Miss Elisabeth Walton Allen, 29, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on October 1,
1882, the daughter of George W. Allen, a St. Louis judge, and Lydia McMillan. She
was returning to her home in St. Louis with her aunt, Mrs Edward Scott Robert, and
her cousin, fifteen-year-old Georgette Alexandra Madill. Miss Madill was the daughter
of Mrs. Robert from a former marriage.
Miss Allen was engaged in 1912 to a British physician, Dr. James B. Mennell, and was
going home to St. Louis to collect her belongings in preparation for moving to England
where she would live with her future husband. Miss Allen, Mrs Robert, Miss Madill,
and Mrs. Robert's maid Amelia Kenchen all boarded the Titanic in Southampton. For
the voyage, Miss Allen was in cabin B-5, along with cousin Miss Madill, while Mrs
Robert was across the hall in cabin B-3. The entire party travelled under ticket number
24160 (passage costing £221 in 1912). She escaped with her relatives in Lifeboat 2,
one of the last boats to leave the Titanic, under the command of Fourth Officer Joseph
G. Boxhall. After the sinking, Elisabeth filed a $2, 427.80 claim against the White Star
Line for the loss of personal property in the disaster.
Regarding the disaster, Miss Allen wrote this account of the disaster 'My aunt's maid
came to my door and asked if she could speak to me. I went into the corridor and
she said, "Miss Allen, the baggage room is full of water." I replied that she
needn't worry because the watertight compartments would be shut and it would
be all right for her to go back to her cabin. She went back and returned to us
immediately to say her cabin, which was forward on Deck E, was flooded.
We were on the boat deck some minutes before being ordered into the lifeboat.
Neither my aunt, Mrs. Robert, my cousin, Miss Madill, nor myself ever saw or
heard the band.
As we stood there we saw a line of men file by and get into the boat - some 16 or
18 stokers. An officer came along and shouted to them, "Get out, you damned
cowards; I'd like to see everyone of you overboard." They all got out and the
officer said "Women and children into this boat" and we got in and were
lowered. We were rowed around the stern to the starboard side and away from
the ship as our boat was a small one and Boxhall feared the suction. As the
Titanic plunged deeper and deeper, we could see her stern rising higher and
higher until her lights began to go out. As the last lights on the stern went out we
saw her plunge distinctively, bow first and intact. Then the screams began and
seemed to last eternally. We rowed back after the Titanic sank but we saw no one
in the water, nor were we near enough to any lifeboats to see them. When
Boxhall lit his first light the screams grew louder and then died down.
Our boat was the first one picked up by the Carpathia. I happened to be the first
one up the ladder, as the others seemed afraid to start up, and when the officer
who received me asked where the Titanic was, I told him she had gone down.'
Following the disaster, Miss Allen reached St. Louis and soon returned to England to
be the wife of Dr. Mennell in July, 1912. She and her sister were married in a double
wedding.
Mrs Elisabeth Walton Allen Mennell made her home in England. She was living in
Tunbridge Wells, England, at the time of her death, at the age of 85, on 15 December
1967.
Hudons J Allson and below his children Trevor and Loraine |
Mr Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison was born in Chesterville, Ontario,
Canada on December 18, 1881, the son of Jesse Rose Allison and Pheobe
Johnston. For a time he worked as a clerk in Chester Casselman's general
store but later left Canada to study in the United States. Allison found
success as an insurance salesman in New On 9 December 1907, Hudson Allison married Bess Waldo Daniels (born 1886/87) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in that city. The couple had two children, Helen Lorraine, born in 1909, and Hudson Trevor born in July 1911. The Allisons were wealthy and successful one of their interests being the Allison Stock Farm, they built a new home on the site but fate determined that they would never live there. |
In early 1912, the family travelled to England to buy horses, and so that
Mr. Allison
could attend a director's meeting of the British Canadian Lumber Association.
While
abroad, the Allisons had their baby son baptized at Epworth church, where John
Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination, had once preached.
The Allison family boarded the Titanic in Southampton, Mr Allison had booked
two
outside cabins with en suite facilities. Hudson, Bess and Lorraine occupied
one suite
while Mrs. Allison's maid, Sarah Daniels occupied the other with Trevor Allison
and his
nurse Ms Alice Cleaver. Two other servants, a cook Mildred Brown and chauffeur
George Swane travelled in second class.
