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Touching Message from Captain's Wife

Southampton Times and Hampshire Express

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Shortly before three on Thursday afternoon the following message from Mrs. E. J. Smith, the wife of the Captain of the lost liner, was posted on the notice-board at the White Star office, Canute Road, Southampton.

TO MY POOR FELLOW SUFFERERS.

My hear overflows with grief for you all, and is laden with sorrow that you are weighed down with this terrible burden that has been thrust upon us.
May God be with us and comfort us all.
Yours in deepest sympathy
(Signed) Eleanor Smith

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2003) Touching Message from Captain's Wife (Southampton Times and Hampshire Express, Saturday 20th April 1912, ref: #2068, published 15 December 2003, generated 9th December 2024 12:57:41 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/touching-message-from-captains-wife.html