M'CARTHY'S NEPHEW IS DROWNED NEAR IRELAND
The Butte Miner, Butte, 1918-12-10, p.5
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name as printed"James Murphy of the Hennessy com"
name as printed"Richard and Robert Dwyer, also los"
name as printed"Richard and Robert Dwyer, also los"
name as printed"word yesterday that his nephew, Jack / Sullivan, had been drowned with fou"
name as printed"James J. McCarthy, secretary of the"
Summary
Companion to the Anaconda Standard's "ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX" on the same day — same drowning, different paper, more compact report. James J. McCarthy (here with middle initial J, the Standard wrote M — one is a typo), secretary of the Centennial Brewing company, received word that his nephew Jack Sullivan had drowned with four other young men off the Irish coast returning from a fishing trip. Jack Sullivan was "a famous athlete and at one time held the all-around championship of West Cork." Richard and Robert Dwyer, also lost in the same accident, "were cousins of James Murphy of the Hennessy company." Accident Nov 11 — boat struck rocks near the shore and was dashed to pieces. The Miner's account drops the Kilcatherine parish name (the Standard preserved it) and the Butte aunt/uncle addresses (the Standard had them).
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Narrative
James J. McCarthy, secretary of the Centennial Brewing company, learns that his nephew Jack Sullivan drowned with four other young men off the Irish coast on Nov. 11, when their boat struck rocks near shore and was dashed to pieces while returning from a fishing trip. Sullivan had once held the all-around athletic championship of West Cork; Richard and Robert Dwyer, also lost, were cousins of James Murphy of the Hennessy company.
- “a famous athlete and at one time held the all-around championship of West Cork”
- “the boat struck some rocks near the shore and was dashed to pieces”
AI-generated (claude-opus-5). Verify against the transcription before quoting.
People
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James Murphy of the Hennessy company)role: relative of victims · family confidence: 95 certain
- Robert O'Dwyer (Caolrua, Kilcatherine, 1893-1918; drowned 12 Nov 1918; not a known cousin of JJM — see disambig)(as printed: Robert Dwyer)role: drowning victim · family confidence: 10 flag
- Richard Dwyer ("victim" only in the Butte dailies of 10 Dec 1918; did not drown — see disambig)(as printed: Richard Dwyer)role: drowning victim · family confidence: 10 flag
- Jack Sullivan (= Sean a' Choill O'Sullivan of Caolrua, Kilcatherine, c. 1859-1918; drowned 12 Nov 1918)(as printed: Jack Sullivan)role: drowning victim · family confidence: 0 not family
- James M. McCarthy (Centennial Brewing, Butte)(as printed: James J. McCarthy)role: information recipient · family confidence: 0 not family
"James J." here, "James M." in the same-day Standard. Same man. Recording the middle-initial variant as a printing uncertainty; "James M." is probably the correct form given the Standard's longer treatment was more carefully edited.
Places
- Kilcatherine (parish) (context)
- Beara Peninsula (primary)
- West Cork (primary)
- County Cork (context)
- Butte, Montana (secondary)
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news_item, death_notice
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Transcription
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