Record Number: 18265
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday 23 July 1930: 'Lady L[avery] discussed the air crash [...] I was driving down to the Temple with Vita [Sackville-West], & we bought a Standard in the gateway. "Titled victims" she said [...] Then I read Lady Ednam, Marquis Dusserre (for so they reported him) & then in the stop press Lord Dufferin [goes on to record Harold Nicolson, Sackville-West's husband's, reaction to news]'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Jul 1930 and 23 Jul 1930
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writers
Religion:various
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:report of air crash on 21 July
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn the Standard
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18265
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:3
Page:309
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1980), 3, p. 309, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18265, accessed: 31 January 2025
Additional Comments:
Victims killed in air crash on 21 July 1930 (as well as two crew) were: the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava; Viscountess Ednam; Sir Edward Ward, and Mrs Henrik Loeffler; Dufferin and Ednam apparently known to Sackville-West and her husband, whose telephone call to his mother with the news Woolf also records; see p.309 n.8 in source.
