Mr Henry Birkhardt Harris (45) from New York, NY boarded the Titanic at
Southampton with his wife Irene (Rene) Harris. The occupied cabin C-83 and held
ticket #36973 which cost £83 9s 6d.
Among the other First Class Passengers was his friend John D. Baumann.
Mr Harris died in the disaster.
Mrs Henry Birkhardt Harris (Irene Wallach) (36) from New York, NY boarded the
Titanic at Southampton with her husband Henry Birkhardt Harris. They occupied
cabin
C-83 and held ticket #36973 which cost £83 9s 6d.
Mrs Harris was rescued in Collapsible D. When she boarded the Carpathia she
was
accomodated in a cabin vacated by artist Colin Campbell Cooper and his wife
Emma.
Mr Cambell would later record the rescue in two paintings.
Mr Charles Melville Hays (55) was born at Rock Island, Illinois, USA, on May
16
1856. He was educated at public schools of Rock Island, and at the age of seventeen
entered the service of the Atlantic and Pacific Railway, in St-Louis, Missouri,
USA.
He rose in the railway world until in 1889 when he was appointed general manager
of
the reorganized Wabash system. In 1896 he came to Canada as general manager
of
the Grand Trunk Railway, and, with the exception of part of the year 1901, when
he
was president of Southern Pacific Railway, he continued to manage the Grand
Trunk Railway. In 1909 he was appointed president of the company.
In 1905 he was elected president also of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which
was to a large extent his creation.
Hays boarded the Titanic at Southampton with his wife Clara Hays and his assistant
Vivian Ponsonby Payne and Mrs Hays maid Miss Pericault. They also travelled
with
their daughter, Orian and her husband, Thornton Davidson. The family were returning
to their home in Montreal, PQ after a holiday in Paris. According to Hays' great
niece
Orian S. Tolton they had received a telegram warning them that one of their
other three
daughters back home was to have a caesarian delivery of a child and it was for
this
reason that Hays booked passage on the Titanic. Other reasons for their return
have
been suggested, they include: that Hays was returning to Canada to attend the
opening
of the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa; another, that he was wrapping up a deal
with
the White Star Line that would involve a travel package for immigrants whereby
they
would take White Star steamer to Canada and then be transported by Grand Trunk
Railway to their final destination; yet another that he had concluded a deal
in England
that would provide essential financial support for Hays' ultimately futile transcontinental
railroad, the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Mr Hays died in the sinking, his body was recovered (#307) and delivered to
Montreal
care of Mr Howard G. Kelly of the Grand Trunk Railway. He is buried alongside
his
wife at Mt. Royal Cemetery in Montreal.
Mrs Charles Melville Hays (Clara Jennings Gregg) (52) boarded the Titanic at
Southampton with her husband Mr Charles Melville Hays and her maid Miss Pericault.
They were joined on board by their daughter Orian Davidson and her husband
Thornton. The family were returning to their home in Montreal, PQ.
Mr Hays died in the sinking but Clara was rescued in Lifeboat 3.
Mr William Edward Hipkins of London, England boarded the Titanic at Southampton.
Mr Hipkins was managing director of Avery's Ltd of Birmingham.
Hipkins died in the disaster.
Miss Jean Hippach was the 16 year-old daughter of Louis Albert Hippach and Ida
Hippach. She had been travelling with her mother in Europe. They boarded the
Titanic
in Cherbourg. Jean slept through the collision, awaking when the steam began
roaring
through the funnel.
Jean and her mother were rescued in Lifeboat
4.
Mrs. Louis Albert Hippach (Ida Sophia Fischer) (44) of 7360 Sheridan Road,
Chicago, Illinois was the wife of Louis Albert Hippach, a plate glass dealer
co-owner
of Tyler & Hippach Co.
Mrs. Hippach was travelling abroad with her daughter, Jean Hippach, trying to
recover
from the loss of two daughters in the Iroquois Theater fire.
The two ladies boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg, travelling first class. They
later
claimed they had not wanted to board the ship, not trusting a maiden voyage
but White
Star employees had told them that there was only one First Class cabin left,
implying
that everyone wanted to go on the ship. They felt lucky to get their ticket,
only to
discover that the ship was only partially full. They travelled with ticket 111361
(£57
19s 7d) in cabin B-18.
"Everyone was saying Sunday evening that we were ahead of schedule and
that
we would break the records." Mrs. Hippach and her daughter were asleep
when the
Titanic struck the iceberg. Ida Hippach thought the shock of the collision was
mild.
Her daughter continued sleeping until the roar of the steam escaping through
the funnels
woke her. They put on their wraps and rushed out into the corridor. They heard
everybody asking, "What is that? Did you hear that?"
Ida Hippach heard someone say that they hit an iceberg, but no one was alarmed
or
thought there was any danger. She decided to go out onto deck because she wanted
to see the icerberg as she had never seen one. An officer, walking past, told
them to
return to their room. "Ladies, go back to bed. You'll catch cold."
