Washington Herald


Washington Herald	STEERAGE SURVIVOR TELLS STORY OF WRECK Miss Mary Glynn, Visiting Relatives in Washington, Praises Heroism of Passengers on Titanic---Women Tried to Save Men --- The heroic deeds of some of the first and second cabin passengers, as the giant Titanic was preparing for her fina...	22nd April 1912
Washington Herald	LICENSE ISSUED TITANIC SURVIVOR English Girl Does Not Let Catastrophe Interfere with Her Original Plan --- New York, April 20---Saved from a watery grave when the Titanic was sent to the bottom by a monstrous iceberg, Miss Marion Wright, of Yeovil, Somerset County, En...	21st April 1912
Washington Herald	MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...	21st April 1912
Washington Herald	MRS. T. W. CAVENDISH MRS. T. W. CAVENDISH Daughter of Henry Siegel, the millionaire merchant. She was brought in on the Carpathia with the rest of the survivors. In relating her exxperiences she said: "There were many lifeboats preparing to be launched w...	21st April 1912
Washington Herald	PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and...	21st April 1912
Washington Herald	THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC “It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...	21st April 1912
Washington Herald	ARCHIE PUT ME IN A LIFEBOAT Marie Young Miss Marie Young, of Washington, Tells of Aid's Heroism and Calmness --- By MISS MARIE YOUNG --- Musical tutor to the younger children of former President Roosevelt. She had been studying music in Europe and was returning...	20th April 1912
Washington Herald	FIRST CLAIM PAID Buffalo, N. Y., April 19---What is declared to be the first claim paid for the loss of a life in the Titanic disaster was recorded to-day, when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in this city, paid $1,000 to a brother of Henry Sutehill, [sic] o...	20th April 1912
Washington Herald	MRS. TYRELL W. CAVENDISH MRS. TYRELL W. CAVENDISH One of the unfortunate survivors of the Titanic disaster, who, although her life was saved, is heart-broken because of the loss of her husband, Tyrell W. Cavendish, who also gave up his life that the women and children...	20th April 1912
Washington Herald	CAPT. ROSTRON TELLS OF RESCUE CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON The Chief Officer of Carpathia Relates His Thrilling Experiences --- SIGHTED AT DAYLIGHT --- By CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON --- Statement by the captain of the Cunard steamship Carpathia, rescuer of the Titanic...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	E. N. KIMBALL SAVED Boston, April 18---A wireless message was received at the Hall & Kimball Piano Company here saying that Edwin Nelson Kimball, jr., president of the company, had been saved and is aboard the Carpathia....	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	ISMAY LEFT SHIP AT WOMEN'S PLEA White Star Official Described as Refusing to Enter Boat at First --- New York, April 18---J. [sic] D. M. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, who was among the rescued passengers of the Titanic, told how he said he witnessed Bruce Ismay’s departur...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 o’clock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	MRS. ASTOR NEAR COLLAPSE AT PIER Young Bride of New Yorker Who Perished on Point of Hysteria --- New York, April 18---Mrs. John Jacob Astor was assisted to the pier from the Carpathia by two officers of the boat. She was hysterical, and so plainly upon the point of col...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	MRS. CANDEE LAUDS MAJ. BUTT'S HEROISM Mrs. Churchill Candee "The Action of Men of the Titanic Was Noble," She Writes --- By MRS. CHURCHILL CANDEE, Of Washington. --- New York, April 18---The action of the men on the Titanic was noble. They stood back in every instance that ...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	NEWSPAPER MEN ALL MOURN MAJ. “ARCHIE” BUTT Memorial Services in Honor of Hero Who “Died Like a Man” Proposed by Members of Fourth Estate --- In little back offices, littered with paper and adorned principally by typewriters, in bustling news bureaus, in the press room of the Whi...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	W. B. SILVEY KNOWN HERE Missing Titanic Passenger's Family Prominent in Army --- William B. Silvey, who is one of the missing passengers of the ill-fated Titanic, is well known in Washington. His father was a lieutenant colonel in the First United States Arti...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	CLAIMS MRS. GAGE SUFFERS PARANOIA Dr. William A. White Testifies Concerning Examination of Defendant in Insanity Case --- Dr. William A. White, Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, testified yesterday afternoon before Justice Barnard and a jury, giv...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	MAJ. BUTT IS PAID TRIBUTE BY MASONS Scottish Rite Order Respects Memory of Aid to President Reported Drowned --- The ceremonies incident to the conferring of the thirtieth degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, last night upon a large class of candi...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	PREMONITION CAME TO NOTED NOVELIST Atlanta, April 17---"Turn down a glass for me," was the last written message Jacques Futrelle sent from Europe to a friend in Atlanta. Hugh Cordosk received the following note a few days before Futrelle sailed: "Been all...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	WENT TO DEATH WITH HIS HOUNDS Clarence Moore Had Pack of Prize Animals with Him on the Titanic --- That about a hundred of the finest drag hounds money could buy went to a watery grave with Clarence Moore, for many years master of hounds of the exclusive Chevy Chas...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC Capt. Smith was known for years as "The grand old man of the sea" and was probably one of the oldest and one of the most reliable mariners or ocean liners on the Atlantic....	17th April 1912
Washington Herald	MAJ. BUTT TOLD FRIENDS HE HAD FEAR OF MISHAP Remarks of the President's Aid Before Going Abroad Are Recalled --- President Taft yesterday made earnest efforts to obtain news of Maj. Archibald Butt, his military aid. He communicated two or three times with the White Star offices i...	17th April 1912