On the night of April 14th, after the ship hit the iceberg, Sarah Daniels decided
that
something was wrong, and went out by herself to investigate, she encountered
several
crew members who directed her to lifeboat 8,
and assured her that 'it was just a
precautionary measure', wherein she boarded the lifeboat, which was then lowered
from the ship.
Of the Allison family, only baby Trevor was saved. Alice Cleaver had taken the
baby
from the cabin after the collision and never bothered to tell Mrs. Allison where
she was
going. She had Trevor carefully wrapped in a fur blanket, and they got into Lifeboat
11, with crewman William Faulkner, who held baby Trevor while Alice got
in.
For the rest of the night, the Allisons searched the decks in vain for their
son and Miss
Cleaver. Not knowing if her baby had left the ship, Mrs. Allison refused to
be
separated from her husband and likewise her little girl, Lorraine. The family
remained
together and died when the ship went down.
The next day, Alice Cleaver and the Allison's maid realized that they, along
with
Trevor, were the only survivors of their party. Upon the arrival of the rescue
ship
Carpathia, in New York, Alice Cleaver was proclaimed a hero, by the news media,
for rescuing baby Trevor, but she was condemned by the families of both Bess
and
Hudson Allison for abandoning the family to die on Titanic.
While the bodies of his wife and daughter would never be found, the recovery
vessel,
MacKay-Bennett, was able to identify body No.135 as that of Hudson Allison.
NO. 135 - MALE CLOTHING - Leather coat; blue suit; grey silk muffler. EFFECTS - Keys; letters; photos; stock book; three pocket diaries; one C.P. Railway ticket book; two pocket books; card case; $143.00 in notes; chain with insurance medals; £15 in gold; $100.00 Thomas Cook & Sons travellers cheque; £35 in notes; gold cuff-links; diamond solitaire ring; gold stud; knife; silver tie-clip; $4.40 in odd coins; travellers ticket. FIRST CLASS NAME - H.J.ALLISON |
Mr. Allison's body was returned home and was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in
Chesterville, Ontario there followed a well-attended memorial service at the
Chesterville Music Hall where many of his friends and business associates paid tribute
to both his character and his accomplishments.
Baby Trevor returned to Canada and was raised by his aunt and uncle, George and
Lillian Allison. Trevor died on August 7th, 1929 at the age of 18 in Maine, USA of
ptomaine poisoning and was buried beside his father in Chesterville, Ontario. George
and Lillian then inherited the Allison holdings.
Alice Cleaver continued to live in North America after the disaster, and died in 1984.
Mrs Hudson J.C. Allison (Bess Waldo Daniels) (born 1886/87) was travelling with her
husband Hudson Allison, a wealthy Montreal stockbroker. They had two children,
Lorraine, born in 1909, and Trevor, born July, 1911.
Miss Helen Lorraine Allison (born in 1909) was travelling with her father Hudson
Allison, her mother Bess and brother Trevor.
After the collision Trevor went missing with his nurse Alice Cleaver. When the Allisons
realized that Alice Cleaver and baby Trevor were unaccounted for, they resolved that
they would not leave the Titanic until after Trevor was found, nor would they be parted
from little Lorraine, they were last seen standing together, smiling, on the promenade
deck.
Lorraine Allison was the only child in first and second class to die (53 of 76 children in
third-class perished). Her body was never found.
Master Hudson Trevor Allison (born in 1911) travelled with his father Hudson Allison
his mother Bess Allison and sister Lorraine. He was accompanied by a nurse Alice
Cleaver.
After Trevor was born, the Allison family travelled to England for business purposes,
and it was in England that young Trevor was baptised.
Of the Allison family, only baby Trevor was saved. Alice Cleaver had taken the baby
from the cabin after the collision and never bothered to tell Mrs. Allison where she was
going. She wrapped Trevor in a fur blanket, and got into lifeboat
11, with Bedroom
Steward William Faulkner, who held baby Trevor while Alice got in.
For the rest of the night, the Allisons searched the decks in vain for their son and
Miss
Cleaver. Not knowing if her baby had left the ship, Mrs. Allison refused to be
separated from her husband and likewise her little girl, Lorraine. The family remained
together and died when the ship went down.
