Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Manitoba free a Bess titanic As Slio until he found a the Middle can opener open than us complement sixty five r errors fortunately the carpathia Vas cloo3 otherwise so the officers of the Carpi Jothi. Afterwards told me we i i inc boat would have perished in the n a debate blow that come up an hour All suffered from the cold especially those of us who had no hats n seemed an. Age before we rear lied the carpathia Weic All were ready for i with medical Aid food and drink to restore us nothing Cari exceed the kindness of Troso who our needs aboard the colonel Grade said his most serious was that of his manuscript on Tho of which he had spent a time in preparing. To said that Ould return to England to Duple the data. Whole family bound for Winnipeg of Whf with titanic Brief sketches of titanic passengers i that the end was until i came surface. Men., the surface seemed Ohleh dotted Sot bins i i Lar re held of wreckage. The Ocean Anu a am women All is Poa Nins and crying Pite up Gnu i 1 t to i 0nd officer and i Quigg Baxter Montreal. Oal april verdict of associated with quids Baxter at the . And at College no in the City had a better reputation As a clean sportsman and to had a Dost of friends. His belief in the value of Canadian sports was shown by his enthusiasm in promoting Canadian hockey in the old world. With has Mcc will course Only half completed Baxter went to Europe with his Mother a was coming Back to an he had in Ayea on the Star Lacrosse team and was one of the Good players who have stood out against professionalism. He was 25 years old and unmarried. H. J. Allison Montreal. Montreal april one of the brightest cleanest and straightest business men in the world is the Way friends sum up h. J. Allison. His career was most remarkable. The son of a Farmer born near Ches tar ollkout., he came to this City us after amassing a Fortune bought Laid stable and won innumerable prizes at Canadian horse shows. He trans acted by the last business in London and on to grasped it threw trip took his wife and Chil him. He sailed with or. Mrs. John t. Mcbride personal it Ben i a Obj i will i Kiat 3orts Waii steam not Aii be a life Hitos id or the ire s Cal t i Ere a n real i Rijk i i i ,5 Naast Istle w kno s it on Fol Lents he a to to line he re than y i Inen who seemed to belong to the titanic s Crew. Presently the Ratt be ame so my that it seemed we Ink if More came aboard Anu Tho Crew for self preservation had to re Luse to permit others to claim a toot ing. This was at once the most pathetic and most Lior Rible scene of All. piteous Corlea of those around still ring in my ears. ,1 will remember Vliem to any dying Day 011 to what you have old we shouted to each Man who t fed to get aboard. One More you aboard would sink us and any to refused answered As want to their death Good Luck und god bless you Hope of Rescue. All the time we were buoyed and sustained by Hope for Rescue. We saw lights in Uli directions particularly in front who re Green lights shone and rockets wore fired in the air. We it Arnod later that the lights acid Rock its came from one of the titanic s life least. And so we parsed the night the Waves washing Over us and the raft buried deep in the water in Lier our Jeet. We Pray men who seemed to a ave forgotten Long ago How to address i eur creator recalled prayers of the ii childhood and murmured them Over find Over again. We said the lord s prayer again and again together. Long before Lif Fht we stood in columns two deep Back to Back Balanc ing ourselves fearful to move lest the delicate balance should be disturbed All 3t us thrown again into the water. The hand of god seemed to live smoothed the sea and it was Calm. Sighting vessels. An age seemed to have passed we first saw the twinkling1 lights i. The carpathia. We knew her and her As our rescuer. The operator one of the thirty friends. When Mcbride returned last february mrs. Allison said i wish to were going with you he was a staunch methodist in re Lig Ion. Allison had a Little son six months old. Thornton Davidson Montreal. Montreal april first trip abroad of Thornton Davidson which elided with the sinking of the titanic in Sumes f. More tragic aspect when achievements As a Yachtsman Are recollected. Davidson s name has gone info local yachting history. A was skipper of Canada s boat in several Seaman