Accuses the Captain Men in Panic Fought Women
Statement by Fred Hiergesell, an eighteen year old survivor, accuses Captain McVay and crew of panic and neglect during the Larchmont disaster. He says the captain abandoned ship in the first boat while women on the hurricane deck pleaded for life preservers. Survivors describe crew discipline and heroic actions, but Hiergesell details harrowing scenes of drowning, freezing, and a boat with no oars. He recounts the rescue of a man attempting to end his life and the overall chaos aboard after the collision near Block Island.
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Providerer
Fred Hiergesell
Capt. McVay
Larchmont
Htergesell
Young Hiergesell
Kentucky
Providence
Verest
Bost
Walters
Arhét
Lfe
Block Island
R. I
McVey
Cail
Oliver Janvier
Sandy Point
Henry Rock
Jersey City
Hock
New Jersey
Janvier
Stranger
Sadie Galup
Boston
Miss Galup
Harris
Feldman
New See
David. Fox
Bridgeton
N. J
Feldmans
David Fox
Imap
Fox
Black Sea
Sailor
Lttie
Fred Helgersen
Lghts
Hingersell
Aiight
Purser Young
Tomet
Young
McVay
Ufe
Fara
Antonio Biezukiewitz
Central Falls
Biezukiewitz
Ingane
East Side “Hospital
Obituary Notices From Washington D C Area February 1907
Deaths announced include Elizabeth Fitzhugh widow of Rev Walter Ayrault at Albany copies requested. Rebecca Barton widow of Hon John Barton of Pittsburgh dies at eighty one in Washington D C. Benedict Rev Brother Benedict of St Johns College dies in Saint Augustine’s church funeral at St Matthew’s Rhodes Island Avenue. Catherine Brennan widow of Patrick Brennan dies aged seventy five with funeral arrangements noting St Paul’s Church. Nicholas Philip Trist Burk of Alexandria dies at 47 with interment Ivy Hill. Alexandra resident Shost Alexandra elderly wife of Henry Frost dies. funeral at Laurel Cemetery. Edward J Hofmann aged 30 dies with funeral at Fort. Nils Joakim Knagenhielm husband of Freanor Knagenhielm formerly of Washington. Mamie A Lowe daughter of David A and Rachel A Lowe dies after illness. funeral at Lincoln Temple.
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Ayrault
Pittsburg
Benedict
St. Auustines Church
Brother Aenedict
St. John's College
St. Matthew's Church
Rhodes Island Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Baltimore and
Philadelpha
Brennan
Catherine
Patrick Brennan
Fourteenth Street
St. Paul's Church
Fifteenth
Vi Streets
Avrie
Nicholas Philip Trist Burk
Duke Street
Alexandra
Christ Church
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Shost
Laurel Mid
Alexhna
Henry
Frost
Laurel Cemetery
Hofmann
Edward J. Hofmann
Snagenhielm
Christiani Lotwas
Nils Joakim Knagenhielm
Freanor W Nm Knagenh Jelm
Washington, D.C
Lowe
L Street
Mamie A
David A
Rachel A. Law
Lincoln Temple
In Memoriam William R. Nau February 14 1905
In loving remembrance of my dear son William R Nau who entered into rest two years ago to day February 14 1905. Farewell William May your slumber be as gentle as your love. And when God will call us homeward May we meet In heaven above Mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Nau
William
Marriage Notices To Appear In Several Newspapers
Notices announce that marriage and death notices in The Washington Post may, on application, be published simultaneously in several newspapers at no extra charge. Listed papers include New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Record-Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, and others across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Innate Enquirer
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
T. Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST. Pau Pioneer Press
Minneapolis
Trebune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Investigation Opens Into Larchmont Collision Link to Larchmont Loss
United States steamboat inspectors in New London begin hearings on the collision that sank the steamer Larchmont off Block Island. Inspector Withey seeks testimony from Harry Knowlton crew aboard in readiness for subpoenas to appear Thursday at 11 o clock. The probe aims to establish what happened and which vessel was at fault, not assign blame yet. Providence officials also start an inquiry into the Monday night crash involving the Larchmont and the Harry Knowlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
