Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
RELATIVES MOURN
10 JERSEY VICTIMS


ment manufacturer and worshipful
master of Hope Lodge 124. f. and
A. NJ. He was a member of Grace
Episcopal Church. orange.
COLONEL WASHINGTON A..
ROEBLING, I'd, of Trenton. Of the ia
NOUS New Jersey engineering family.
STEPHEN BLACKWELL, of Tren-
ton, travelling companion of Colonel
Roebling.
FRANK STANLEY. of Trenton, Col
onel r bling's chauffeur.
ARTHUR KEEFE, of East Railway.
Among the victims is w. l.. Gwinn, a
United States postal clerk, who went
to Asbury Park early in the spring
with his young wife and ~3-year-old
son and took apartments for the sum
mer in Kingsley street. When news
of the sinking of the Titanic reached
here it was kept from Mrs. Gwinn, but
yesterday she was told of the accident
and that the name of her husband did
not appear among those who are saved.
She is Frustrated. Mr.. Gwinn expect
ed to return to his new home here on
the landing of the Titanic.
One of the second-class cabin pass
engers was John Ashby, a well-known
West Hoboken man, who lived at SIT
Syms street. His name has not yet
appeared In the list of rescued, and it
is believed he was lost. Mr.. Ashby
was in the cloth waterproofing bust
ness. He was badly injured, in an ex-
plosion while at work in Hoboken the
first of the year. He sailed from New
York on March a, hoping that the~trip
would result in fully restoring his
health and for the purpose of visiting
n sick brother in England. He had
intended originally to start for Amer
lea on April 8, but changed his plans
te be one of the first to come over on
the Titanic's maiden voyage.
Mr.. Ashby has a wife, one son and
three daughters living in West Ho-
boken. One of the daughters is the
wife of Greenwood Robinson, pro-
prietor of the Colonial Theatre in De-
mott street.
Included among the first cabin pas
sengers whose names do not appear OIL
the survivors list are also Mrs. A. T
Compton, her daughter, Miss S. w
Compton, and her son, A. J. Compton
jr., of Lakewood and of New York
The last named is a large stockholde,
in the Laurel House, and is also chic
owner of the Waumbek Hotel at JET
1erSOn, N. II.
Mrs. Compton and her daughter hat
been abroad about a year., and Mr.
Compton left this country last Novem
Der. Manager Charles j. Murphy hal
a letter from Mrs. Compton on Mon
day to the effect that they were sailin;
on the Titanic and expected to be il
Lakewood on April 10.
Inquiries at the Laurel House las
night were 10 the effect that the Whit
Star agency could give no word o
hope, and 1t is the belief here that al
have persisted. The family spent tn
greater part of their time in Lakewool
and were well known.
Mrs. John c. OBrien received a let
ter from her brother. Arthur Keefe, 0
80 Monroe street, Railway, saying tina
he would return by the Titanic, and hi
friends have received similar message
on postals. He was returning from
three months trip through Ireland an
England and is we'll known in Rahwa,
as a large grocer and leader of tn
Republican party.
II Is feared that T. Hui Botsfort
of Orange. is among those lost by tn
sinking of the Titanic, He had bee
touring In Europe and was not ex
pected home until the end Of the pres
ent month, but the name Hull Bots
ford" appears in the list Of the missln
s~econd-cabin passengers Of the Titanic
Mr., Botsford was a Cornell Univer