1st Class - B
Mr Algernon H. Barkworth was a Justice of the Peace from Hessle in Yorkshire.
Mr Barkworth recalled that some time before the ship sank he went below to retrieve
some items from his cabin, the musicians were playing a waltz, by the time he
returned
they had gone.
As the ship sank deeper he pulled a heavy fur coat over his lifebelt, threw
his briefcase
into the water and stepped in after it. He found the coat and belt buoyed him.
He
eventually made his way to Collapsible
B but someone warned him that if he came
aboard he would swamp the boat. Eventually, however, he was able to drag himself
aboard the overturned boat.
Mr John D. Baumann was a businessman from New York, NY. His company, John
D. Baumann & Co. was involved in the import of South African rubber and
timber.
Baumann, who had been on business in London boarded the Titanic at Southampton.
He lost his life in the disaster.
The following newspaper cutting reports an, evidently close, connection between
Mr
Baumann and another First Class Passenger on the Titanic Mr Henry Birkhardt
Harris.
Newark Evening News April 1912
Seeks Lien on Estate of a Titanic Victim
New York, Sept. 7-
John S.Fanning, of East Orange,
N.J., applied yesterday to
Surrogate Fowler, for letters of
administration for the estate of
John D. Baumann, a promoter of
South American rubber and timber
companies, who was lost on the
Titanic. Mr. Fanning said that the
will of Mr. Baumann named Henry B.
Harris, the theatrical manager, as
executor. The latter also lost his
life in the Titanic disaster.
Fanning made the application as a
creditor of the Baumann estate. The
attorneys for Fanning said
yesterday that they knew little
about Baumann's affairs, except
that at times he had been wealthy
and at others very poor. When he
was drowned he was returning from
London, where he had financed one
of his companies. Mr. Baumann's
will filed yesterday leaves his
estate in trust to Mr. Harris for a
sister after a claim of $10,000 has
been paid to Mr. Harris. He left to
Mr. Harris his Masonic charm, watch
and chain, studs, pins and any
other personal posessions which he
may desire to possess."
(New Jersey Historical Society,
Newark, New Jersey) |
Recent research in old City of New York business directories for Lower Manhattan
have identified that the company occupied premises on "Maiden Lane,"
which is the
"Wall Street" section.
The "Byron Collection," at the The Museum of The City Of New York
holds three
photographs, they show Mr Baumann standing in front of the import company alone
and with three women. "John D. Baumann & Co., Varnish, Gums, Fibers,"
is clearly
visible.
Mr Quigg Edmond Baxter, 24, from Montreal, PQ boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg
with his mother Helen Baxter, their cabin was B-58/60. Mr Baxter died in the
sinking.
Mrs James Baxter (Helene DeLaudeniere Chaput), 50, from Montreal, PQ boarded
the Titanic at Cherbourg with her son Quigg Edmond Baxter, their cabin was
B-58/60. Mrs Baxter was rescued in lifeboat 6.
In 1912 Thompson Beattie, 36, lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Several brothers
and
sisters living in various other parts of Canada. At one time Beattie had been
connected
with the Haslem Land Company in Winnipeg, after which he entered into a realty
business partnership with Mayor Waugh under the firm name of Waugh and Beattie.
After 1910 the mayor was deeply involved in municipal affairs, and the management
of
the business fell solely on Beattie. Beattie was a member of The Manitoba Club,
as
was his friend J. Hugo Ross.
Thompson Beattie, Hugo Ross and their friend, Thomas McCaffry (46) of Vancouver,
left Canada on the eastward crossing on the Lakonia and spent the next several
months
touring the great cities of Europe. Beattie and Ross kept in regular contact
with friends
in Winnipeg, sending postcards as they travelled. The party arrived in Cairo
about Feb.
10, where they visited a hospitalized friend before taking a side trip up the
Nile to
Luxor and Aswan. They left Cairo on Feb. 23 and headed for Naples. Beattie,
Ross
and McCaffry booked First Class passages on the Titanic, which they boarded
when
the ship touched at Cherbourg on the evening of April 10.
After the Titanic sank Thomson Beattie was hauled aboard Collapsible A but he died
in the night, his body was later found when the lifeboat was recovered a month
later by
the Oceanic.
