Titanic Inquiry Details Lookout Errors and Iceberg Size
Witnesses testified about lack of lookout glasses on the crow's nest after leaving Belfast and Southampton. The lookout said the iceberg appeared about fifty to sixty feet above water, growing larger as the ship neared it, and the ship struck the starboard bow twenty feet from the stern. Footage described passengers crying out and prayers in Catholic churches for the dead.
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Fleet
Southampton
Belfast
Lookout Fleet
Fragmentary dialogue about a rescue and senator inquiry
Incomplete transcript shows Pittman and a senator discussing an attempted rescue. The witnesses mention a boat and the scene, with refusals to recall or discuss further. The fragment hints at a questioning press involvement and possible laceration reference.
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Pittbear
Smith
Senator Smith
Pittman
Memorial services for Emil Brandeis held with reverence
A memorial service for Emil Brandeis was conducted in the afternoon with a large gathering of friends and many others paying respects. The service featured sacred songs and expressions of regret, with speakers including United Hitchcock of Nebraska among others.
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Emil Brandeis
Memtandeis
Hitchcock
Astor Will Filed For Probate After Titanic Death
A New York law firm will file for probate within days of Colonel John Jacob Astor's death on the Titanic. The will is reportedly a later document made after his marriage to Miss Force. lawyers foresee swift action in settling the estate.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Colonel Astor
Leyland steamer California near Titanic during sinking
Captain Lord of the Leyland steamer California says his ship was 17 to 19 miles from the Titanic when it foundered and that signals for help were missed while the vessel waited for daylight. He asserts he could have saved all passengers if warned.
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Boston
California
Lord
Fragmentary Report Describes Quick Response to Virginia Disaster
A terse account notes an event with a sharp grinding noise and little immediate impact. A senator questions the alarm and recalls a narrow shave. The next morning a Virginian message prompts an immediate move to the disaster scene.
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Senator
The
Virginian
Titanic Disaster Survivor Voices From Lifeboat Assault and Explosion
Major Peuchen described a lifeboat scene where a woman rowed while another man steered toward a nonvisible light. Survivors heard calls and explosions as Titanic sank, crew later heard distant cries and fading sounds, about five eighths of a mile away, with succor five miles off as the ship went under with over 1600 aboard.
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Major Peuchen
HeligClav Distance From Titanic Speaks On Night Of Sinking
Second Officer Frederick Mecklenburg, on watch the night of the disaster, testifies that the Helig Clav of the Scandinavian American Line reached Hoboken four hundred miles away from the Titanic when the accident occurred.
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New York
Hoboken
Frederick Mecklenburg
Titanic Remembrance Services In New York Churches
Chimes from Trinity St Patrick’s and St John the Divine joined in a requiem for Titanic heroes. Worshippers of varied faiths gathered Sunday to honor those who died to save women and children. Nearer My God to Thee was played for survivors hearing the ship’s final moments.
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New York
Old Trinity
St. Patrick’s
St. John the Divine
Former Nebraskans on Titanic Recall Local Ties
Fremont, Nebraska notes J B Thayer of Boston listed among Titanic passengers. Thayer led the old Standard Cattle Co and once bought large Dodge county lands near Ames and built the Leavitt sugar factory. Mr and Mrs Thayer and their son were returning from Europe. Mrs Thayer and the son were saved.
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Fremont, Neb
J. B. Thayer
Boston
Old Standard Cattle Company
Dodge County
Ames
Neb
Leavitt
Thayer
Europe
Titanic Survivor Vows Senate Probe to Reveal Truth
Mrs Harris, widow of a millionaire dancer, sobbing in New York, claims one thousand five hundred people died on the Titanic and vows to testify before the senate committee. She describes being last to leave the deck and boarding a collapsible boat with two other women as chaos unfolded at sea.
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Henry Dow
Harris
Central Park
John
Titanic Disaster Aboard Witness Describes Rescue Attempts
The Titanic disaster testimony before a senate committee recounts J B Boxhall, fourth officer, detailing failed efforts to attract a distant ship amid the disaster. Boxhall says the vessel was within five miles, heading toward the Titanic, its masthead lights visible from the bridge. Rockets and Morse signals were used to hail the stranger, who, along with Captain Smith and others nearby, believed the other ship saw them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Investigating Committee
J. B. Boxhall
Boxhall
Smith
Mourning Observed Across England For Titanic Victims
Sunday services were held nationwide from cathedrals to chapels as the nation paid tribute to the Titanic captain and crew and the disaster’s victims. Offertories in many churches supported relief funds now totaling over 500000 dollars.
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London
Titanic Survivor Bruce Ismay and Astor Estate Details
Bruce Ismay, White Star Line managing director, survived the Titanic sinking but refuses to disclose estate disposition. Estate valued at 125 million dollars. Colonel Astor reportedly secured 5 million for his bride, with dower rights relinquished. Lawyers say bulk of the estate will go to Vincent Astor to keep it intact. Astor was taxed on real property 31,202,800 for 1912.
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Colonel Astor
Astor
Vincent
Body of Widener Identified
Philadelphia report confirms George D. Widener, son of Peter A. B. Widener, identified from a body recovered by the Mackay Bennett cable ship after receiving a telegram from Clarence Mackay establishing the match.
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Widener
Philadelphia
Peter A. B. Widener
International Mercantile Marine
Clarence Mackay
Mackay-Bennett
George D. Widener
Titanic Benefit Game Raises $9425 for Survivors Relief
A Titanic relief benefit game between the Giants and Highlanders' recruits drew 14 083 attendees and realized 9425 25 dollars for destitute survivors. The proceeds support Titanic disaster relief efforts.
