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Shipwreck Survivors Rescued as Barbados Sinks
Survivors eight hours aboard the Henry Mallory were saved after the Barbados foundered off Delaware capes en route to Barbados. Six men pictured with rescuers include A Allamby George Lawrence Joe Valverde A Lynch Henry Pfeiffer Capt W Davidson and Capt Hoard. The Barbados disaster prompted a New York funeral for Harry Payne Whitney at St Bartholomews with mourners including William K Vanderbilt and Mrs Vanderbilt in the rain.
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Pacific & Atlantic
Barbados
Delaware Capes
New York
S. S. Henry
Capt
W. Davidson
Mallory
Capt. Hoard
Harry Payne Whitney
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York City
William K. Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt