A topic to record any information that links the ill-fated White Star liner R.M.S. Titanic and the jewellery and silverware industry.
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The Titanic and the Jewellery/Silverware Industry
The Titanic and the Jewellery/Silverware Industry
The Titanic and the Jewellery/Silverware Industry
A topic to record any information that links the ill-fated White Star liner R.M.S. Titanic and the jewellery and silverware industry.
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A topic to record any information that links the ill-fated White Star liner R.M.S. Titanic and the jewellery and silverware industry.
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Body of Engelhardt C. Ostby, Providence, R. I., Jeweler, Reported to Have Been Recovered from S. S. Titanic Disaster
Providence, R. I., April 27.—Word was received in this city this afternoon that the body of Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, president of the manufacturing jewelry concern of the Ostby & Barton Co., of this city, who was drowned on the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic had been recovered from the sea by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, which was sent to the scene of the disaster for the purpose of recovering all the bodies that could be identified.
The information of the recovery of Mr. Ostby’s body was contained in a wireless dispatch received by the White Star Line in New York this afternoon and immediately made public. How the identification was made was not told in the dispatch but it is thought that probably through papers in the pockets of his clothing, the identity was established beyond any doubt. Word was at once transinitted to members of the Ostby family at their home on Cooke St, and the terrible suspense under which they have been laboring ever since it was found that their father had not been rescued, as was at first reported, was relieved. Althought it was a terrible blow to them not to be able to have their father restored alive, still it is a great comfort to know that his body has been found.
Erling C. Ostby said this afternoon after the receipt of the news that no plans had been made for a funeral as the members of the family have felt that nothing could be done until they were positively sure that the body had been recovered. David S. Sullivan, one of the employes of the Ostby & Barton Co., was sent at once to Halifax to await the arrival of the Mackay-Bennett, with full authority to act for the family. As soon as word thas been received from him that the body has really been recovered arrangements will be made for the funeral.
The only information that had been obtained previous to this afternoon’s announcement concerning Mr. Ostby after he left his daughter on the deck of the Titanic to return to the stateroom for additional clothing came in a letter received a few days ago by Miss Ostby from Mrs. Washington Newell, of Boston. Mrs. Newell and her husband were passengers on the Titanic, the latter being among those who lost their jives. In her letter Mrs. Newell says that she was a passenger in one of the last lifeboats to leave the sinking steamship and that when she left her husband and Mr. Ostby were standing together talking.
Miss Ostby has partially recovered from the terrible shock she experienced during the ordeal through which she passed and is now as well and comfortable as can. be expected under the circumstances.
The Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design, at a special meeting held on Wednesday last adopted the following memorial: “The Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design, having learned of the sudden and distressing death of their late associate and friend, Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, who perished with many others in the recent appalling disaster which befell the ocean steamship Titanic, hereby, would express their deep sense of loss, their great grief and their sincere appreciation of his noble character.
“For the last 10 years he had been a trustee of this school. When the department of jewelry was organized in 1904 he was the chairman of the advisory committee for that department, and he labored effectively to build it up. He was also a member of the committee on the endowment of the school in 1909. In all these positions he showed deep interest in the work of the school, vigilantly and devotedly aiding it by his personal visitation during the hours of instruction, by wise counsel and by liberal material gifts. Trained in the practical knowledge of art in his early years, master of the craft of the important vocation in which he was engaged, he grasped intelligently and with breadth of vision the larger meaning of art in daily life, and he was an excellent adviser to those who direct or give instructions, and to those who are taught in the Rhode Island School of Design. His courtesy and kindness, his intellectual strength, his nobility and sweetness of temper drew friends to him and bound them to him by ties of affection.
“To this city in which he had his home, to the prosperity of which he has greatly contributed, to the Christian Church of which he was an exemplary, active and efficient member, to this Rhode Island School of Design, of which he was a great benefactor, to his associates in this Board of Trustees who have proved his worth, the loss occasioned by his death is conspicuous and great.
“With all who knew him, this Board of Trustees laments the death of Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, a man greatly beloved, wise, good and true, and it extends to his deeply bereaved family its respectful, deep and tender sympathy.”