Rak a cup races and known As a Sailor of intrepid daring and remarkable skill. He was an All Rolind sports Man and. Athlete played hockey with the old Victoria train was a Good horseman and won several Tennis and Racquet championships. He was in she Carriage business for the past two years and had made a Mark in the i Mancial affairs of the City. He was a great clubman and prominent in Montreal society. He owned t Ock of racing Craft on Lake St. Louis he was the fifth of or. Justice David son s sou5. Or. Davidson s wife i of Charles Hays. I children. I or. And mrs. A. G. Anderson and five children of whom the White Star Otic its that no record is to be found in the sailing list but who Are believed to have been1 on the titanic bound for Winnipeg when the end came. It is feared that they Are lost As the list of saved includes but one Anderson this family was so named Edna but none of family for. St. James suffered Fate of majority two names Winnipeg have not yet been report eel Here by the company Are believed to have been passengers on the ill fated titanic. The first of these was that of . Anderson wife and five and Ernest Danbom and wife and one Small child. Mrs. Anderson and mrs. Dari bom Are Sisters of mrs. Chrissopi of Harcourt Street St. James. In a letter from airs. Writ ten a Short time they sailed1 from Sweden she expressed the opinion that it might not be Well to ship on a new vessel which had not yet crossed the Ocean but1 gave no reason for her strange fears. It is hot. Thought that any premonition she might have had would be Strong enough to prevent her sailing by the Fine new boat which was so much in the nature of a Palace. The Only Hope that mrs. Zachrisson has for the safety of her two slaters with families is that something unforeseen turned up to prevent them at the last minute As they had1 their pass age purchased for the titanic mrs and mrs. Anderson were bound for Winnipeg with their Flye children Elizabeth Engeberg ebb a Sigurd arid Elice while or. And mrs. Danbom and baby were to travel to California and later1 to take up of Weir residence at Straiton Iowa. Married in Winnipeg. Or. Danbom is a naturalized citizen of and wis Mai died two years ago in Winnipeg to miss Sigrid Brogren since their mama they have been spending their Honey Moon visiting in Europe and Weie in turning take up their Home at Stan ton. While in Sweden a baby Sirl j was born to them mis i Brogren in e j Here for several years with her Winnipeg couple lost mrs. Zachrisson was Terestea in Church work deeply m she general favorite among the Yiping Sipeo ple who Are hoping that the continued omission of the names from the list of passengers means1 that the party dict not take the titanic but a later Ione arid that she will soon be heard from As being Safe mis Zach soon self has Little Hopes for this. that anything Coull have prevented her Sisters and their families from shipping on the Titan u the Danbom. Lamil Mas on the passenger list As received at the Winnipeg office of while Stai line and no Trace of them is found an the lists of survivors. No Winnipeg grahams it was greatest Relief that a. G. Graham of Winnipeg read i Telegram his Friend in new who had gone to the pier the carpathia. It announced had not seen mrs. W. A. Son leave the boat is he is Well a Tju anted with the if is assumed by or. Graham was not the Graham on the titanic and Sha must therefore be on some other Steamer. The lady of that name lie thinks must be the Pittsburg lady referred to in despatches. Of Toronto established 1855. Paid up Reserve deposits Over assets business personal and savings accounts invited on most favourable terms. Winnipeg Branch. 456 main Street John r. Lamb no More survivors eighteen in Hospital i Boston april lot and Ime Steamer californian which arrived to Day from London had neither sir visors nor bodies from the titanic aboard we arrived at the scene of the said Captain Stanley lord just in time to see the last boat filled with survivors being pulled aboard the carpathia. We cruised the Waters about the sunken Craft for three a no sign of me boats which it is now understood tire still missing. There was no sign of life among the t. Eaton company will Glose store at noon today and mrs Ernest Danbom and child who had been on a tour of Europe and were returning on Board the titanic and Are missing. Is a. Daughter heh and to on the