Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-01-30
DESTITUTION,
TITANIC CLAIMS
Woman Writes Of PitifuI
Plight --OWnars Refer
2. Her TO Charity.


thirty three pairs or snoes. Other
items are $500 for lace parasol. $3.50
for q lace aud n0ther-of-pearl fan,
$50 for an elephants breath paradise
feather and $l.75 for a cake of SOAP
Her jewels were valued at S1O4,753.
among them being n Burma ruby ring
worth $4,000
This claimant says she paid $4,000
for her passage
Painting His Chief Loss.
Another big claim for loss OF per
sonal effects is that of II. b. StefIanson
of the Hotei Gotham, who asks Sf02.
030 He values painting by Blondel
la Circassieune au Bain," at 100000
The Right Hon. Lucy Noel Martb.i.
countess of Rothes, Leslie House. rife.
Scotland, asks $l2,425 for her ward
robe. Her tnaid wants $40O for hers
Mrs. Catherine Harbeck of Toledo,
widow of W H. Harbeck, wants S25..
900 for his death and 500, 5,S23.S4 for his
belongings Among these were no..
600 feet of moving picture films, which
she values at $4,000.
The Merchants Marine Insurance
company asks S132OOO for twenty six
property schedules ON which 1t has
paid Insurance
One Of the pathetic claims is that o;
Mrs. Angelo Noutal of London, Eng
land, who writes 10 Commissioner Gil
| christ on heavy mourning paper ST.,
| says she IS destitute as tie result OF
the death of her husband, Rahmaa
l Noutal.
| Il am totally unprovided for slie
| writes, 'aud have little daughter aud
my mother to support. From the lord
mayors fund | am now getting SO a
month, hopeleSsly inadequate for three
people. | have written three times to
the White Star line They have re-
piled, regeetting they could 90 nothing
and referring me to the charitable
funds. cannot believe that they are
to be permitted TO refer victims of their
neglect to charity
Helen e. Candee asks $4,000 for peI
s0Eal injuries and S4.9d6 for baggage
'Ske says she was forced to jump frua.
the deck of the Titanic to a lifehsaas
that there wsss no proper arrange,asep
u of oars or equipment in the boat ent
4 that In the confusion she fell and lsra}S,
hereaukie. from which she suffers laaalt.
ness. She asserts she had to sletp t,
row the boat for tours
Mrs, Fvederiek C. Quick OF Detroi
claims S3,160 fer suffering d0e TO tn,
shock OF the disaster.
Il and my daughter have eever beeI
, the same sinee.'. she says
George Rheims was on ~ submcre
ed. defective collapsible Esfeboat 70
flouTs.s lie says. and for ''shock an'
gage. $6.4tS
/ Mrs. Florence Angle asserts she srf
fered terribly from sbocs due tn he
l own physical hardships and the deatl
OF her husband, William A. Angle
She claims $1,000 for her persona
sufferings and $4,000 sor her 4ns
band's'death
| Was Kept From Ifeboat.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Roehschild Of New
York sets forth that ''her husha nj
Mastiu :Rothschiid. was prevented from
entering the lifeboaf'' with her anC
| was lost Her mental state was suct
that she was under a physscian's ear.
for "a long period. fer which she ask:
| $20:6G0, with $4,000 for her husband
| deEtii.
Several other widows say their hus
bands were prevented from enterin2
the hfeboats" Severa, claimants re
fer to the presence Of j. Bruce lsma,
on board and assert he had knowledge
that the ship was being navigated Ferk
lessly. Captain Smith is mentioned u
one claim for Incompetence.