Mr Karl Howell Behr (26) of New York, NY was a well known lawn tennis star1,
he
boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg.
He was standing close to Lifeboat 5 as Third
Officer Herbert Pitman loaded it with
women and children, when no more women could be found he allowed Behr and some
other men into the boat.
Whilst returning to New York on the Carpathia, Behr and some other survivors
(Mr
Frederic K. Seward-Chairman, Mrs. J.J. Brown, Mr M.H. Björnström-Steffansson,
Mr F. O. Spedden, Mr I.G. Frauenthal and Mr G.A. Harder) formed a committee
to
honour the bravery of Captain Rostron and his crew. They would present the Captain
with an inscribed silver cup and medals to each of the 320 crewmembers.
Dickinson H. Bishop (25) and his wife Helen (19) from Dowagiac, MI, USA, boarded
the Titanic at Cherbourg.
The Bishop's had been startled by the collision but when they were reassured
by a
passing steward they returned to their stateroom and undressed. Mr. Bishop started
to
read but soon fellow passenger Mr. Albert A. Stewart came to the door and
encouraged Mr. Dickinson to go out and see the ice which had fallen onto the
deck.
Leaving behind jewellry worth 11,000 dollars they joined others waiting for
a place in
the lifeboats, feeling the cold Helen asked her husband to collect her muff.
The couple
eventually got into lifeboat 7 and were rescued.
Mrs Dickinson H. Bishop (Helen Walton) (19) and her husband Dickinson H. Bishop
(25) from Dowagiac, MI, USA, boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg.
The Bishop's had been startled by the collision but when they were reassured
by a
passing steward they returned to their stateroom and undressed. Mr Bishop started
to
read but soon fellow passenger Mr Albert A. Stewart came to the door and
encouraged Mr Dickinson to go out and see the ice which had fallen onto the
deck.
Leaving behind jewellry worth 11,000 dollars they joined others waiting for
a place in
the lifeboats, feeling the cold Helen asked her husband to collect her muff.
The couple
eventually got into lifeboat 7 and were rescued.
Lieutenant Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson (28) a Swedish military
attaché
from Stockholm, Sweden boarded the Titanic at Southampton. He was travelling
to
Washington DC, USA.
Just prior to the collision Björnström-Steffansson was drinking a hot lemonade
in the
first class smoking room with other gentlemen, there was a slight jar but the
young
lieutenant barely noticed and returned to his drink while others went off to
investigate.
He knew nothing of the danger until an officer came in and ordered pasengers
to get
their lifebelts and report on the boat deck.
While Björnström-Steffansson was on deck he joined fellow first class passenger
Hugh
Woolner to assist women, among them Mrs Edward Candee, into Lifeboat
6. Mrs
Candee was supposed to be the responsibility of Colonol Archibald Gracie but,
with
at least four other unaccompanied ladies in his charge, he was nowhere to be
seen.
Later, Woolner and Björnström-Steffansson heard pistol shots. They were fired
by
Purser Herbert McElroy to prevent a rush on Collapsible
D which had just been fitted
into the davits previously occupied by Lifeboat
1. The men rushed over and helped the
officer pull men out of the boat and loading soon resumed.
By 2.00 a.m. the two men found themselves alone near the open forward end of
A-deck, just above them Collapsible D
was slowly descending towards the sea, as the water rushed up the deck towards
them they got onto the railing and leapt into the boat,
Björnström-Steffansson landing in a heap at the bow. Woolner's landing was similarly
undignified but they were safe.
Mr Henry Blank was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, in 1872, and moved
to
Philadelphia with his family in his youth. He later moved to Newark, New Jersey,
while
still a teenager in search of better job opportunities.
In Newark, he began working for a jewellery manufacturer, and the owners of
the firm
recognized Henry's own artistic and mechanical abilities. They eventually apprenticed
him at the bench where Henry would become a goldsmith and subsequently, a
platinumsmith, all before he was 21-years-old.
In 1895, Henry Blank married Phoebe Eve Miller in Newark, New Jersey. They
eventually became the parents of six sons and one daughter. One of their sons
later
died of pneumonia when he was 2-years-old.
For a brief time, Henry left the jewellery business to work for the Prudential
Life
Insurance Company in Newark. After having worked for the firm for a few years
as a
salesman, Henry found that he was not interested in the insurance business.
