Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1912 — Widows of Titanic Victims To Receive Red Cross Aid. [ARTICLE]

Widows of Titanic Victims To Receive Red Cross Aid.

Seventy-two widows, sixty-three of whom lost their husbands in the Titanic disaster, has already received, or will soon receive, nearly one-half of the $150,000 fund raised by the Red Cross emergency relief committee, according to the chairman’s preliminary report. The report calls attention to several particularly pathetic cases. One woman lost nine relatives on the sinking ship. A Mrs. Johnson, professional singer, was so overcome by the shock of her hosband’s death that she lost her voice, and is unable to support herself.