ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1918-12-10, p.7

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Summary

Most consequential single clipping in this Stage 6 ingest for the Beara / Butte family arc. James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company in Butte received a letter from Cork, Ireland, reporting that his nephew Jack Sullivan and four others had drowned in the Kilcatherine district on Armistice Day (11 November 1918) when their fishing boat was lost in the breakers. Six in the party, only one survivor. Among the dead were "two cousins of James Murphy of the Hennessy store": Robert Dwyer ("leaves an aunt living on Anaconda road" in Butte) and Richard Dwyer ("leaves an uncle living on North Wyoming street, and Mike, another uncle, also of Butte"). Another victim "named McCarthy" has brothers living in Butte. Jack Sullivan was a noted athlete, formerly all-around champion of West Cork. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. This is the first clipping in the archive that directly names the "James Murphy of the Hennessy store" (= person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen, the Centerville AOH president, Hennessy superintendent, Murphy-Softley founder) as having cousins in the parish of Kilcatherine on the Beara peninsula. Kilcatherine is also the parish of the 1846 Times starvation correspondent's letter (Timothy Sullivan of Coulagh in the parish of Kilcatherine). The same shoreline runs through the archive's two narrative endpoints: pre-Famine destitution (1846) and Butte Irish-American organisational success (1918). Family-status implication. JJM-Centerville-AOH now has, in addition to his existing distinguishing details (lifelong Butte resident, AOH County President 1912-13, Hennessy career 1898- 1920, Murphy-Softley founder), a SPECIFIC Beara-parish kin tie — Dwyer cousins in Kilcatherine. Per the confidence rule, this is enough distinguishing detail to bump him substantially. Held here at family_confidence 50 ("Plausible — right name, right place, right time, plausible age, no known competing candidate") pending user signal.

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Narrative

Word reached Butte by letter from Cork that Jack Sullivan, nephew of James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company, drowned with four others on November 11 when their fishing boat was lost in the breakers in the Kilcathering district; only one of the six aboard survived. Among the dead were Robert Dwyer and Richard Dwyer, cousins of James Murphy of the Hennessy store, who leave an aunt on Anaconda road and an uncle on North Wyoming street and another uncle, Mike, in Butte, and a man named McCarthy whose brothers also live in Butte. Jack Sullivan was a noted athlete who had held the all-around championship of West Cork.

  • “Six people in the party were in a fishing boat which was lost in the breakers and all were drowned but one.”
  • “a noted athlete, and in past years had held the all-around championship of West Cork”

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  • Mike Dwyer · surviving_uncle_in_butte

    Uncle of Richard Dwyer (the victim), living in Butte.

  • [unnamed McCarthy] · drowning_victim

    Fifth named victim of the boat accident — surname McCarthy, has brothers living in Butte. No first name given.

  • [unnamed Murphy / Dwyer aunt] · surviving_aunt_in_butte

    Lives on Anaconda road in Butte. Aunt of Robert Dwyer.

  • [unnamed Dwyer uncle] · surviving_uncle_in_butte

    Lives on North Wyoming street, Butte. Uncle of Richard Dwyer.

  • [unnamed survivor] · sole_survivor

    One of the six survived; no name given.

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Transcription
transcription: complete · confidence high
# ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX *The Anaconda Standard, Tuesday, December 10, 1918, p. 7.* News was received in Butte yesterday by James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company in a letter from Cork, Ireland, of the drowning of his nephew, Jack Sullivan, and four other persons in the Kilcathering district, while returning from a fishing trip. Six people in the party were in a fishing boat which was lost in the breakers and all were drowned but one. Among the others lost were two cousins of James Murphy of the Hennessy storeButte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms →, Robert Dwyer, who leaves an aunt living on Anaconda road, and Richard Dwyer, who leaves an uncle living on North Wyoming street, and Mike, another uncle, also of Butte. Another of the victims, named McCarthy, has brothers also living in Butte. The accident occurred on Nov. 11. Jack Sullivan, the nephew of Mr. McCarthy, was a noted athlete, and in past years had held the all-around championship of West Cork.

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Open questions

  • The fishing accident — was it covered in any contemporary Cork paper? Cork Examiner / Skibbereen Eagle / Southern Star late Nov / early Dec 1918 should carry the story. Worth a focused pull at a later stage.
  • The Kikcatherine spelling in the user's filename is a typo for Kilcatherine (the parish name in the body of the clipping matches the existing place_kilcatherine_parish entry).
  • The Dwyer cousins / Murphy connection — is the Dwyer surname on the user's wider associated-families list? If so, the Kilcatherine-parish Dwyer match strengthens the Murphy candidacy further. Worth a check.
  • What "James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company" — does he recur in other Butte clippings? The Centennial Brewing was a major Butte employer of Irish-Americans.
  • Date — Armistice Day 1918. The news of the drowning probably arrived in Butte mixed in with the wave of Armistice telegrams — culturally striking. Worth a sidebar in the book.