Bradley
William Bullivant
Reginald A. Burns
Gladys A. Carge
Leblond
Stella Carol
Carol
Ethel M. Chadwick
Catherine Christie
Mary English
Patrick Fitzgerald
Ruth Goddard
M. Greaves
Margaret Greaves
Sarah Hill
A. Prescott Hiller
Albert Ingram
Gabriel Kantor
Jane L. Kelk
Dorothy Kelk
Olive M. Kelk
Anthony Lawadsky
G. W. Lyons
Frederick.Martin
Denis McCall
Ellen Melia
G. L. Money
Cyril Money
Edith Money
M. Christopherson
John Critchley
Isaac A. Correa
Cox
Bridget Cuff
W. Cummins
Mary Dalton
John F. A. Day
L. G. M. Day
John Deighton
Joseph DelLori
John W. Kelk
Violet Kelk
Charles I. Kresser
Isabella G. Lobb
L. Lemeilleur
William Mason
Sam Meadowcroft
Marie Mills
Bridget Mills
Mabel Money
Alex M. Morton
John H. Neave
Neave
Wyn Negus
Negus
Teresa O'Farrell
John Oschlewsky
Miss Tewksbury
Man killed by fall from high fence near Newton station
Ernest L. Hovey, 29, an Edison Light Company employee, died early yesterday after falling from a fence atop an embankment overlooking the B. and A. tracks near the Newton station.
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Ernest L. Hovey
Edison Light Company
Newton
Break in U S German Tensions Over Arabic Sinking
The Arabic torpedoing without warning shocks the United States and sparks fear of a diplomatic rupture. President Wilson seeks full details while officials weigh if warnings were given and if Americans were drowned. The State Department declines life or property claims from torpedoed ships with warning, citing the Armenian case set a precedent.
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United States
Germany
Lansing
Berlin
Wilson
Gregory
Thompson
Queenstown
White House
John Wall
State Department
Department
Man Burned While Smoking in Bed at Franklin Street
R Eaton of 614 Franklin Street was burned on the arms when a spark from his pipe started a fire. Firemen arrived from Box 484 to find him suffering but he had already extinguished the blaze. House damage was very small.
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Vernon R. Eaton
Franklin Street
Eaton
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Lusitania
Dunsley
Captain Finch
Baret
Pemberton
Boston
William Finch
Trish
Bristol Channel
Fastnet
Filene
Seconds of ‘*Olus
Rockinchair
Porosknit
Gotham” Union
Palm Beach
Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co
U. S
Shriners
J. Edington Usher
A. M. F. Vanschelle
Augustine Waldner
Beatrice White
James Pearson
Wm. D. Phillips
M. Phillips
Gwen Phillips
Agnes Phillips
Kathleen Phillips
A. E. Philip
Bessie Porter
E. M. Randall
W. Pringle
F. Pryce
W. G. Randall
Randall
Joe Robinson
Margaret Ross
Rossall
EB. Smith
John Stewart
Alfred Still
Gladys Tattersall
Frank Tattersall
Tattersall
Bertha Tattersall
Irene Tattersall
Francis Caraher
Johan A. Carlson
Katie Connell
John Doherty
William Duckers
Peter Dugal
Florence Davey
Martin Flanagan
Katie Falvey
Denis Falvey
L. Hermans
Timothy Hayes
Mary Hayes
Charles Howe
Nathaniel Frank Moore
Lizzie Mahoney
Margaret Mulqueeney
Della Queenan
Mary Radington
Sarah Elizabeth Salt
Mary Salt
Frank Salt
Iona Salt
Lorence Salt
Cornelius Sullivan
Jeremiah Sullivan
Florence Thomas
John Tulmelty
James Waldron
Hugh Hanley
Mary Harrington
Amy Jones
Thomas Keegan
John Kennedy
Owen Kilduff
Rueben Liss
Elijah Willonghby
Martin Loftus
Martin Logan
Thomas McMahon
Annie Mooney
John Morrissey
James Mangan
Domenico Morest
Columbia River
Campbell's
Ikins BC
Aquinas
Pring Ot
Pure Gin
Choice Holland
Leeds
Old Everett
Gordon
Spegia
Roessle Beer
Susi
M.&r.vermouth
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Canal
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Dina
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