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New York
Giants
Highlanders
White Star Ship Reports Fifty Bodies Recovered
The White Star line relays a wireless message from the cable ship McKay Bennet stating a heavy southwest squall hindered work. Fifty bodies recovered, all not embalmed, to be buried at sea at 8 p.m. with divine services. only embalmed bodies can be brought to port.
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New York
White Star Line
McKay-Bennett
Protests Treatment of Ismay in British Press
London papers attack the conduct of both American and German outlets toward J Bruce Ismay and demand a thorough inquiry. The Morning Post argues it was his duty to live and help the company recover from the disaster by facing the consequences.
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Ismay
London
Board of Trade
J. Bruce Ismay
Morning Post
Tribute of Rabbi Hirsch at Carnegie Hall
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago paid tribute at the Free synagogues in Carnegie Hall to the heroism of Jews who died. He praised Isidore Strauss and Mrs. Strauss for quiet, manly heroism and devotion, noting she refused to be saved with port.
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Rabbi Hirsch
New York
Carnegie Hall
Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago
Isidore Strauss
Olympic Captain Denies Titanic Rescue Report Myth
Captain Haddock of the White Star liner Olympic told Plymouth authorities on arrival from New York that the Olympic did not dispatch any wireless report claiming the Virginian towed the Titanic and that all passengers were safe. Survivors’ relief fund contributions reached $7,000 from Olympic passengers.
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London
Haddock
White Star Line
Olympic
Plymouth
New York
Commemoration Services for Titanic Victims in Washington
In St Pauls Episcopal Church Washington held a memorial for Major Archibald Butt and Titanic victims. President Taft attended the service, the first of similar observances in the city. In Muscatine County an engineer John Adams of Ottumwa Iowa drowned when his engine went under Cone's lake water. his fireman John Moriarty died from injuries.
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Washington
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Archibald Butt
Taft
John Adams
Ottumwa, Ta
Cone’s Lake
Muscatine
John Moriarty
Notable Heroes Amid Tragic Sinking Remembered
A survivor recalls the rescue at sea and Major Butt as a noble, authoritative leader who guided women and children to safety. She notes the captain’s and her husband’s deaths as waves swept over them, calling the sinking due to careless handling murder in cold blood.
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Major Butt
Major
Mr. Harris
Butch Finds Way Back to Barnard Show and Love
In a rural tale from 1912, Butch Thompson hires on with Joel Hicks as a farm hand after a past circuses setback. A dusty reunion with Lottie and Dabney’s fate tests loyalty, but Petie the elephant helps prove Butch’s change of heart and leads to a marriage plan with Hicks’s family support.
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Bert Haskins
Joel
Butch Thompson
William Bennington Thompson
Hicks
Joel Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Butch
Sam Benton
Rube
Benton
Reuben Sproule
Johnson & Wells
Flying Barnards
Barnard
Dabney
Lottie
Petie
New York
Barnard Brothers
Barnards
Bill
Cleveland
Ben Barnard
Akron
Billy Farlan
Farlan
Petre
Tye
Farland
Rascal
Intercom Mixup Reveals Miss Fraskstake’s Dinner Plan
Mrs Scribbles and her daughter head out of town for a relative's interment. Miss Frankstake asks a butcher for two pounds of lamb noting the list. The butcher is mistaken for the intended “butcher” but turns out to be Mrs Scribbles' physician, prompting an awkward apology.
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Mrs. Scribbles
Miss Frankstake
Garfield Tea Promises Relief From Constipation
A historical health claim notes that good health suffers from a constipated habit and presents Garfield Tea as a remedy to overcome constipation while linking frugality with popularity.
Cole's Carbolt salve relieves burning skin issues fast
Cole's Carbolt salve rapidly eases and cures burning itching and torturing skin diseases. It instantly stops burn pain and leaves no scars. Available at druggists for 25c and 59c. Free sample offered by J W Cole & Co Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Mischief on the City Beat
Readable scraps show a playful scene with Norah responding to a patrolling policeman as she jokes about being rested on. The exchange hints at a lighthearted domestic moment captured in a newspaper snippet.
Make. Tittle-Hardup Buys Wife A Machine
A brief item notes Make Tittle-Hardup purchasing a household machine for his wife. The report mentions touring, talking, sewing or washing as possible uses, with a cautious tone and no further details.
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Hardup
Advance showman’s mother warns him to stay ahead of show
Nellie McCoy recounts a barnstorming advance agent whose act nearly closed every Saturday night but revived after Sunday. His Quaker mother, hearing he is in show business, writes she is glad he stays ahead of it and hopes he continues to do so.
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Nellie McCoy
Bad Teeth Go With Good Brains
An English scientist argues for a steady degeneracy in brain and teeth across western nations. He links rising mental ability with reduced tooth development and suggests brain blood demand crowds out dental work, noting digestive disorders as supporting evidence.
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Goethe
Frederick
Peuchen
Canaraf
Ued
Rippert
Jers
Hedon
Hater Smith
Sena
Rey
Trinity Church
William T. Manning
John Kuhl
Omaha
England
Bruce Ismay
Associated Literary Press
Dean
J. L. Richardson
Red Key
Ind
Doan
Tomes
John L. Eve
WA Goons & Son Trox N
Norah
Josh
Darkey
Post
J Isa
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mi
Mieh
Gath
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