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Providence, R. I., April 27.—Word was received in this city this afternoon that the body of Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, president of the manufacturing jewelry concern of the Ostby & Barton Co., of this city, who was drowned on the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic had been recovered from the sea by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, which was sent to the scene of the disaster for the purpose of recovering all the bodies that could be identified.
The information of the recovery of Mr. Ostby’s body was contained in a wireless dispatch received by the White Star Line in New York this afternoon and immediately made public. How the identification was made was not told in the dispatch but it is thought that probably through papers in the pockets of his clothing, the identity was established beyond any doubt. Word was at once transinitted to members of the Ostby family at their home on Cooke St, and the terrible suspense under which they have been laboring ever since it was found that their father had not been rescued, as was at first reported, was relieved. Althought it was a terrible blow to them not to be able to have their father restored alive, still it is a great comfort to know that his body has been found.
Erling C. Ostby said this afternoon after the receipt of the news that no plans had been made for a funeral as the members of the family have felt that nothing could be done until they were positively sure that the body had been recovered. David S. Sullivan, one of the employes of the Ostby & Barton Co., was sent at once to Halifax to await the arrival of the Mackay-Bennett, with full authority to act for the family. As soon as word thas been received from him that the body has really been recovered arrangements will be made for the funeral.
The only information that had been obtained previous to this afternoon’s announcement concerning Mr. Ostby after he left his daughter on the deck of the Titanic to return to the stateroom for additional clothing came in a letter received a few days ago by Miss Ostby from Mrs. Washington Newell, of Boston. Mrs. Newell and her husband were passengers on the Titanic, the latter being among those who lost their jives. In her letter Mrs. Newell says that she was a passenger in one of the last lifeboats to leave the sinking steamship and that when she left her husband and Mr. Ostby were standing together talking.
Miss Ostby has partially recovered from the terrible shock she experienced during the ordeal through which she passed and is now as well and comfortable as can. be expected under the circumstances.
The Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design, at a special meeting held on Wednesday last adopted the following memorial: “The Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design, having learned of the sudden and distressing death of their late associate and friend, Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, who perished with many others in the recent appalling disaster which befell the ocean steamship Titanic, hereby, would express their deep sense of loss, their great grief and their sincere appreciation of his noble character.
“For the last 10 years he had been a trustee of this school. When the department of jewelry was organized in 1904 he was the chairman of the advisory committee for that department, and he labored effectively to build it up. He was also a member of the committee on the endowment of the school in 1909. In all these positions he showed deep interest in the work of the school, vigilantly and devotedly aiding it by his personal visitation during the hours of instruction, by wise counsel and by liberal material gifts. Trained in the practical knowledge of art in his early years, master of the craft of the important vocation in which he was engaged, he grasped intelligently and with breadth of vision the larger meaning of art in daily life, and he was an excellent adviser to those who direct or give instructions, and to those who are taught in the Rhode Island School of Design. His courtesy and kindness, his intellectual strength, his nobility and sweetness of temper drew friends to him and bound them to him by ties of affection.
“To this city in which he had his home, to the prosperity of which he has greatly contributed, to the Christian Church of which he was an exemplary, active and efficient member, to this Rhode Island School of Design, of which he was a great benefactor, to his associates in this Board of Trustees who have proved his worth, the loss occasioned by his death is conspicuous and great.
“With all who knew him, this Board of Trustees laments the death of Engelhardt Cornelius Ostby, a man greatly beloved, wise, good and true, and it extends to his deeply bereaved family its respectful, deep and tender sympathy.”
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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An image of Engelhardt C. Ostby, of the ring-makers Ostby & Barton Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, who was lost in the sinking of the White Star steamship R.M.S. Titanic:
This image was published in 1912.
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This image was published in 1912.