raft confirmed our Hopes in wins that he too. Knew that it tie carpathia. When we looked whispered that there was also ship us. We dared not turn so Futar us were we Olvat the balance. The wad Boitor finally ordered one Man 1. The slipping of re meant the death of us. The noun All that Day broke four of the tit an boats seen on our port i blew his to our pre head life wins another came to our Leip. Dangerous work e Transfer. Wrought with peril ten off to was the the boat a who had of cold and it my my t into the boat. Buhl not to disturb the the Craft. In this h. M. Molson Montreal. April did t think name would be there. Lie would stick to the said a Friend of k. Markland Molson when told by Iii a paper information that Molson s was not on the list of the res cued. Molson was one of the Ablest and most popular members of the business Community. He two previous shipwrecks. When the scotsman was wrecked off Anticosti in 1s99, a spite of physical disability helped to Rescue other passengers and left the sinking boat with the Cap Tarj. In 1905, when the Canada was wrecked off Cape Breton he again behaved gallantly saving Over forty lives. This time his friends declare he must have met death bravely help the women and children into the boats. A descendant of the founder of Mol san s Bank he showed remarkable ability As a business Man and was a director of a dozen different companies. Always showing keen interest ii the welfare of his employees he was held in esteem by thousands of workers. He was a Bachelor but far traditional old Bachelor crust Ness kept open House for friends and was popular in society. In earlier c ays he was a yachting enthusiast and was several times Commodore of the St. Lawrence yacht club Montreal a Roost exclusive aquatic club. Frank d. Millet Frank d. Millet wac born at Matta 1 Fise t mass. In 1s-Kj. His adventurous temperament led him to enlist As p drummer boy. At the of the civil War. He was soon promoted to the position of assistant in the surgeons corps. When the. War was Over entered Harvard and la a went with water i journalism. In 1871 he took up the study dirt at the. Royal Academy in Antwerp where he won a Runtich coveted prize in his first year. In 1s77 Indiana Stone Railroad which taps All the quarries in that District. Frederick Morris f. M. Warren who is missing his a it s having been saved is a noted american Educationalist and editor residing in new Haven Conn. After a Brilliant academic career or. War i in became a University professor. He studied at the sorbonne Paris Johns " Hopkins and other seats of learning. ,1900 .--he11 lob Turer o n French at Sale. Frederick William Seward. One of the most interesting per-1 tonalities among those rescued is that o-1 p. W Seward of mor Trose n. Y. Mi1.11 Seward will be 82 years of age next july. He was acting Secretary of state irf1 tote cabinets of presidents and Hayes. A dra Matic incident in or. Seward s Early career was his Gallant defense of his father William Henry Seward then Secretary of state when on the night of Lincoln s assassination 14, 1s05, a. Determined attempt was also made on or. Seward one i o who senior w. Seward was nearly murdered on that occasion i Seward is the author of the life and letters of his father. Edward g. Crosby. E g. Crosby whose name does not appear in the list of those who were rescued Wes president of the Crosby transportation company operating a line of boats Between Milwaukee and. Grand in Mich with mrs Crosby he sailed the latter part of november to join their daughter miss Harriet Crosby who has been study ing music in Paris for almost two years. They expected to return about Christmas Rev. John Harper. The Kev. John Harper and his daughter Nina g years old were on their Way to Chicago., from London eng. The minister who is a Well known evangelist conducted revival it vices at the Moody Institute in Chicago la at Winter ind had been re called of another series of meetings the daughter was listed among those s ived but the late despatches did not mention the minister Many Bostonia is lost. Nearly a dozen. Boston men known to have been aboard the titanic Are unaccounted Foi some were a com can red by their wives and daughters 1 i non s 1 of my companions on Ille became War correspondent for the gotten into the York Herald in the Russo turkish to id boat however had i War and acquitted himself by that