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Hayle
Mail July 17th 1914.
You will see by the
names how the travel has dropped off, and it will continue to do so now until
September, when the people who went home in the spring will start to come back,
and the Christmas rush will begin homeward.
I was glad to meet
Sib. Richards who was on her way back to Penzance from Akron, Ohio. She was a
survivor of the Titanic and I met her with Mr Richards at the pier when they
arrived on the Carpathia with her two children and her mother, who I was sorry
to hear was killed in Akron a short time ago.
I asked Mrs Richards
if she was nor afraid to go across again, and she said that she felt timid but
as it was the only way to get to Penzance and she felt that she would like to
see that lovely town and her relatives again she would have to chance it once
more. It is probably remembered by all in Cornwall that her brother drowned
coming over with her. They had quite a party with them from Akron all going to
Newlyn and Penzance. It is getting very hot here now although we seldom have
rain which enables all who stop in New York a day or so to see it. And there are
a good many interesting sights to see. For instance the Aquarium, where there are
over three thousand different species of fish from all parts of the world. But
if you go and expect to see a pilchard you will be disappointed. And then they
have a magnificient Library with thousands of books and magnificent carvings
costing over ten million dollars. Again there is the museum of art where they
have the Morgan collections, which I don’t doubt all my readers have heard of.
The splendid Natural
Museum of History is very interesting to Cornishmen as they have mineral
specimens of ore from all over the world, some beauties too. Also a bus that
runs up past General Grants Tomb and along Riverside Drive where all the
Millionaires have their residencies. A launch that leaves from the lower end of
New York every afternoon and goes up the east, under Brooklyn Bridge and also
under eleven other bridges connecting New York with its suburbs up along
Governor’s Island, Blackwell’s Island, past Yonkers, through the Hudson
river and down along the Palisades, around the Statue of Liberty, around Ellis Island, the Island that no-body wishes to stay on, and then home. A most
beautiful trip and one that should not be missed.
The next meeting of
the Cornish Association is for the election of Officers, and I will write full
particulars of the Meeting.
As many members of the
New York Cornish Association that could possibly be there went to see Mr & Mrs
Bert Collins leave for Redruth last Saturday on the Olympic for a much needed
three month vocation. Mr Collins has been a very active member of the
Association, and the members showed their appreciation by being at the pier to
give them a hearty send off.
People who stayed at
the Cornish Arms this week while travelling to and fro.
Stephen Toy, from Butte, Montana, to Porkellis, Wendron.
Mrs Pascoe, from Camborne to Lockpoint, New York.
Mamie Pascoe from Camborne to Lockpoint, New York.
Norah Pascoe, from Camborne to Lockpoint, New York.
W.F.W. Pomfry, from Liskeard to Wells, Nevada.
J.H. Thomas, from Marazion to Tonopa, Nevada.
John T. Hawke, from Oakland, California to Trelisick Road, Hayle.
George Pyatt, from Reno, Nevada to 5 Basset Street, Redruth.
Mr Ellis Osborne, from Redruth to Detroit.
Mr & Mrs Geo. Tippett and child, from Salt Lake City to Gover Valley, St Austell.
Mr Fred Tippett from Salt Lake City to Gover Valley, St Austell.
Mr & Mrs Ta. Warmington & Family, from Deer Lodge, Montana to Carbis Bay.