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Re: The Titanic and the Jewellery/Silverware Industry
NEWARK
Bernard M. Shanley, Jr., has contributed the sum of $50 to the fund for the sufferers of the Titanic tragedy.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Bernard M. Shanley, Jr., has contributed the sum of $50 to the fund for the sufferers of the Titanic tragedy.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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PHILADELPHIA
Concern is no longer felt in this city over the safety of the famous $750,000 pearl necklace of Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener, widow of George D. Widener, who was lost in the wreck of the Titanic. From friends of the bereaved woman it has been learned that the necklace is safe and was worn by Mrs. Widener at the time she left the Titanic in a lifeboat. In the confusion incident to the arrival of the Carpathia with the survivors of the wreck nothing could be learned of the famed string of pearls and it was thought they had been lost.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Concern is no longer felt in this city over the safety of the famous $750,000 pearl necklace of Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener, widow of George D. Widener, who was lost in the wreck of the Titanic. From friends of the bereaved woman it has been learned that the necklace is safe and was worn by Mrs. Widener at the time she left the Titanic in a lifeboat. In the confusion incident to the arrival of the Carpathia with the survivors of the wreck nothing could be learned of the famed string of pearls and it was thought they had been lost.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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BOSTON
During the past week S. Kantor was besieged with telephone calls from the newspaper offices and private individuals making inquiries as to whether he was the S. Kantor on board the wrecked Titanic. Mr. Kantor, of the Jewelers’ building, while expressing regret that his namesake was one of the victims of the Titanic, was able to inform his interrogators that he was in his usual place of business at the time of the wreck.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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During the past week S. Kantor was besieged with telephone calls from the newspaper offices and private individuals making inquiries as to whether he was the S. Kantor on board the wrecked Titanic. Mr. Kantor, of the Jewelers’ building, while expressing regret that his namesake was one of the victims of the Titanic, was able to inform his interrogators that he was in his usual place of business at the time of the wreck.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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CHICAGO
Miss Helmine Nelson, sister-in-law of E. J. Samuelson, retail jeweler at 1122 Bryn Mawr Ave., was one of the rescued passengers of the Titanic. On her arrival here she was so ill that she was compelled to go to St. Luke’s Hospital.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Miss Helmine Nelson, sister-in-law of E. J. Samuelson, retail jeweler at 1122 Bryn Mawr Ave., was one of the rescued passengers of the Titanic. On her arrival here she was so ill that she was compelled to go to St. Luke’s Hospital.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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PROVIDENCE
Another victim of the Titanic disaster was John J. Lamb, 27 years of age, of 92 Nichols St., this city. He was employed for several years as a stamper in several of the manufacturing jewelry establishments in this city, his last place of employment being with the Metal Products Corporation. Last September he decided to take a vacation for a few months and went to Ireland with an aged aunt. He was to have taken another steamer back to America but wrote that as the Titanic was a new boat and the largest in the world he would wait and sail on her.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Another victim of the Titanic disaster was John J. Lamb, 27 years of age, of 92 Nichols St., this city. He was employed for several years as a stamper in several of the manufacturing jewelry establishments in this city, his last place of employment being with the Metal Products Corporation. Last September he decided to take a vacation for a few months and went to Ireland with an aged aunt. He was to have taken another steamer back to America but wrote that as the Titanic was a new boat and the largest in the world he would wait and sail on her.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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LONDON
The new White Star liner Titanic, which started on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 10 and which met with such a tragic end before sighting America, had on board a service of plate comprising over 10,000 pieces, which had been provided, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths’ Co. This awful tragedy of the sea has filled everyone here with consternation. It means to America the loss of many of her leading citizens and to us a few brilliant men, but the great toll of death will be felt more keenly in the streets of Southampton, where about 900 of the crew of the great liner resided with their wives and families. As I write very little news is to hand excepting that which we get by way of New York.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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The new White Star liner Titanic, which started on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 10 and which met with such a tragic end before sighting America, had on board a service of plate comprising over 10,000 pieces, which had been provided, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths’ Co. This awful tragedy of the sea has filled everyone here with consternation. It means to America the loss of many of her leading citizens and to us a few brilliant men, but the great toll of death will be felt more keenly in the streets of Southampton, where about 900 of the crew of the great liner resided with their wives and families. As I write very little news is to hand excepting that which we get by way of New York.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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J. Birnbaum, San Francisco, Cal., Believed to Have Been Drowned with the Sinking of the “Titanic.”