his work attracted the attention the editors of the London daily j mail who appointed him their Corres i pendent to succeed the celebrated Forbes. Millet was by the Side of russian Gine Rul Skobeleff a Good part the liveliest lighting and wrote thriving descriptions of the big events of the . He also Drew graphic sketches and emerged from the Ojni Paipai with no less than six a a orations for bravery under fire. Rav. Jonn Stuart Holden. The Rev. John Stuart 1-io.kleri one u to missing was one of the most1 noted clergymen of England. He was on Way to Chicago to hold Sciort Mission i services in a number of cities under i the North Tinkl Extension movement j and was to have visited Moody school i at err Thield d using his trip. He. Was i also to have made a number of and i under the men and religious neglect aged Mother to Tho at Ety recent daa Gater of l. A Huppach a wealthy brother Christopher in educational class dealer of , i a inti. Jud Soti Al of am icing Newelt whom ire reported is Hebe a saing Are a w president of. The Faur n Bank whose two daughters Stadelin and Marjorie Weie rescued and Jacques Futrelle the author whose wife was sated others living near Boston whose names do not appear among the sur Are George q Cuffori president of the Belcher last company of Stoughton Wilter p Potter of Worcester also a last manufacture Claience Moosic of Connell Allison Washington and Beverley farms a welf known sportsman w Hippach lost two sons in the in Dubis fire in Chicago. Brady has been a resident of Pomery washing ton and Prosi Deni of the .p.omery. State Bank. Mrs. George no Stone is the widow of the former pre Jaent of the Cincinnati Bell Tel Ephna pm Paziy. She was from a in Eacil i Liu rope. And. Rajji a acid r mrs. "richarijl1 l. A Beckwi the and mrs. Beckwith s Aliss Helen Ohio were returning from a. Pleasure strip to Europe. Mrs. Belliv Atli. Of we. Monypeny of a Cousin of governor e. P. Colley of Aai Lias. Been employed the British Columbia govern meet. Hugh h. Rood made his Home Jrex seat file where he was vice pres Cleat and general manager of. The Pacific creosote into company. His wite and1 her inlaid who were with him in Europe were to sail for America on Steamer. A honeymoon trip. Or. And mrs. John p. Snyder prom j intent in society in Milwaukee left Foi " Europe in on a honeymoon trip and were on their Way Home. . Maguire a Salesman for the Dunbar pattern company of Brockton mass. Mrs Ada doling and miss Illsley Dol ing were of their Way from their Koine in England to visit their relative mis Percy Bone of Newport. Mrs. Bone came to new York yester Day to head when the carpathia arrives. Mrs. A. O. Becker and her three Chil Dren were in route to Ohio from the missionary held of India. Mrs. Becker is a daughter of j. A. Baum Garttner of Faim Gield Curt and his sister Dag Nat Byrl of Skara Sweden their Way to Lockford Home with an. Uncle Oscar Lustig. Julia a. Badenock is a r. I Macy co., new re turning from a purchasing trip. Henry Blank president of the firm of a pm beside Blank manufacturing jewellers new tone City was return ing from his annual business trip to Europe. He jives at Glen n. Mrs. Boulton. Earnshaw phia is a of j j w gains Oak a Navy York advertising Man who in is in Montclar n j Samuel Herman and his wife daughters were on their to Settle Ert Asa n witnessed at the White Star offices in London this moaning. One w Oman no had kept Vigil throughout the Day and most of the Muhu since the first of the disaster found in the hot posted at the Olyce the name she had been waiting Foi and into 1 the Street shrieking he is Mcm Oual for the dead were held at noon in s1 Paul Cathedral arid this attended by the members of the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. The Zentne congregation stood while can go a Vita Dick inter be win morning the band played the dead March in Saul hundreds of women and men broke Dov n and Obs Ere audible throughout the office car Lisle designer of the titanic who was among the congregation was so affected to Jat he fainted and Baa to be car ried out 4. Memorial service is to be held in St Patrick s Cathedral dub Lin on Sinda lord Strathcona represented. Is o s. _. Flanger. They came out on. Deck looked the situation Over and were unable to see the slightest sign that the titanic had been Torri open beneath the water line. Drowned like rats in. A trap. A