Telegram from sculptor Paul Chevré saying that he has survived the TITANIC disaster

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A telegram sent by Paul Chevré, TITANIC survivor, on April 17, 1912 from the RMS CARPATHIA, which had rescued all of the survivors. It says "Sauvé par CARPATHIA/allons New York/Chevré"-- "Saved by CARPATHIA, going New York." It was sent to Philéas Corriveau in Quebec. The form includes the time it was sent, the fee, and the initials of Harold Cottam, CARPATHIA's wireless operator. Chevré was a sculptor and was travelling to Canada for the opening of the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa, where his sculpture of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier was to be installed. He was travelling with Canadian railway magnate Charles Hays, who was building the hotel and had commissioned the bust. Hays perished in the sinking. The Laurier bust was on a different ship and made it to Canada, where it remains on display at the Château Laurier hotel. Chevré lived in Paris but had strong ties to Canada and traveled there often. After TITANIC's sinking, he went back to Paris and did not return to Canada again before his death in 1914.