United States
Block Island
Providence
Withey
Harry Knowlton
Lfe
Joy Line
Larchmont
Capnt
Frank T. Haley
W. E. Whitney
United States Steamboat Inspector
Haley
Quonachontaug
Mfe
Licensed to Marry Names and Ages in a Patchy List
A scrambled OCR list shows multiple marriage licenses with pairs and ages, including Howard A Birdsall and Mary Tavenner. Grayson D. Witter and Eva Leo Boswell. Caleb Taylor and Gertrude Curtis. James Willems and Fannie Green. John Dixon and Hattle Majors. Pauline Brent and others, with various reverends named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A.birdsall
John Dixon
Hattle Majors
Alexandria
J. B. McLaughlin
Pauline Brent
Health Office Record of Deaths February 12 1907
Health office records list numerous deaths reported February 12 1907 with ages and addresses. The list includes Tham J Lecraft 60, G Metruder 63, Jon A Tilton 72, Nancy Pierce 82, Elizabeth Ricketts 87, Napoleon Bouvet 74, Mary Markoe 72, William Lawier 46, Martha Donaldson 61, Ellen Brosnan 7, Mary Summers 55, Ida Rows 32, Lucinda Burgess 45, Alice Thornton 23, Jane Saunders 94, Anna Dean 50, Roster Carpentier 66, Charlotte Williams 55, Amy Jones 42, Rose Thompson 56, Cecelia Honesty 76, William Butler 38, Catherine Noble 11, Sadie Macabes 7 months.
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Tham J. Lecraft
N. H. Ave. Nw
Vis G. Metruder
At. Nw
Jon A. Tilton
St. Nw
Nancy S. Pierce
Elizabeth M. Ricketts
Napoleon Bouvet
Mary G. Markoe
H St. Aw
William J. Lawier
Myrtle At
Martha E. Donaldson
Dicket Court Se
Ellen Brosnan
Mary F. Summers
Chain Bridge Road
Ida Rows
2D St. Aw
Lucinda Burgess
18Th St. Nw
Alice Thornton
Madison St. Nw
Jane J. Saunders
7Th St. Nw
Annte Dean
Roster Carpentier
39Th St. Nw
Charlotte Williams
Anton Court Nw
Amy E. Jones
Fenton St. Ne
Rose A. Thompson
Liberty At
Tragic Ship Disaster Survivors Reach Rhode Island
Survivors of a fatal ship collision recount a scene of panic as passengers fought to reach boats and the hurricane deck. Eight of nineteen survivors were rescued from a floating hurricane deck piece. seven men remained aboard a captain's boat that sank stern first. Two women were among the rescued, and many bodies were found frozen on the wreckage.
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Rhode
Island
Purser Young
Kentucky
Rhode Island
East Side
Providence
Larchmani
Wreck Survivors Tell Heroic Ice Floe Tale At Sea
A drifting raft tale from a ship collision details how Harris Feldman and David Fox kept passengers alive through freezing night. Many perished as ice bound bodies drifted, and rescuers arrived from Block Island. Names of crew and survivors, including Miss Gallup and Oliver Janvier, are listed with later hospital reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Feldman
New York
Harris
Feldman
Sadie B. Gallup
Doretiestery
Samuel
Train No 13 Explodes Near Luzon Killing Two
Middletown New York February 13 two workers died and a dozen passengers injured when Ontario and Western train No 13 exploded thirty three miles north of Luzon near Sullivan County causing the locomotive to be blown to scrap and four coaches to derail. Engineer J D Valquette is believed killed. fireman Martin Mullen died at the scene. A relief train with surgeons went to the wreck and the dead and injured were moved to Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Middletown
N. Y
Ontario and Western
Luzon
Sullivan County
Baller
Martin Mullen
Wille
New York
J. D. Valquette
Ghost disguise ends in tragedy as youth shoots father
Special to The Washington Poet Newport Ark Feb 13. Jacob Thompson a planter sought to scare his sixteen year old son John by appearing as a ghost in a white sheet to deter him from going to a spiritualism school in Ohio. The ruse backfired when John, awakened and frightened, fired multiple shots from a pistol under his pillow, striking his father and causing immediate death. The youth is overwhelmed with grief.