After the sinking, baby Trevor returned home to Canada, where he would be raised by
his aunt and uncle, George and Lillian Allison.
Trevor died on 7 August 1929 at the age of 18 in Maine, USA of ptomaine poisoning
and was buried beside his father in Chesterville, Ontario.
Mr. Harry Anderson was born in England in 1864, and came to the United States in
his youth.
In 1912, Mr. Anderson was returning to his home in New York City after a business
and pleasure trip to England. He was a Wall Street stockbroker and lived with his wife,
the former Flora Makley, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Andersons had no
children. Mrs. Anderson did not make the trip with her husband and had remained in
New York.
Mr. Anderson boarded the Titanic in Southampton and occupied cabin E- 12. He left
the Titanic in Lifeboat 3 which was one of the first
boats to leave.
Back in New York, Mr. Anderson was commodore of the yacht division of the New
York Athletic Club. In his later years, he was a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club,
the same club in which fellow survivor, Frederick Hoyt, was also a member.
At the time of his death in New York in 1951 at the age of 87, he left no surviving
relatives in the United States.
Miss Kornelia Theodosia Andrews was born in Hudson, New York, USA, in August,
1848. She was the daughter of Robert E. and Matilda Fonda Andrews.
A graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio1, Miss Andrews was for many years a leader in
society and charitable works in Hudson, New York. She was one of the Managers of
the Hudson City Hospital since its founding, and was its Vice-President in 1912.
Andrews was returning home on the Titanic to Hudson with her sister, Anna
Hogeboom, and their twenty-one-year old niece, Gretchen Fiske Longley. All three
ladies boarded in Southampton under ticket number 13502 (price £77) and occupied
cabins on D-deck.
On the night of the disaster, Gretchen and Anna were asleep. Miss Andrews, who had
apparently been ill, was reading when the Titanic struck the iceberg. Gretchen, who
was awakened by the impact, asked her aunt what happened. Interestingly, Miss
Andrews seemed to know without having been told. "We must have struck an
iceberg. Go and ask the steward if we are in danger." Gretchen went out three
times to ask if there was danger, but was reassured by stewards that everything was
fine.
Kornelia did not believe what the stewards were saying so she went out to find their
day-steward who informed her that the Titanic was in danger and that they were to
report to the boat deck with lifebelts. The ladies dressed, put on fur coats, and headed
to the boat deck.
Miss Andrews related that the first three boats they tried to enter did not contain room
for them. They waited for the fourth boat, which turned out to be lifeboat 10, and were
helped aboard. She told of how annoyed she was with many of the crew who were in
her boat. 'When we got out on the water,' she said, 'we realized that the crewmen
had only claimed they could row only for the purpose of saving themselves. My
niece had to take an oar. In a boat alongside of ours, a sailor lighted a cigarette
and flung the match carelessly among the women in our boat. We screamed with
protest to which he replied, "Ah, we're all going to the devil anyway, and we
might as well be cremated now as then.'"
In describing the Titanic's final moments, Miss Andrews explained, "We were a mile
away from the Titanic when there was a great explosion. It appeared to me as if
the boilers had blown up and the Titanic had been lifted up amidships and broken
in half. This is the way it appeared to me."
All three ladies were rescued by the Carpathia, and eventually reached their homes in
Hudson, New York. Miss Andrews later filed a $480.50 claim against the White Star
Line for lost possessions including such items are fur coats, numerous dresses, 3 brass
antique lamps and "one velvet hat with ostrich plumes.'
Miss Andrews died less than two years after the sinking. On December 4, 1913 she
passed away at her home in Hudson from lobar pneumonia, she was 65.
Her sister, Anna Hogeboom, died in 1947, and her niece, Gretchen Longley (later
Leopold), in 1965.
Mrs Edward Dale Appleton (Charlotte Lamson) was born in New York City in
December, 1858 (although there were several dates reported for her birth), and was
the daughter of Charles Lamson and Elizabeth Robertson Marshall. Her father, who
was a former dry goods importer later became the senior partner of the shipping house
of Charles H. Marshall & Co., the proprietors of the noted Black Ball Line of
Liverpool packet-ships.
