The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-17
LOCAL INTEREST
IN TITANIC WRECK
No Resident of This City LOST
Life i'll Appalling Marine
Disaster.
OCEAN TRAVEL NOT STOPPED
Passengers Merely Transfer ia
Other Ships and Adhere
to Plans.
OCEAN TRAVEL NOT STOPPED

No resident of Richmond, it sesms
certain, was on the lost steamship
titanic, and this fact largely robs
the wreck horror of any peculiarly
local interest. Robert Nv. Daniel, who
is among the saved, is now a resident
OF Philadelphia. His mother. Mrs. j.
IL V. Deniel. OF this city, received
Day from various sources, Including
an official statement from the IN
ternational Mercantile and Marina
company. Mrs. Daniel had been great
ly troubled since the news Of the
loss of the Titanic was received. and
the positive statement that Mr.. Daniel
was on the Carpathia, bound for New
fork' relieved her fears.
Jim slonn's Cousin,
The hrst officer on the Titanic, Mr..
murdoch. who in all probability went
oo"n with hh vessel was a cousin
of James T. Sloan, OF this city.
MH Murdoch had been at sea since
ne was fourteen years old. and had
worked his way almost up to the ton
having been promoted from the
Adriatlc to the Lusitania, then TO the
olympic. and. when the Titanic was
put In commission, he was advanced
along with Captain e. j. Smith to the
latter vessel He was only thirty,
seven years old.
4iis iaGher Was ro- many yearS on
the ocean and suffered several Shin
wrecks going around the Horn to the
Paciho coast finally losing his life at
sea. ) -
Miss Marie Young. reported as one
or the rescued. has relatives in Rich.
mond In tho persons of Mrs. George
Elliott and E. "A. Lloyd. Miss Young
home is in New York 80
Colonel Archibald Oracle, of WASH
IN hay =
Is cousin of Former President
Roosevelt. He ie we'll known in ARMY.
circles in this city and throughout
the country. NO.
Won't Prevent Travel.
Local steamship agents do not thinlc
the disaster Will interfere with trans
atlantic travel. In fact, the events Of
yesterday go to show to the contrary.
Men and women who had passages
booked for future sailings on the Ti.,
tanio called at the booking offices yes.
terday, and readily consented to trans.
fer to other steamers.
Not a single individual abandoned
an ocean voyage because of the Titanic
tragedy" said 8. II. Bowman "ro the
contrary. believe the general opin-
lon is that in future additional SAFE
guards will be thrown about ocean
travel, and that 1t will be sven safer
than 1t has been heretofore. 1t Is re-
saroeo as an accident OF the deep, as.
one might occur on a railroad" H
similar experience was that of q!
Q. Alley. manager OF the steamship de-
partment OF the Richmond Transfer!
Company. II have been busy all day
he said last night. Sin making arrange
ments for booking Titanic passengers,
on other ships. No one suggested fear,
of voyaGing because of this dlsaster"i
Upon receiving telegram from the
White Star Line, telling OF the loss OF,
the Titanic. and OF the fear that mum :,
Der OF lives had been lost, Mr.. Alley
replied as follows in message to
Vice-Presldent p. A. s. Franklin, vice.
president of the international Mercan-i
tile and Marine Company: simply,
staggered by news, You have thet
deepest sympathy OF our company and
the Richmond public
The following response was receiy-l
ed
MANY thanks for your much appre-,
cieted tcleSram We are grieved be-
yond expression.
(signed) "P. A. s. FRANKLIN"