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Washington
Newport
Ark
John
Ohio
He Nevers
Jacob Thompson
Thompson
Unidentified steamer fails to aid after collision near New London
Captain Haley of the schooner Harry Knowlton testifies to steamboat inspector that an unidentified vessel showed lights then veered away, offering no assistance as the schooner drifted ashore near Quonachontaug. All crew survived, no injuries.
Couple from Belmar Die in Larchmont Disaster
Belmar New Jersey February 13. Jacob Michaelson and his fiancé Sadie Michaelson cousins and soon to wed perished when the steamer Larchmont sank. Jacob, 25, was son of Solomon Michaelson a hotel proprietor. Sadie was 20. They were returning from a visit to friends in Boston when the tragedy occurred.
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Belmar
N. J
Jacob Michaelson
Sadie Michaelson
Larchmont
Jacob
Solomon Michaelson
Michaelson
Boston
Baby Smothered in Bed in New York Tenement
New York February 13 A two week old girl EHé n Geoghan was christened then found dead five hours later smothered in bed with her mother in rooms of the Geoghans at 659 First Avenue. Catherine Geoghan reported groans, discovered the infant after displacing the mother, and the child was pronounced dead by Dr Aitkin. Patrolman O Grady arrested the mother on intoxication charges and she was arraigned and remanded to the coroner. Police notified the Children s Society to remove the other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Geoghan
Geoghans
Act 659
First Avenue
Catherine Geoghan
O'Grady
Thirty-first Street
Chinatown Feast Day Marks Chinese New Year Observances
Incense filled the Capital's Chinatown as residents honor the Chinese New Year with red doors and hospitality. Celebrants visit joss houses to worship, exchange gifts, and show filial affection through kowtow ceremonies. The Chinese Minister Chentung Liang-Cheng mourns a recent bereavement, limiting official celebration.
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Chinatown
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Confucius
Legation
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Stricken at Mass Brother Benedict Dies in Church
Brother Benedict of the Society of Christian Brothers died of heart failure during early mass at St. Augustine's Church. Born James P. Dooley in 1855 in Gastmore Ireland he taught classics at Rock Hill and St Johns College before serving at St Marys Oakland. Funeral at St Matthew's Friday at 9 30 a m with requiem high mass. interment Ammondale Ma.
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Brother Benedict
Society of Christian Brothers
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Father Bischoff
St. John's College
Society of the Christian Brothers
Benedict
James P. Dooley
Gastmore
County Galway
Ireland
Hancock, Md
Christian Brothers
Calvert Hall College
Baltimore
Rock Hill College
France
America
St. Mary's College
Oakland
Cal
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Ammondale
Colored man lands Batavia rural mail job
In Batavia Ohio near Cincinnati a vacancy for a rural mail carrier led to the Civil Service Commission certifying a Black candidate, Jackson, over a white veteran rival Jenike. Post Office Department approved the appointment, and no complaints have surfaced yet amid rivalry among supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Ohio
Cincinnati
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Jackson
Jenike
Grocers Oppose Meat Market Bill Meeting Adopts Resolution
At a meeting of the Retail Grocers Association in Washington at 933 D street northwest last night a unanimously adopted resolution opposed the House bill governing slaughterhouses and stockyards. Leaders argued it would push retail meat business to capitalists and big packers while consumers warned against overreacting to bacteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Grocers’ Association
D Street
House
P. B. Otterback
Charles F. Diggs
Association
Congress
Charles J. Magill
Charles Atlen
Washington
A. S. Trundle
Milk Ceaters' Association
A. J. Gregory
Grocers’ Association
Beac
Remembrance of Lincoln at Sons of Veterans meeting
Chaplain Henry W. Couden and others recalled Abraham Lincoln's presidency and charity deeds at the William B. Cushing Camp meeting held in the Legion of Loyal Women hall. Judge Kimball spoke on Ford's Theatre after Booth's act. An iron cross was presented to Charles A. Sidman, with Maj. E. R. Campbell presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Henry W. Couden
House of Representatives
Ivory G. Kimball
Col. B. Bingham
Fred Hodgson
Shiron T Cameron
William B. Cushing
Sons of Veterans
Legion of Loyal Women
Pentl
Judge Kimball
Ford
Booth
Playhouse
E. J. Northcott
EK. R. Campbell
J. Luther Brentzer
Iron Cross
Charles A. Sidman
E. R. Campbell
Etta Austin
Genevieve Ormiston
Victory for sealed bids in Kiowa and Comanche lands sale
Secretary Hitchcock endorsed sealed bids for lands in Kiowa and Comanche country sold for tribal benefit. About 2,500 checks totaling over 800000 dollars were collected by officials. The sale yielded an average of more than 12 dollars per acre, supporting sealed bid as fair and competitive versus public auction. The Washington Post Book Catalogue advertises titles and sale price.
