The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-31
DEST|TUT|ON,
TITANIC CLAIMS
Woman Writes Of PitifuI
Plight---OWnGrS Refer
Her to Charity.

thirty-three pairs of shoes. Other
items are $500 for lace parasol, $3.50
for lace and mother-of-pearl fan,
$50 for an elephants breath paradise
feather and $1.75 for cake of soap.
Her jewels were valued at S104,753,
among them being q 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 H. B. Steffanson
of the Hotel Gotham, who asks $102,-
030. He values a painting by Blondel,
La CircasSienne au Bain," at 100000.
The Right Hon. Lucy Noel Martha,
countess of Rothes, Leslie House, Fife,
Scotland, asks $12,425 for her ward
robe. Her maid wants $400 for hers.
Mrs. Catherine Harbeck of Toledo,
widow of w. H. Harbeck, wants $685.
600 for his death and $55, ,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 $132,000 for twenty-six
property schedules on which it has
paid insurance.
One of the pathetic claims is that of
Mrs. Angelo Noutal of London, Eng
land, who writes to Commissioner Gil
christ on heavy mourning paper. She
says she is destitute as the result of
the death of her husband, Rahman
Noutal.
Il am totally unprovided for" she
writes, land have little daughter and
my mother to support. From the lord
mayors fund l am now getting $50 a
month, hOpelessly inadequate for three
people. l have written three times to
the White Star line. They have re-
piled, regretting they could do nothing
and referring me to the charitable
funds. / csnnot believe that they are
to be permitted to refer victims of their
neglect to charity"
Helen c. Candee asks $4,000 for per-
sonal injuries and $4,046 for baggage.
She says she was forced to jump from
the deck of the Titanic to a lifeboat,
that there was no proper arrangement
of oars or equipment in the boat and
that in the confusion she fell and broke
her ankle, from which she suffers lame
ness. She asserts she had to help to
row the boat for hours
Mrs. Frederick G. Quick of Detroit
claims So, 16O for suffering due to the
shock of the disaster.
81 and my daughter have never been
the same SINCE" she says.
George Rheims was on "a submerg-
ed, defective collapsible lifeboat for
hours" he says, and for "shock and
anguish" he demands $4,000; for bag
gage. $6,41S.
Mrs. Florence Angle asserts she suf-
fered terribly from shock due to her
own physical hardships and the death
of her husband, William A. Angle.
She claims $1,000 for her personal
sufferings and $4,000 for her hus-
bands death.
Was Kept From Lifeboat.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Rothschild of New
York sets forth that "her husband,
Martin Rothschild, was prevented from
entering the lifeboat' with her and
was lost. Her mental state was such
that she was under a physicians care
for long period, for which she asks
$4,000, with $4,000 for her husbands
death.
Several other widows say their hus-
bands were prevented from entering
the lifeboats." Several claimants re-
fer to the presence of ]. Bruce Ismay
on board and assert he had knowledge
that the ship was being navigated reck-
lessly. Captain Smith is mentioned in
one claim for incompetence.