They went back to their stateroom, but decided to dress and go back out into
the
corridor. They were told to return to their room and get a lifebelt.
Mrs Hippach and her daughter came onto deck as they were lowering a lifeboat.
They
thought they would be safer on the Titanic, so didn't get into one of the earlier
boats.
They watched the officer try to get people into Boats 2 and 6, noting how few
people
were in each as they were lowered. Passengers talked to each other, at first
saying the
boat was in no danger. Then they were told the boat would stay afloat for at
least 24
hours and that they were safer on deck than in the lifeboats. Later, they were
told that
the Olympic was near and some ship's lights were pointed out to her. Mrs Hippach
had no clue that there were not enough lifeboats.
They were walking by Lifeboat 4 as it was
being loaded and Colonel Astor
told them
to get in, although he said there was no danger. Ida and her daughter clambered
through the windows and entered the boat, finding that it had a couple of sailors.
The
boat got a small amount of water in it and a man that Mrs. Hippach thought was
a third
class passenger jumped into the boat (although this was probably a crew member).
The women had to help row away from the Titanic.
Ida Hippach now knew the Titanic was sinking because the portholes were so near
to
the water. She heard someone calling for the boat to return to pick up more
passengers, but they did not dare. From their position, about 450 feet from
the ship,
they heard a "fearful explosion" and watched it split apart.
They rowed away, expecting the suction to pull at them. The lights all went
out one by
one then they all went out in a flash, except for a lantern on a mast. There
was a fearful
cry from the people in the water. They rowed back and were able to pick about
eight
men out.
In the morning they saw the Carpathia and they rowed about two miles to the
ship.
Mrs Hippach was taken aboard in a swinging seat. 'My, but it was good to be
taken
aboard and nursed.'
It was uncertain at first whether they were saved, however by April 17 the Chicago
papers announced their rescue. A son, who worked for an engineering firm in
North
Carolina, and Mr Hippach travelled to New York City to meet the Hippach women.
They arrived in Chicago on April 21, 1912 aboard the Twentieth Century Limited.
Mrs. John C. Hogeboom (Anna Andrews) (51) from Hudson, NY travelled with her
sister Kornelia Theodosia Andrews (63) and niece, Gretchen Fiske Longley (21).
The three ladies boarded in Southampton under ticket number 13502 (price 77
pounds) and occupied cabins on D-deck.
They were rescued in boat #10.
Mrs. Hogeboom, died in 1947.
Frederick Maxfield Hoyt (38) of New York, NY travelled with his wife Jane Anne
(35). Their eventual destination was to be Stamford, CT. The couple boarded
the
Titanic at Southampton and were rescued together in Collapsible D.
In his later years, he was a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club, the same club
in
which fellow survivor, Harry Anderson, was also a member.
Mrs Frederick Maxfield Hoyt (Jane Anne Forby) (35) of New York, NY travelled
with her husband Frederick Maxfield Hoyt (38). Their eventual destination was
to be
Stamford, CT.
The couple boarded the Titanic at Southampton and were rescued together in
Collapsible D.
Mr William F. Hoyt was a former resident of Cleveland, Ohio and the son of Charles
E. Hoyt. He had been the captain of the Lakeside Bicycle Club and was also
connected with the Lozier Bicycle Company. William Hoyt was connected with the
Sterling & Welch, Co. and was a resident of New York City. He had been going
to
Europe for several years as a buyer for the Houghton, Lee & Hoyt Company.
He was
returning from Europe on one of these trips, boarding the Titanic in Cherbourg
and
travelling in first class.
William Hoyt was heavily built and the survivors of Boat 14 struggled to haul
him out
of the water. He was bleeding from the nose and mouth, and probably suffered
injuries
from depth pressure. Fifth Officer Lowe reported "After we got him in the
boat we
took his collar off so as to give him more chance to breathe, but unfortunately,
he died. He was too far gone when we picked him up." He was buried at sea
by
sailors from the Carpathia. His brother travelled to Washington, DC to ask crew
members if they knew anything about his brother but without success.
The Making of History
| Owners | A
Grand Design | Construction | Sister
Ships - Olympic and Britannic
|
| Strict Segregation | Outdated
Lifeboat regulations | The Aura of Invincibility
|
| Launch | Specifications
|
Leaving for the New World
| Southampton | Southampton
- The New York and a Near Miss | Cherbourg
| Queenstown |
Provisions |
Passenger Lists
| First Class | Second
Class | Third Class |
Alphabtical list | Crew
| The Band |
Lifeboat Lists
| Lifeboats 1- 3 | Lifeboats
4 - 6 | Lifeboats 7-9 | Lifeboats
10-12 | Lifeboats 13 -16 |
Collapsibles |
Aftermath
| American Inquiry |
| Causes - An extract from February 1995 Edition
of Popular Mechanic |
Facts and Figures
| Harland and Wolff's 101 Answers to
the most asked questions about the RMS Titanic |