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Hitchcock
Congress
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Washington Post
Ths
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Jimpel
Modest Pricas
Ponnerivante Ave
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Engalmer
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
6Th and
R. Nalley & Son
Striet Southeast
Steget Powtheast
Riasz
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Ourthenth ST
Sonerens
Ammodia
M. Mitchell
Nertaker
11Th St. Se
W.R. Speare
Undertaker
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F Street
N. W
WM. S. Riley
John R. Wright
Mbalmer and Undertaker
Gude
Fst
Northwest
Omley Bros. Florists
Cot Flotters
Wis. Ave
Phone West
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Health Office Record
M. N.hekimian & Co
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Ae Washing
Fox Point
Salvation Army
Monahan’s
Boy
Ison
Brooklyn
Garroll
Provdence
Nathan Flood
New-York
George James
F Gg Jisneon
Harry Apple
Koren Koratian
Olneyville
Belen “Lambert
Cambridge
Mass
Edward Logan
Erik Nelson
George A. Smith
Olmeyville
Jobn
J. Scott Halleman
Peterspurg
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Jacob. Zadmus
Paterson
Louise ‘Scorgan
Poleward
B. Harrison
Brookyn
Jasper Hest
Albany
Walter George Smith
J. H. Eckels
Brick Nelson
Hall
Mples Fountain
Paffer
Protective Disability Insurance Company
Samuel Paul
Pauline Paul
Matilda Paul
Claude W. Lyng
Fred H. Mooney
East Providence
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John Campbell
Weaver
Smithfield
Jacob Bonce
Harry Bonce
J. T. Jensen
Louise Jensen
Fred Ellebrem
Richard Swan
Worcester
John Molin
Emma Becklund
Alma Johnson
Anna- Oden
Evan Chritchelow
J. D. Pitts
James M. McCloud
Benjamin Steiner
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Stephen
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Korajian
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Claude EB Reed
Willard Franklin
North Attlehoro
Pratto Dereco
Emanuel Lyon
Benjamin Cohen
J—Macktaz
Woonsocket
Ephraim Kaplan
Jennie Shigarman
Bertha Sha
Dennis Thibou
Nathan L, Adelman
Alta
Edelstein
Herman Edelstein
Morris A. Schlenker
H. Parkins
Anna Heckling
Heckling
Samuel Oliver
Orange
D. A. Kinner
Robert Gay
Bridgeport
George Wyman
Taunton
Herrick
Porter Tolchimin Tchukur
John Scott
Petersburg
Seaman Osborn
Louise Scorgan
John Ansen
William “3. Carroll
John Carroll
Peter Sullivan
Anna Runeborg
Lynn
Helga Heughen
John Cederboclm
Charles FE. Devell
Peter Riley
William Gadwood
Walfox
Son
Father
E. W. Grove
Apple
Destors
Affleck’s
Pa. Ave
Grocers
Meeting of Sons of Veterans
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