He turned
his sights back to his jewellery days and established himself with a former
friend and
jewellery manufacturer, Newton E. Whiteside, in Newark. The two formed a limited
partnership in the Newton E. Whiteside & Company in the city of Newark1.
As Henry progressed in the jewellery business, he and his family left Newark
and
settled in nearby Glenridge, New Jersey, in 1907. It was here that Henry constructed
a
magnificent home on fashionable Ridgewood Avenue. The estate boasted a large
music room, a formal English dining room with a magnificent, green marble fireplace
with inset Wedgewood medallions, and even a third floor art gallery. Henry employed
a cook, two maids, a governess to instruct the child in both French and German,
a
gardener, and even a chauffeur.
Although having only achieved an eight-grade education, Henry was a lifelong
student.
After supper every night, he would leave the family and would sit down in his
library
with books in his field of interest: fine arts, architecture and music. He and
Mrs. Blank
loved the opera and would travel into New York City to attend as many performances
as they could.
As was customary since the firm was established over a decade before, both Henry
and his partner Newton Whiteside would take annual business and pleasure excursions
to Europe in the early Spring. On several journeys, their wives and several
members of
their family would accompany them.
In the Spring of 1912, Henry Blank travelled alone to Europe to conduct the
customary dealings with watch movement manufacturers in Switzerland and stone
dealers in Paris, Belgium and Amsterdam. This particular journey was devoted
more
toward business and Henry was bringing back very few pleasure items home with
him.
On his return home, Henry made reservations in Paris to embark on the maiden
voyage of the Titanic. A man known for his taste in anything new and the latest
in
design, it would have been unnatural for him to turn down the opportunity of
sailing on
the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner.
He booked first class passage (ticket #112277), and was assigned cabin A-31.
Henry
embarked on the Titanic in Cherbourg, France, from the tender Nomadic.
Henry Blank related very little about his experiences on the Titanic up until
the night of
the disaster. Like most passengers, he most likely toured his home for the next
few
days in wonder and marvelled at the advancement technology had made in just
a short
time.
Though travelling alone, Blank was far from being so during the voyage. At some
point, either in Cherbourg or shortly after boarding the Titanic, Blank struck
up an
acquaintance with two fellow German passengers - William B. Greenfield and Alfred
Nourney (who had booked passage as Baron von Drachstedt). Greenfield was
travelling with his mother back to their home in New York City, and Nourney
himself
was heading to New York from his native Cologne, Germany, in search of his interests
in the demonstrations of high speed automobiles for manufacturers in New York.
On the night of April 14th, Henry Blank retired to the first-class smoking room
with
Greenfield and Nourney. The trio began a card game, lit their cigars and began
conversing. When the Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:40 p.m., Henry only
remembered having felt "a slight jar." A loud voice called out to
the men in the room,
"Hey boys, we've just grazed an iceberg!" Blank, Greenfield and Nourney
were
soon on their feet with the others in a vain attempt to spot the berg from the
promenade deck.
The berg having passed and not in sight, the men returned to the smoking room
and
did not seem worried. Blank later recalled that he had felt worse jars "when
the ship's
propellers had jumped out of the water."
The Titanic came to a stop shortly after the men returned. Puzzled, the three
men left
the smoking room and went below to look for trouble. They went to F deck and
to
their surprise and horror, saw seawater entering the squash racquet court. Blank
estimated that the depth of the water would have covered his shoes. The men
needed
no orders or instructions and quickly returned to their staterooms to prepare
for an
inevitable evacuation.
As Henry was leaving his stateroom, complete with his lifebelt fastened, his
steward
noticed him and was pleased that he had heeded the order to put on lifebelts.
"It will
keep you even warmer!" the steward called out to Blank, explaining how
cold it was
outside on deck.
Henry was among the first to arrive on the starboard boat deck. Small groups
followed, and soon William Greenfield and his mother, Alfred Nourney, and a
friend of
the Greenfields, Mrs. Antoinette Flegenheim, arrived. The group was assisted
in
lifeboat 7, and joined about twenty-two others
in the boat before it was lowered away
at 12:45 a.m. lifeboat 7 was the first lifeboat
to be lowered from the sinking Titanic.