San Francisco, Cal. April 25—The latest advices received by members of the firm of J. Birnbaum & Co, have practically confirmed their fears that Jacob Birnbaum, senior member of the well-known jewelry firm, was among those lost on the Titanic. The last communication received from Mr. Birnbaum was to the effect that he had booked passage on the Lapland, of the Red Star Line, from Antwerp to New York. No word was heard from him when the Lapland reached New York, and it was feared then that he had canceled his reservation to take passage on the Titanic. A telegram from the White Star Line officials notified the firm that Mr. Birnbaum was among those who boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg. Mr. Birnbaum was well known here among business men. His San Francisco office at 704 Market St., which was opened in 1908, is but one of the many of which he was head in different parts of the world. Mr. Birnbaum left here three months ago for Europe on a business trip. He was unmarried, and his only relation in this country is a cousin, who is a member of the same importing firm.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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San Francisco, Cal. April 25—The latest advices received by members of the firm of J. Birnbaum & Co, have practically confirmed their fears that Jacob Birnbaum, senior member of the well-known jewelry firm, was among those lost on the Titanic. The last communication received from Mr. Birnbaum was to the effect that he had booked passage on the Lapland, of the Red Star Line, from Antwerp to New York. No word was heard from him when the Lapland reached New York, and it was feared then that he had canceled his reservation to take passage on the Titanic. A telegram from the White Star Line officials notified the firm that Mr. Birnbaum was among those who boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg. Mr. Birnbaum was well known here among business men. His San Francisco office at 704 Market St., which was opened in 1908, is but one of the many of which he was head in different parts of the world. Mr. Birnbaum left here three months ago for Europe on a business trip. He was unmarried, and his only relation in this country is a cousin, who is a member of the same importing firm.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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According to advices received from Europe by George P. Kendrick, of William Kendrick’s Sons, Dr. Lee Kahn, a prominent Louisville physician, did not perish in the Titanic disaster, as was feared.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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PROVIDENCE
C. S. Williams, of the C. S. Williams Mig. Co., visited New York last week and took a number of excellent snapshots of the survivors of the Titanic and of the scenes incidental to their debarkation from the Carpathia.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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C. S. Williams, of the C. S. Williams Mig. Co., visited New York last week and took a number of excellent snapshots of the survivors of the Titanic and of the scenes incidental to their debarkation from the Carpathia.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Willis J. McGinnis, of Indianapolis, who stopped over in Lancaster several days last week on his return home from a trip to Europe, had intended being a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic, but was delayed by business and had to take a later vessel.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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According to the manifest of the wrecked liner Titanic, Tiffany & Co. lost a consignment of china and one case of silver goods.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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BALTIMORE
Following a suggestion made by Mrs. George B. Reynolds that the women of America make dollar contributions to a fund for a memorial to Mrs. Isidor Straus because of her heroism on the Titanic, women from all over the country are sending in the required amount.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Following a suggestion made by Mrs. George B. Reynolds that the women of America make dollar contributions to a fund for a memorial to Mrs. Isidor Straus because of her heroism on the Titanic, women from all over the country are sending in the required amount.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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PHILADELPHIA
J. B. Bechtel, of J. B. Bechtel & Co., 729 Sansom St., whose cousin, Miss Annie Funk, of Boyertown, Pa., was one of the victims of the Titanic, spent last week in Boyertown.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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J. B. Bechtel, of J. B. Bechtel & Co., 729 Sansom St., whose cousin, Miss Annie Funk, of Boyertown, Pa., was one of the victims of the Titanic, spent last week in Boyertown.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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NEW YORK
Among the contributors to the fund which is being raised by Mayor Gaynor for the relief of the sufferers of the Titanic disaster are the Gorham Co., $500; Ingomar Goldsmith & Co., $25, and L. Heller & Son, $25.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Among the contributors to the fund which is being raised by Mayor Gaynor for the relief of the sufferers of the Titanic disaster are the Gorham Co., $500; Ingomar Goldsmith & Co., $25, and L. Heller & Son, $25.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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WASHINGTON D.C.