In 1894, Charlotte married Edward Dale Appleton, a noted New England book
publisher from Massachusetts. The couple lived in New York City, and later in nearby
Bayside, New York (located in a section of what is now known as Queens, New
York today). The Appletons had no children.
In 1912, Mrs. Appleton travelled to England with her sisters, Mrs John Murray Brown
and Mrs Robert C. Cornell to attend the funeral of another sister, Lady Victor
Drummond, who had died there. Mrs Brown was a widow, and neither Mr Appleton
nor Mr Cornell accompanied their wives to attend the funeral. Returning home, the
three sisters booked passage on the Titanic and boarded in Southampton they
occupied cabin C101.
Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, who was also a passenger on the Titanic, knew the
sisters well. Gracie's wife and the sisters were friends and Colonel Gracie had even
been friends with Mrs Appleton's husband. Both Colonel Gracie and Mr. Appleton
attended St. Paul's Academy in Concord, New Hampshire. Gracie later wrote in his
detailed book, The Truth About the Titanic, that "these three sisters were
returning home from a sad mission abroad, where they had laid to rest the
remains of a fourth sister, Lady Victor Drummond, of whose death I had read
accounts in the London papers, and all the sad details connected therewith were
told me by the sisters themselves. That they would have to pass through a still
greater ordeal seemed impossible, and how little did I know of the responsibility I
took upon myself for their safety. Accompanying them, also unprotected, was
their friend, Miss Edith Evans, to whom they introduced me."
On the night of the sinking, the three sisters and Miss Evans were on the boat deck
following the collision. During the Titanic's final hours, Mrs. Appleton and Mrs. Cornell
became separated from Mrs. Brown and Miss Evans. The two sisters reached
Lifeboat 2, which was among the last to leave the
sinking vessel, and were helped into
it.Lifeboat 2 left the Titanic at about 1:45 am. Mrs.
Appleton sat beside Mr. Anton Kink,
a steerage passenger who was in the lifeboat with his wife and four-year-old daughter,
and in front of Mrs Walter D. Douglas. Mrs Douglas and Miss Elisabeth Allen, who
was also in Lifeboat 2, both remarked that, "Mrs
Appleton and Mrs Cornell had been
rowing and rowed all the time."
Meanwhile, on board the Titanic, Colonel Gracie found Mrs. John Murray Brown and
Miss Edith Evans and escorted them to the last boat to leave the Titanic. Seeing as
there was only room for one more lady, Edith turned to Mrs. Brown and told her,
"You go first. You have children waiting at home." Mrs Brown was helped in and
boat D left the Titanic at 2:05 a.m. Edith Evans would never find a space in one of the
Titanic's lifeboats and went down with the great vessel when she sank at 2:20 am.
Aboard the Carpathia, the three sisters were reunited, and by a remarkable
coincidence, found that their uncle, Charles H. Marshall, was a passenger aboard the
rescue ship.
Back in New York, the families of the three sisters were frantic with worry and anxiety
as there was some doubt expressed over whether Mrs Cornell was one of the
survivors. The three ladies walked off the Carpathia together and into the waiting arms
of their husbands, children and other relatives.
Following the sinking, Charlotte Appleton continued to live in Bayside, New York. She
died on 25 June 1924 at the age of 65. Her husband, Edward Dale Appleton, died in
1942.
Mr. Ramon Artagaveytia was born in July of 1840 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was
the son of Ramon Fermin Artagaveytia and Maria Josefa Marcisa Gomez y Calvo.
Ramon was born to a family steeped in the history of the sea, just before his death, his
grandfather gave his father an oar, dedicated with the words 'Knowing how to use it,
you will never be hungry. Your ancestors have always survived thanks to the sea.
This is your destiny. Follow it!'
In 1871 Ramon survived the fire and sinking of the ship America, close to the shore of
Punta Espinillo, Uruguay. Only 65 out 205 passengers survived. Most of them died
horribly burned, and the episode left Ramon emotionally scarred.
In 1912, Mr. Artagaveytia was living in Argentina but was travelling in Europe visiting
his nephew who was the head of the Uruguayan Consulate in Berlin. He was heading
to the United States for a visit before returning to Argentina.
