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One of the passengers who escaped from the steamship Titanic, Hosono, a Japanese, arrived here in Honolulu aboard the Shinyo Maru [Shun’yō Maru] and left for Japan.
[Monday (4/16/2012) marks the 100th year since the tragedy heard all over the world. Who knew the only Japanese aboard the Titanic, Masabumi Hosono, spent some time in Hawaii nei.]
(Kuokoa, 5/31/1912, p. 8)
Do the folks collecting info about surviors have his name? Maybe this should be sent on to them.
Please do send this to whoever you think might benefit!
This is a link to a website I shared this story with. He survived but…..
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/masabumi-hosono.html