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Titanic Survivor Scoop From Carpathia Reporter Hurd
Arles and Katherine Hurd of St Louis vacationed in Europe aboard the Carpathia. In New York Carlos Hurd of the Post Dispatch met Charles Chapin and eight days later filed the first full Titanic disaster account. His wife aided, the 5000 word piece ran in both World and Post Dispatch. Chapin helped move the scoop to press.
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Arles
Katherine Hurd
St. Louis
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Carlos Hurd
Post-Dispatch
New York World
Charles Chapin
Hurd
Chapin
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Carpathia
Naples
Italy
Ireland
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Robert Hichens
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Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
ST. Louis Post Dispatch
Carlos F. Hurd
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Katherine