Andrew S. Smith, of the wholesale jewelry house of L. P. White, Philadelphia, Pa., entertained a number of the members of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic who are here as witnesses before the Senate investigating committee in his room at the Metropolitan Hotel last Wednesday evening. Most of the members of the crew who were summoned by the committee are guests at the same hotel. Mr. Smith presented each of the seamen with a gold-filled coat chain with a suitable inscription engraved on the button of each chain as remembrances of their escape from the sinking ship. He also obtained the autograph of each of the men with the number of the life boat of which they were in charge.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Andrew S. Smith, of the wholesale jewelry house of L. P. White, Philadelphia, Pa., entertained a number of the members of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic who are here as witnesses before the Senate investigating committee in his room at the Metropolitan Hotel last Wednesday evening. Most of the members of the crew who were summoned by the committee are guests at the same hotel. Mr. Smith presented each of the seamen with a gold-filled coat chain with a suitable inscription engraved on the button of each chain as remembrances of their escape from the sinking ship. He also obtained the autograph of each of the men with the number of the life boat of which they were in charge.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1912
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Jewelers Believed to Have Survived Marine Disaster.
Henry Blank, E. C. Ostby and Miss Helen Ostby Reported to Be Among the Passengers of the "Titanic" Who Were Rescued by the "Carpathia."
The sinking of the giant Atlantic liner, the White Star steamship Titanic, early Monday morning cast a spell of horror over merchants of all trades and industries of which but few escaped without the loss of some prominent members. It is known that several jewelers were aboard the ill-fated steamer, but exactly how many cannot be ascertained as The Jewelers' Circular goes to press. Of the three who are known to have been aboard two, Henry Blank, of Whiteside & Blank, manufacturing jewelers of Newark, N. J., and Englehardt C. Ostby, president of the Ostby & Barton Co., manufacturing jewelers of Providence, R. I., and the latter’s daughter, Miss Helen Ostby, are reported by the White Star Steamship Co. to be among the survivors picked up by the steamship Carpathia, which is on its way to New York with about 800 passengers of the Titanic, mostly women and children, who were put in the lifeboats.
A third jeweler, Edwin G. Lewy, treasurer of the Lewy Bros. Co., Chicago, was among the passengers but his name does not appear in the list of survivors received up to the moment of going to press. However, the names of but 350 survivors have so far been announced, while it is known that about 450 more were rescued.
Charles Briggs, president of J. Briggs & Sons, Providence, who was reported as being on Board the Titanic with his two daughters, were not passengers, as they arrived home from Europe last week.
Newark, N. J., April 16—While no word has been received directly either by his family or his partner, it is believed that Harry Blank, a member of the firm of Whiteside & Blank, manufacturing jewelers at 17-19 Liberty St., is among the Titanic’s passengers who were picked up by the steamship Carpathia which is now on its way to New York. Mr. Blank, who is a prominent member of the trade here, a member of the Newark Manufacturing Jewelers’ Association and a member of the Good and Welfare Committee of the National Jewelers Board of Trade, sailed for Europe Feb. 28 last to be gone two months.
Providence, R. I., April 16—There is general rejoicing here at the news that among the 350 names of rescued appear those of Englehardt C. Ostby, president of the manufacturing jewelry concern of Ostby & Barton Co., and his daughter Helen, who were passengers on the White Star liner Titanic, which collided with an iceberg off Cape Race, Newfoundland, about midnight Sunday.
Mr. and Miss Ostby were returning from a visit to Egypt where they went about the middle of January. They boarded the steamer at Cherbourg.
Chicago, April 16—Edwin G. Lewy, treasurer of Lewy Bros. Co., of this city, was a passenger on the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic, which went down in mid-ocean in a collision with an iceberg. Mr. Lewy’s name has not been reported among the survivors and it is believed here that he perished.
Mr. Lewy was abroad on a buying trip and had been away three months. He wanted to take an earlier boat but was delayed. His concern received two business letters this morning, but have heard nothing which gives hope that he may be among those who were rescued and hope of safety has vanished.
