Percy Mitchell News Today

Being Chief Purser on the Titanic was a huge responsibility – and it was filled by an Irishman who was larger than life and the last word in gallantry. Hugh McElroy occupied a critical shipboard position for the White Star Line. As Purser, he was the company’s main interface with the bulk of passengers.

THE owner of a boat destroyed by a massive falling oak tree has told how his girlfriend tried to save his friends life by holding his head above the rising tide as he lay in the wreckage. Lee Moody, owner of the houseboat on Sailors Creek, told the Packet that the falling oak sounded like a massive earthquake as it collapsed onto his boat at around 5pm last night. His friend Paul Welch died in the accident, although the name has not been officially confirmed. He is well known for restor...