Henry Blank and other men who entered the boat had no trouble in getting in.
Since it
was so early in the evacuation, many women refused to leave the Titanic without
their
husbands, and male companions. In an effort to move the evacuation along, First
Officer William Murdoch, who was in charge of lowering the boats on the starboard
boat deck, did allow several men in lifeboat
7 to help with the rowing and because their
was plenty of room. Henry Blank later said, "Every woman and child in sight
was
ordered into the boat but there were not enough there to fill it and in that
way
some of us got a chance for our lives."
The boat pulled away from the sinking ship, and Henry assisted in the rowing
for a
brief time to keep himself warm. He later said that he was never a sailor and
knew
nothing about the sea but one will learn just about anything when it comes to
saving his
or her life.
Henry described the Titanic's sinking. "After we were some distance from
the ship,
I heard revolver shots on board, but I don't know what part of the ship they
came from. I was under the impressions, as were many in my boat, that everyone
had escaped. When there arose a roar from the vessel herself and the screams
of
those passengers and crew still, I was almost overcome by the horror of the
situation. Realizing that many were still aboard and left to perish has left
a
permanent scar. We saw the Titanic plunge forward and then down out of sight
but not before we heard the explosions of her boilers. The sea was very calm
and
there was floating ice everywhere. The women in our boat began to get chilled
and we men took off our coats and wrapped them about them."
The next morning, the occupants of boat #7 were pulled from the icy Atlantic
by the
rescue ship, Carpathia. Henry Blank quickly wired his family that he was safe
but the
message never reached them. "On the Carpathia, we were treated with the
utmost
kindness. The women got places in the staterooms while we men bunked in the
smoking room and on the decks. I didn't have my clothes off from Sunday night
until I got home," Henry later recalled.
When the news of the disaster reached the Blank home in Glen Ridge, the entire
household was thrown into a quandary. It was not until Henry was reunited with
his
wife at the Hotel Seville in New York City, did she and her family believe that
their
husband and father had been saved.
Henry Blank returned to his firm, and prospered further in later years. He never
liked
to discuss the Titanic disaster, and his only relic from the disaster was a
White Star
Line playing card that he saved from his card game in the smoking room. The
card is
still preserved by his descendants today.
In his later years, many rumours circulated that Blank had left the Titanic
dressed as a
woman. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The fact that so many
women
and children had perished while so many men survived never ceased to annoy the
public. Blank's actions were warranted, but he never fought back against those
who
gossiped about him. As long as those he knew and loved knew the truth, that
was all
that mattered to him.
Mrs. Blank never let her husband travel to Europe alone again and accompanied
him
on all of his future trips. She died in 1942. Henry continued to live alone
(his children
being all grown and living elsewhere) in his elegant estate. He never lost his
love for the
opera and his daughter and son-in-law would drive up from their home near
Philadelphia to drive Mr. Blank to New York to attend the performances at the
Metropolitan Opera House.
Henry Blank died from pneumonia on March 17, 1949 at the age of 76. He was
buried in the family plot in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
Miss Elizabeth (Lily) Bonnell, 58, was born in 1853/1854 in England the daughter
of
John Fearnley Bonnell and his wife Elizabeth Duffill Bonnell. Elizabeth never
married
and was a resident of Birkdale, England. She was making the trip to the United
States
with her niece, Caroline Bonnell. They
had joined the family of George Dennick Wick
on the trip, boarding at Southampton. Elizabeth was planning on visiting her
brother,
William Fearnley Bonnell of Cleveland, Ohio.
After the collision, Caroline found her in her stateroom (C-103) and brought
her up to
A deck. The Bonnells and Wicks moved up to the boat deck where they were placed
in lifeboat 8.
The Bonnells stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City after leaving the
Carpathia.
Miss Caroline Bonnell, 30, from Youngstown, OH was born on April 3, 1882 (in
Chicago, Il), daughter of John Meek Bonnell and his wife Emily Wick Bonnell.
She
boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her aunt, Elizabeth
(Lily) Bonnell (who was
John Meek Bonnell's sister) and the family of George Dennick Wick. Caroline's
mother was George Dennick Wick's cousin. She shared cabin C7 with Mary Natalie
Wick.