On February the 9th, 1912, two months before sailing on the Titanic, Ramon wrote to
his cousin Enrique Artagaveytia, showing his hope for a successful crossing: 'At last I
will be able to travel and, above all, I will be able to sleep calm. The sinking of
the America was terrible!... Nightmares keep tormenting me. Even in the most
quiet trips, I wake up in the middle of the night with terrible nightmares and
always hearing the same fateful word: Fire! Fire! Fire!...I have even gotten to the
point where I find myself standing in the deck with my lifebelt on...'
In the same letter he expressed his faith in the 'new' system of communication: the
wireless telegraph: 'You can't imagine, Enrique, the security the telegraph gives.
When the America sank, right in front of Montevideo, nobody answered to the
lights asking for help. The ones that saw us from the ship Villa del Salto, did not
answer to our light signals. Now, with a telephone on board, that won't happen
again. We can communicate instantly with the whole world.'
He boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg on April 10, 1912, his cabin number remains a
mystery as it was never designated on the stateroom assignment list found in the pocket
of steward Herbert Cave whose body was later recovered and little is known about
Mr. Artagaveytia during the voyage.
On the night of the sinking, Artagaveytia was observed on deck with two fellow
Uruguayan passengers, Mr. Francisco M. Carrau and his nephew, Jose Pedro Carrau.
This was related by second class passenger (and survivor) Julian Padro y Manent who
later said that the three men laughed at his taking the situation seriously. When he
announced that he was leaving the ship, Artagaveytia and the Carrau jokingly advised
him that it was foolish for him to enter a lifeboat and that he would only catch a cold
from being on the open sea in a lifeboat. The accuracy of the above account must be
doubted when compared with the very different version of the attitudes and confidence
of the Carrau brothers from the memoirs of first-class passenger Elmer Zebley Taylor.
Although Mr. Taylor does not mention Mr. Artagaveytia by name in his account, the
description of the Carrau brothers is in direct contradiction from Mr. Padro y Manent's
version:
'About halfway up the flight (on the way up to the boat deck), there were two
gentlemen, one on either side, leaning against the balustrade and, from outward
appearance, looked more dead than alive. We [Taylor and his wife Juliet], had been
introduced to these two fine looking men by a mutual friend on the platform in
Waterloo Station. They were from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They could not speak
English and we could not speak Spanish. As we casually met day by day, we
would all speak our native language, smile and pass along, none of us
understanding what the other one said. At this meeting, we repeated the usual
salutations, shook hands and assured them there was no danger, smiled and
proceeded on our way, to carry the fear they exhibited on their faces for the
remainder of my life. How terrifying it must have been to those who did not have
faith in the wonderful engineering skill displayed in building this massive
unsinkable steamer...'
Mr. Taylor, who later escaped the Titanic with his wife, in lifeboat
5, clearly states that
the Carraus were not joking about the situation and were quite alarmed - quite the
opposite of what Mr. Padro y Manent said.
Mr. Artagaveytia and the Carraus were lost in the sinking. About a week following the
disaster, Mr. Artagaveytia's body was pulled from the North Atlantic by the
MacKay-Bennett, the recovery vessel chartered by the White Star Line to search the
scene of the wreck for victims. His entry was logged in:
NO. 22 - MALE - ESTIMATED AGE, 60 - HAIR GREY; BALD CLOTHING - Blue overcoat; blue suit; white dress waistcoat; black boots and purple socks; two vests marked "R.A."; pink drawers also marked "R.A." EFFECTS - Watch, chain and medals with name on; keys; comb; knife; eyeglass case; 27 pounds in gold; $20 gold piece; $64 in notes. Remains delivered to Uruguayan Consul at Halifax NAME - RAMON ARTAGAVEYTIA |
His body was forwarded to New York and from there was shipped to Montevideo,
Uruguay under the auspices of the Uruguayan Consul in New York, Alfred Metz
Green. He was buried in the Cementerio Central, in Montevideo on June the 18th,
1912.
The bodies of the Carraus were never found.
Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was born in Rhinebeck, New York on July 13th, 1864 the son of William Astor and great-grandson of John Jacob Astor the fur trader. Astor was educated at St Paul's School, Concord and later went to Harvard. After a period of travelling abroad (1888-91) he returned to the United States to manage the family fortune. He had homes at 840 Fifth Avenue, New York and at Ferncliff, Rhinebeck, New York. In 1894 Astor wrote a semi-scientific novel A Journey to Other Worlds.
