Thomas Foley's Brother Gone
Chicago Tribune
Thomas Foley, 3157 Harrison street, a street car conductor, a well built young man, with an unspoiled Irish burr in his speech, called to ask if the morning newspapers had correctly included the name of Joseph Foley, his brother in the list of those missing. At first Chief Clerk Holstrom failed to find the name of Joseph Foley in the passenger list, and the Chicago brother heaved a sigh of relief.
But the clerk scanned the list once more and found the name this time. The White Star accounts for Joseph Foley the same way as it does for 1,595 to her passengers.
“I guess he is gone,” said Foley, pulling excitedly at his pipe. “Poor lad; he was a fine, clean cut young fellow, 26, he was. The last letter I wrote I told him to stay at home on the farm with the old folks. Joe is the first to go. There were twelve of us children, eight boys and four girls. They are all in the old country except myself and Nick, who is a fireman for the Chicago and Northwestern in Chicago.”
Chicago Tribune, Saturday, April 20, 1912, p. 3, c. 3:
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