Rescue Scenes Highlight Bywell Castle in Thames Collision
First mate Bedling recalls the Aug 26 collision with Princess Alice. Crew launched four boats within five minutes and saved four people while recovering five bodies. Bywell Castle stayed afloat but could not pluck many from the chaotic water. Twenty nine were rescued aboard the Duke of Teck after the disaster.
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Queen’s College
Marie Scholz
Ada Farman
Rosa Hennessey
Fanny White
Eva White
Gertrude Penney
Catherine Thomson
Army Service
Bedling
S.s. Bywell Castle
Millwall
Thames
Bywell Castle
Harrison
Chapman
North Sea
Mr. Branscomb
Royal sympathy expressed for Thames catastrophe sufferers
The Queen directed the President of the Board of Trade to convey sincere condolence to the families of the deceased and support for survivors. Lord Sandon relayed the message to the Lord Mayor and Earl Sydney, with further communication from the Prince and Princess of Wales enclosing a fifty guinea donation to the relief fund.
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Board of Trade
Thames
Lord Sandon
Earl Sydney
Kent
Prince and Princess of Wales
Marlborough House
Address of condolences from Their Royal Highnesses
The text records a royal condolence note from Their Royal Highnesses expressing deep sympathy for relatives of those who drowned in a tragic incident. It conveys sincere grief and extends formal condolences in the official correspondence from Lieut.-Gen. D. M. Prosyn.
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D. M. Prosyn
Public men discuss Eastern Question and Berlin policies
At the Sheffield Cutlers Feast Colonel Stanley defends neutrality in the Servian war and praises the Vote of Credit for armed forces. Lord Beaconsfield declines to attend. Mr. Plimsoll condemns the Berlin Treaty and hints at retiring. Sir Charles Dilke praises electoral reforms and critiques Home Secretary Cross on labour acts.
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Sheffield Cutlers
Stanley
Turkey
Roebuck
Lor Beaconsfield
Sheffield
Hughenden
Algernon Turnor
Plimsoll
M.P
Derby
Berlin
Cyprus
Russia
Charles Dilke
Chelsea
Hammersmith
F. H. Hardcastle
Cross
Home Secretary
Mr. Mundella
Hughes
England
Mr. Cross
Home Department
Liverpool
Europe
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