During his life |
In 1897 Astor built the Astoria Hotel, New York adjoining the Waldorf Hotel
which
had been built by William Waldorf Astor, his cousin. The new complex became
known
as the Waldorf-Astoria. Astor's real-estate interest included two other hotels,
the Hotel
St Regis (1905) and the Knickerbocker (1906).
He became Colonel-staff to General Levi P. Morton and in 1898, at the time of
the
Spanish-American War, was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the US
volunteers. He placed his yacht Nourmahal at the disposal of the U.S. government
and equipped a mountain battery of artillery for use against the Spanish.
On May 1st, 1891 Astor was married to Ava, daughter of Edward Shippen Willing
of
Philadelphia. Together they had a son and one daughter. However, in 1909 Astor
divorced Ava and, two years later, married eighteen-year-old Madeleine Force
(who
was a year younger than his son Vincent.). Public opinion was divided concerning
the
respectability of Astor's actions, and the newlyweds decided to winter abroad
in order
to let the gossip die down at home. Mr. and Mrs. Astor travelled to Egypt and
Paris
and, in the spring of 1912, decided to return to America as First Class passengers
on
board the brand new Titanic.
They boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with Col Astor's manservant Mr Victor
Robbins, Mrs Astor's maid Miss Rosalie Bidois and their pet Airedale Kitty. Their
ticket was #17754 which cost £224 10s 6d. Also accompanying the Astors was Miss
Caroline Louise Endres of New York.
After the accident Astor left his suite to investigate, he quickly returned and reported
to
his wife that the ship had struck ice. He reassured her that the damage did not appear
serious.
Later, when the first class passengers had begun to congregate on the boat deck, the
Astors sat in the gymnasium on the mechanical horses. They wore their lifebelts but
Colonel Astor had found another and cut the lining with a pen knife to show his wife
what it was made of.
Even as the boats were loaded Astor appeared unperturbed, he ridiculed the idea of
trading the solid decks of the Titanic for a small lifeboat 'we are safer here than in
that little boat'. He had changed his mind by 1:45 when Second Officer Charles
Lightoller arrived on A deck to finish loading Lifeboat 4.
Astor helped his wife to climb
through the windows of the enclosed promenade and then asked if he might join her,
being as she was in 'a delicate condition'. Lightoller told him that no men could enter
until all the women had been loaded. Astor stood back and just asked Lightoller which
boat it was. After Lifeboat 4 was lowered at 1:55 Astor
stood alone while others tried to
free the remaining collapsible boats.
Astor's badly crushed body was recovered on Monday April 22 by the cable ship
McKay-Bennett (#124), he was wearing a blue serge suit and was identified by the
letters J.J.A. on the collar of his brown flannel shirt.
Mrs John Jacob Astor (Madeleine Force) was the wife of millionaire John
Jacob They boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with Colonel Astor's manservant
Mr Victor After the accident Colonel Astor left his suite to investigate, he quickly
returned and |
Later, when the first class passengers had begun to congregate on the boat
deck, the
Astors sat in the gymnasium on the mechanical horses. They wore their lifebelts
but
Colonel Astor had found another and cut the lining with a pen knife to show
his wife
what it was made of. Colonel and Mrs Astor later moved down to A-deck from where
Mrs Astor boarded Lifeboat 4 aided by her
husband and Second Officer Charles
Lightoller.
Once in the boat Mrs Astor lent a Swedish speaking steerage passenger her shawl
to
keep her daughter warm.
Madeleine inherited from her husband the income from a five-million-dollar trust
fund
and the use of his home on Fifth Avenue and in the Newport so long as she did
not
marry. In August 1912, she gave birth to a son with whom she was pregnant on
the
Titanic, and she named him after her husband, John Jacob Astor. She relinquished
the
Astor income and mansions during World War I to marry William K. Dick of New
York, and by him she had two more sons. She divorced Dick in Reno, Nevada in
1933 to marry Italian prize fighter Enzo Firemonte. Five years later this marriage
also
ended in divorce. She died in Palm Beach, Florida in 1940 at the age of 47.
Mme Aubert from Paris, France boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with her maid
Mlle. Segesser. She was the mistress of millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim who
was
also aboard. Mme Aubert was rescued in lifeboat
9.
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 |