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Description: | This article gives more news about the Titanic disaster after the arrival in New York of her rescue ship Carpathia.
The report gives a brief description of the last moments of Titanic before she sank. The newspaper obtains this information from the survivors who were saved by Carpathia. They report that the band played the song 'Nearer to my God, to thee' throughout the ordeal to sooth the passengers and crew.
The article also documents the effect that the disaster had on Winchester and the rest of Hampshire. Many local residents had lost relatives and friends on the Titanic. A number of her crew and passengers lived within the county.
Due to the vast affect the Titanic disaster had upon the County, the article reports that the Mayor of Winchester has opened up a local relief fund, in order to raise money for local residents who had been affected by the tragedy.
A letter of sympathy from the Mayor of Winchester to the Mayor of Southampton was also reportedly sent. | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Edward Captain Smith iceberg Atlantic bereavement Mayor of Winchester Titanic Relief Fund death White Star Line Rescue ship Mayor disaster sinking Carpathia Mayor of Southampton Cunard Titanic drowned survivors | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Hampshire Chronicle | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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