A Year of Great Disasters 1912 Chronicle
A survey of 1912 disasters including the Titanic sinking on April 15 with 1596 deaths and 745 saved by lifeboats, plus fires, floods, storms, and rail accidents worldwide. The tally notes 151 fire deaths, 2385 storm and earthquake deaths, 1770 marine losses, and 126 railway deaths, with numerous smaller tragedies. It cites major incidents from January to December and cites new maritime laws prompted by the Titanic disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanic
Carpathia
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Walsh
Russ
Black Sea
Lawrence
Mass
Osaka
Japan
James Z. Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Rock Island
Kinmundy
Tlamine
China
Taft
Spain
Portugal
Lehigh
Oklo
Monterey
Mexico
Hillsville
Virginia
Ocean
English Channel
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
Georgia
Bazaar
Damascus
Syria
Gare du Nord
Paris
Melville
Atchafalaya
Stambou
Mohammedan
Constantinople
Vendemaire
Cherbourg
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Niagara River
Grand Island
Porto Rico
United States Army
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Melvin Vaniman
Atlantic City
Akron
Corse Road
Corning
E Ligenier Valley Railroad
Wilton
Cadeby
Coniseboro
England
Chicago, Burlington & Y
Chicago
Port Au Prince
Lecorte
Dardanelles
Turkey
Norwich
West Virginia
United States
Naval Training School
Lake Michigan
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Westport
Conn
Tampico
Philippines
Central America
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Indianapolis
Rouse Simmons
Naples
Achenbach
Germany
Mile
Furness Line
Florence
St. Shotts
Georgiana
Lucca
Jamaica
Great Britain
Corpus Christi Opens Modern City Hall and Fire Station
The Corpus Christi city hall and fire station costing 55000 is completed and will be turned over to the city on January 1. The three story brick and concrete building is fireproof and the most modern in Texas for a city under 20000 population. Moving of city offices to the new structure begins immediately and a paid fire staff will join volunteer firemen. A turkey dinner today and a chicken supper tonight at Riverside Restaurant for 23 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Nat Goodwin Accused in Suit Over Alienation of Affection
San Diego real estate dealer Charles Doughty sues actor Nat Goodwin for 25000 damages alleging he alienated the affections of Doughty’s wife Miss Marjorie Moreland. Moreland had been Goodwin’s leading lady until last August when he injured his leg boating with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Goodwin
America
Charles Doughty
San Diego
Marjorie Moreland
Goodwin
Miss Moreland
Noted figures of the year pass in waves of death
A year’s toll includes Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans and Richard T. Crane who died in January, Henry Labouchere in January, Lord Lister in February, Annie Yeamans in March, Senator Robert L. Taylor in March, Frederick Dent Grant in April, and the Titanic tragedy on April 15 with victims such as William T. Stead and Isador Straus. Other notable losses follow through the spring and summer, including Wilbur Wright in May, Burnham in June, and Emperor Matsuhito of Japan in July, with a late list of deaths through October 20 James Schoolcraft Shermanuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robley D. Evans
Bob
Richard T. Crane
Chicago
Henry Labouchere
Labby
Lord Lister
London
Annie Yeamans
John Arbuckle
Bourne
Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Tennessee
New York City
Frederick Dent Grant
Grant
Potter Palmer
William T. Stead
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railroad
Francis D. Millet
Jacques Futrelle
Archibald Butt
Taft
Isador Straus
New York
D. K. Pearsons
Hinsdale
Til
Frederick VIII
Denmark
Wilbur Wright
Burnham
Daniel H. Burnham
Edward
Bragg
Fond du Lac
Wis
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Matsuhito
Japan
William Booth
Salvation Army
James Schoolcraft Sherman
United States
Utica
N. Y
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Charles Dickens
Joseph M. Califf
Gettysburg
Mario Rapisardi
John Cussons
Pesca
Notable deaths and commemorations listed by date
A long roster of prominent figures with ages and dates from March to December, including Annie Yeamans Aubrey de Cuverville John M Bowyer Clara Barton and Frederick Dent Grant among others, noting their deaths or notable life events.