mrs. Dorothy whose Jast name could not be remembered by Captain c. To Lati unfortunate family mrs Ida s i Sippach and Hei 1-j ear old daughter Jean Are the wife. And Duffy s pure malt whiskey made entirely of mailed Grain pleasant stimulant that should be m Home widely and a Vocab la known Over 50 years sold in bottles Only b All liquor dealers 01 direct 50 a Large bottle medical i Douet and doctor Padwee sent free on application the Dufty malt Uluski co rogue sir by us a. Still were burning. There was Noth ing to indicate they soon were to be victims of the biggest sea tragedy in the history of the world. nearly As these passengers can remember the titanic sliding through the water at no More Speed than has been maintained consistently during All the trip Sil gracefully a Tew 1 dec from the water without the slightest tremble. Shu rolled slightly then she pitched. U Jim. Shock scarcely noticeable to those on Board Drew out on deck a few loungers who were i the saloons and the smoking they looked out Over the Waters officers and Petty officers wove hurrying about. There Way no destruction within the ship at least not in sight of the passengers. There was no panic. I everything that could be seen tended to alleviate what Little fear had crept into the minds of Eliosa passengers who were More apprehensive than the regular travellers who Cross the Ocean at this season of Tho year and who were used to their ships experiencing Small quivers. Not one person aboard the titanic unless pos Sibly those of the Crew who were work ing far below knew the extent of the injuries she had sustained. Many of passengers had taken time to dress sure were they that there was no mayor announces intention of Winni Peg Council co operate with immigration commissioner survivors from the titanic Precit who May have Btu routed to Jeg or Western Canada and who now find themselves unable to carry out their plans owing to the disaster will be cared for by the City of Winnipeg and aided in. Every possible Way both financially and otherwise. At a spec Ial informal meeting of Council this morning a unanimous decision reached 10 this effect and mayor wan he was immediately commissioned to interview Bruce Walker Domin Ion immigration commissioner and make such arrangements As May be necessary. Any question that Raisin arise As to the Power of Council to act publicly in. Such of by Tho matter was ills unanimous decision that Aid to unfortunate survivors will be Given privately by members of. Council if that is necessary. Will handle subscriptions. Mayor Waugh Lias also announced that he will receive and transmit subscriptions which private citizens or societies May wish 10 make toward the fund for the Relief of Tho families of the Crew of the ill fated titanic. Reporters Corner Ismay on Quay new vol a april a person who had gone through the horrors of Titan c disaster j. Uruci Ismay Ivia aging director of the White. Star was Caim enough As he stood in the private office it the Cunard pier read the statement ordering a full inquiry by the United slates satiate of the circumstances of the calamity. Elroay read hurriedly and clearly arid the conclusion lighted a. Cigarette and puffed contentedly while. Urn news Pap men questioned him. The managing director declare that tit was Morik the Laul Tho o leave the boat lit Waw unable to account for the fact urn seme of the women not saved. Nor could be explain the failure of Many of the prominent men who. Were lust to Avail them Selvick of Thi life boats. Of was it warned by capt. Smith of the United suites army i seek in a o whom she told bar Story on Board j took boat of my own the carpathia As soon As she was out of one of the Lily boats More dead i or than alive from exhaustion and from excitement and Shock declared that she herself had dressed. Her were calmed by the officers at the titanic who said there was no danger and she went Back 10 sleep satisfied also of r or safety from the. Result of her own j t appeared to Dpi Jig. Me the the of Captain Smith he Wajih in Thige. So far us known none of lifeboats wore lost Alcor being launched and of tin Crew Ivere injured or killed in t Bici a. Hdldn r see Tai when k in London 4.pril 19 v p v. L. Stiff Ltd lord Strathcona today at the memorial sortie in St. Paul pc 4ji the Dominion of fires represented. The night was remarkably Clear a wording to the Hasty explanations ;