Caroline and Natalie were in bed the night of the 14th. After feeling the collision
with
the iceberg, they went up on deck. Caroline said to Natalie, "Well, thank
goodness,
Natalie, we are going to see our iceberg at last!"
They found the sea "smooth as glass" and were amazed at the number
of stars.
Finding nothing wrong, they decided to return to their cabins when a crew member
told them to go and put on their life belts.
Caroline and Natalie went to the cabin of Mr and Mrs Wick. George Wick did not
believe anything could be wrong. The young women then went back to their cabin,
only to have a crewmember knock on their door and tell them to go to A deck.
Once there, they found Mr and Mrs Wick. Caroline went to find her aunt, Elizabeth
Bonnell. When they reached A deck they found crowds of people standing about.
"Nobody seemed very excited; everybody was talking and it seemed to be
the
general idea that we would soon be ordered back to bed." They were then
ordered
up to the Boat deck. They saw Mrs. Astor sitting on a steamer chair with her
husband,
John Jacob Astor, next to her. Mrs. Astor's maid was helping her to finish dressing.
The Bonnell and Wick women were put into lifeboat
8. When they reached the water
they found the cold to be terrible, especially for the women who were poorly
dressed.
There was a lamp in the boat, however it was difficult to keep it lit, so instead
Mrs. J.
Stuart White waved a cane, which had an electric light in its end.
In the morning Boat 8 reached the Carpathia and the passengers left the lifeboat
by
climbing onto a wooden seat about two feet long and a foot wide. The waves made
it
difficult to get onto the seat, but everyone was successful. After everyone
was picked
up, Caroline reported that the Carpathia moved about looking for other survivors.
She saw some wreckage, a baby's bonnet and a man's glove in the water.
John James Borebank, known as "Jack", was born 1870 in West Hallam,
Derbyshire.
While educated in England, he lived most of his life in Toronto. At the age
of
twenty-six, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, remaining there fourteen years.
He
moved back to Toronto in 1910, residing at 177 Jameson Avenue. He had now
become an esteemed real estate broker, working out of the Quebec Bank building
on
King St., Toronto.
For ten months, Mr. Borebank had traveled throughout Europe with his wife Isabel
and eight-year-old daughter Eileen, visiting Rome, Venice and Paris, finally
stopping
England to enroll his daughter in school. While his wife and daughter remained
in
Europe, Mr. Borebank boarded the Titanic to return to Canada.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Borebank and a brother and sister, residing
at their
grocery store at 285 Euclid Avenue, Toronto, received word of his death four
days
after the first news of the sinking.
Ms. Grace Scott Bowen sailed on the Titanic with the Ryerson family as governess
to
Jack Ryerson, 13. She escaped aboard Lifeboat
4 with Mrs. Emily Ryerson, her two
daughter and Jack. Jack had been initially denied entry into the boat by Second
Officer
Lightoller but his father Arthur Ryerson protested that he should go as he was
only 13.
Lightoller relented.
Grace Scott Brown went on to become the principal of the St. Christina School
of the
Susan Fenimore Cooper Foundation and later headed the Latin Department at the
Knox School for Girls in Cooperstown. She died of a cerebral hemorhage in Cooperstown
in 1945 at age 78, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.
Miss Elsie Edith Bowerman, 22, was the daughter of Mrs Edith Bowerman Chibnall.
Elsie lived at St. Leonards-On-Sea, England. She and her mother were traveling
to Ohio having boarded the Titanic at Southampton.
They were rescued in lifeboat 6.
Mr George Bradley from Los Angeles, CA boarded the Titanic at Southampton.
He was travelling under the alias Mr George Arthur Brayton. He was rescued in
boat 15.
'Brayton' (a professional gambler) had been in the First Class Smoking Room
stalking a victim when the ship struck. Even after the disaster, while traveling
on the Carpathia
back to New York Brayton was still at work. He met another first class passenger
Charles Stengel on deck and after their return to New York attempted to involve
him in a
horse racing scam.
Mr John Bertram Brady (41) was born in Satsop on the Puget sound
on December 3,
1870. Brady had a brother E.R.Brady, and a sister Ella Brady as well as a half
sister
R.L.Rush. At the age of 8 in July 1879 he came with his parents to live in Pomeroy,
WA
where he would be educated before leaving to study at Bishop Scott's Academy
in
Portland.
