Holding On To History: Remembering Northland Titanic survivors and victims on 111th anniversary of ship’s sinking
Apr 18, 2023 08:39AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Several Northlanders were survivors or victims of the Titanic in 1912 (kbjr)
By Dave Anderson - Northern News Now - April 17, 2023
The loss of the Titanic was big news in Duluth in April, 1912. Businessman W.B. Silvey lived in the Spaulding Hotel with his wife Alice Grey Silvey. Mr. Silvey went down with the ship. He is considered buried at sea but he has a memorial stone in the West Point Cemetery because his father was a lieutenant colonel in the Army. Mrs. Silvey survived onboard lifeboat 11 and lived in Duluth until her death in 1958.
To read the full story, visit the Northern News Now site here.
By Dave Anderson - Northern News Now - April 17, 2023
The loss of the Titanic was big news in Duluth in April, 1912. Businessman W.B. Silvey lived in the Spaulding Hotel with his wife Alice Grey Silvey. Mr. Silvey went down with the ship. He is considered buried at sea but he has a memorial stone in the West Point Cemetery because his father was a lieutenant colonel in the Army. Mrs. Silvey survived onboard lifeboat 11 and lived in Duluth until her death in 1958.
To read the full story, visit the Northern News Now site here.