Mr. Lewy is 31 years old and unmarried, and is prominent in the trade here, where he is considered to be a young man of great ability.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th April 1912
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Henry Blank, E. C. Ostby and Miss Helen Ostby Reported to Be Among the Passengers of the "Titanic" Who Were Rescued by the "Carpathia."
The sinking of the giant Atlantic liner, the White Star steamship Titanic, early Monday morning cast a spell of horror over merchants of all trades and industries of which but few escaped without the loss of some prominent members. It is known that several jewelers were aboard the ill-fated steamer, but exactly how many cannot be ascertained as The Jewelers' Circular goes to press. Of the three who are known to have been aboard two, Henry Blank, of Whiteside & Blank, manufacturing jewelers of Newark, N. J., and Englehardt C. Ostby, president of the Ostby & Barton Co., manufacturing jewelers of Providence, R. I., and the latter’s daughter, Miss Helen Ostby, are reported by the White Star Steamship Co. to be among the survivors picked up by the steamship Carpathia, which is on its way to New York with about 800 passengers of the Titanic, mostly women and children, who were put in the lifeboats.
A third jeweler, Edwin G. Lewy, treasurer of the Lewy Bros. Co., Chicago, was among the passengers but his name does not appear in the list of survivors received up to the moment of going to press. However, the names of but 350 survivors have so far been announced, while it is known that about 450 more were rescued.
Charles Briggs, president of J. Briggs & Sons, Providence, who was reported as being on Board the Titanic with his two daughters, were not passengers, as they arrived home from Europe last week.
Newark, N. J., April 16—While no word has been received directly either by his family or his partner, it is believed that Harry Blank, a member of the firm of Whiteside & Blank, manufacturing jewelers at 17-19 Liberty St., is among the Titanic’s passengers who were picked up by the steamship Carpathia which is now on its way to New York. Mr. Blank, who is a prominent member of the trade here, a member of the Newark Manufacturing Jewelers’ Association and a member of the Good and Welfare Committee of the National Jewelers Board of Trade, sailed for Europe Feb. 28 last to be gone two months.
Providence, R. I., April 16—There is general rejoicing here at the news that among the 350 names of rescued appear those of Englehardt C. Ostby, president of the manufacturing jewelry concern of Ostby & Barton Co., and his daughter Helen, who were passengers on the White Star liner Titanic, which collided with an iceberg off Cape Race, Newfoundland, about midnight Sunday.
Mr. and Miss Ostby were returning from a visit to Egypt where they went about the middle of January. They boarded the steamer at Cherbourg.
Chicago, April 16—Edwin G. Lewy, treasurer of Lewy Bros. Co., of this city, was a passenger on the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic, which went down in mid-ocean in a collision with an iceberg. Mr. Lewy’s name has not been reported among the survivors and it is believed here that he perished.
Mr. Lewy was abroad on a buying trip and had been away three months. He wanted to take an earlier boat but was delayed. His concern received two business letters this morning, but have heard nothing which gives hope that he may be among those who were rescued and hope of safety has vanished.
Mr. Lewy is 31 years old and unmarried, and is prominent in the trade here, where he is considered to be a young man of great ability.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th April 1912
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Diamonds valued at $50,000 and belonging to Eichberg & Co., diamond importers at 65 Nassau St., were lost in the wreck of the White Star liner Titanic, which sunk Monday morning after a collision with an iceberg. The gems were fully covered by insurance,
Maiden Lane gem importers regard the reported loss of $5,000,000 worth of gems as much exaggerated. They say that it is not at all probable that so large a shipment would be received at one time and point out that the total value of gems imported in any one month seldom reaches that figure.
At the custom house it was said that in all probability the estimated value of gems lost in the wreck is very much exaggerated.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th April 1912
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Maiden Lane gem importers regard the reported loss of $5,000,000 worth of gems as much exaggerated. They say that it is not at all probable that so large a shipment would be received at one time and point out that the total value of gems imported in any one month seldom reaches that figure.
At the custom house it was said that in all probability the estimated value of gems lost in the wreck is very much exaggerated.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th April 1912
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