Holiday bazaar at St Joseph’s for sacristy fund
Ladies of St Joseph’s parish and the St Aloysius Sodality present a two day holiday bazaar and entertainment to raise funds for a new sacristy at St Joseph’s Church. The event runs December 29 and 30 at St Joseph’s hall with reservations requested for a New Year’s Eve poll tax night at Gunter cafe and a New Year’s Day dinner from 6 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Parish
St. Aloysius Sodality
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Hall
Gunter Cafe
Wanted by police adventuress Marie Barnes at large
Police seek Marie Barnes an American adventuress who shot Walter De Mumm and remains at large with authorities eager to capture her. The report highlights the urgent manhunt and police pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Barnes
Walter de Mumm
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Hall
Riverside
James T. Harahan
Nicholas P. Gilman
Alexander C. Bisson
Duke of Fife
Edwin Hawley
Charles C. Overbeck
Republican Party
James B. Weaver
Wilhelm von Hahnke
Sara Agnes Rice Pryor
Henry K. Whitford
National Eclectic Society
Clin B. Sears
Henry W. Haynes
Aloys L. Count
Lexa von Aehrenthal
Austria-Hungary
Lucy A. Osband
Michigan
William Penn Nixon
Chicago Inter Ocean
Albert Hertel
George Coulon
French Council of State
Viscount Ouro Preto
Jules Joseph Lefebvre
William Alexander
Grand Duke of
Luxemburg
Isaac P. Baldwin
Navy
Polk
George Grossmith
Count Holstein-Ledre
George Howe
Wilson
John F. Hill
Republican National Committee
George W. Melville
Max Mandelstamm
John W. Noble
Harrison
Henry H. Bingham
Yoichi Honda
Methodist Church of Japan
Ferdinand E. de Courcy
U. S.A
Edward O. Terry
Ishimoto
Isaac K. Funk
A. 8. Grant
Clara Barton
Ahan Red Cross Society
Grand Trunk Railway
Francis Dpd. Millet
Jacques Archibald Butt
Preside Taft
Bert C. Rogers
Daniel K. Pearsons
George A. Gordon
Auguste Strindberg
Julius C. Wernher
de Beers Diamond Syndicate
Nicolai D. von der Ostensacken
Valdemar F. Lassoe
Monitor
Edward E. Kilbourn
Margaret E. Sangster
Mary D. Lowman
Kansas
Frederic Passy
Henri Jean Leroy-Beaulieu
Eli H. Janney
Edward S.S. Bragg
Iron Brigade
George Stuart White
Ladysmith
George B. Swift
Sarah
Platt Decker
W. C. Connelly Jr
Associated Press
Henry M. Dufvis
Jules Henri Poincare
Andrew Lang
William D. Washburn
United Pace
Minnesota
Ira Haworth
Cincinnatus Leconte
Haiti
Isaac N. Ford
New York Tribune
Julien E. F. Massenet
Simon Madel
John M. Schreyer
Arthur MacArthur
William W. Cannon
Edward A. Calahan
Count M. Noyt
Prince Louis Marat
Adolf M. von Bieberstein
John M. Carson
Washington
Lucien Young
U.S. N
William A. Peffer
Frank C. Bostock
Jules Lumbard
Adrian H. Joline
W. B. Heyburn
Idaho
Robert Barr
John L. Wilson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Theodore Riviere
Christopher Furness
Clement A. Griscom
Jose Canalejas Y. Mendes
William C. Clark
Whitelaw Reid
Clementian
The
Christian Brothers of the
Ireland
George Howard Carvin
James Otis Kaler
Luitpold
Bavaria
Rosina Cramer - Hooley
Will Carleton
Thomas Brennan
Charles Stewart
Parnell
J. Cheever Goodwin
Agnes Salm- Salm
J. T. Murdock
Mrs. Surratt
Lincoln
Woodward Carriage C
A. Collman
Kesey
Zibos
Zebeline
Ctiack
Vici Kid
Syme
Tan
Aufman
South Flores & Dolorosa Streets
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