On completing his education he returned to Pomeroy to manage the family store,
succeeding his father, but in 1903 he sold the business to F.J.Elsensohn when
he was
made a vice-president of the Pomeroy Savings Bank. Brady had held stock in the
bank
since its inception and had been a director since 1894. He also had a one-third
interest in the Weller Livestock Company. In addition brady was a member of
the Masonic lodges in Pomeroy and of the Commandery in Walla Walla and Elkatiff
Temple at Spokane.
In 1906 he left Pomeroy briefly to help his family in San Jose whose house was
destroyed by shocks from the San Francisco earthquake. His mother reportedly
had her hand smashed and his sister was 'thrown around a bit'.
John Bertram Brady known to his friends as Bert had been holidaying throughout
Europe when in early 1912 he booked passage on the Titanic. However, on Februay
21, 1912 he wrote to an acquaintence W.B.Morris expressing some doubt over the
forthcoming trip:
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"I am booked to sail April 10th on the new
steamer Titanic, first trip across. But it's such a
thing, she can't go on acount of the coal strike.
May not get coal so I am going over to the
German boats today and book passage in them
for about the same date. They will [sure have
?surely] coal, so if I don't get off on the [?fine]
Titanic I'll go on the other."
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On February 25, 1912, while in Rome, he wrote to Peter Weller of the Weller
Livestock
Company:
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Friend Peter I found your letter at naple and
was glad to have it. I got in here last night at
11:30, making a night ride to be here today, so
I could go to church at St. Peter's this morning,
which I did, and it was very nice. It has
improved very much since I was here 10 years
ago, good streets and fine lights everywhere. It
has gained very much in 10 years and is the
making of a good country now. I took a three
day trip on to Naples and it was grand. The
weather has been just like spring all the time. I
am afraid from now it now on [sic]. I would like
to have it good in London. Will be glad to get
back and go down [to the stock farm] and have
a look.
Yours
"Bert"
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On March 30, 1912 he wrote to Fred Matthies from the Grand Central
Hotel, Belfast.
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"Friend Fred:
Where are those letters you were going to
write? Have only seen one. But I guess you are
too busy. I am over amongst my friends. You bet
they are all right. I like it over here. One can
have a good time here. I took Cork and Dublin
in and I will go from here over into Scotland,
and then back to London.
"I ought to be back in the US soon. If all goes
well I ought to be in New York about April 18.
One can't tell anything about travel over here.
Coal strikes are tying up everything. I might get
stuck getting back to London. But I am going to
see it while I am here. I am so stuck on Ireland -
I guess because they are my kind.
"I left my sister in London. By the time I get
back to London I will have seen enough for this
time. By then I can't get home too soon. I will
stop over at New York for a few days and then
go straight to Pomeroy. I am a little tired of
travel, but as soon as I get rested I will be ready
to go again.
"Hoping this finds everything fine, I am
Yours truly
"J.B. Brady"
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On the same day he wrote back to W.B.Morris:
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I am away over here. Was down to Cork and
took a look at Blarney Castle. I also stopped off
at Dublin and looked around. I like it out here
fine. It must be dandy in May and June. I go
from here over to Scotland. I will spend some
time there and then back to London and I'm
going to try and sail April 10th. Ought to be in
N.Y. about the 17th, as it is a fine boat.
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Brady wrote many more letters that have survived, one that he
wote to his friends Lois,
Florence and Willena Long mentioned that he was bringing them some Coral he
had
acquired while on holiday in Europe. Bert frequently went fishing with their
father and
the girls brothers, often camping in the mountains.
Titanic was not held up by the coal strike and Bert Brady boarded the vessel
at
Southampton. The last letter he wrote, addressed to J.R.Stevenson was posted
in
Edinburgh, Scotland and said simply:
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"I am enjoying Scotland and have to think of
my Scotch friends.
With best wishes to all,
J.B.Brady
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Bert Brady lost his life in the disaster. With the slow trickle
of information following the
tragedy the press in Pomery held out hope that he might yet have survived however,
on
April 20, 1912 they reported that '[Brady's] brother-in-law, R.L.Rush received
a
telegram from M.H.Houser, then in New York, NY saying that "Bert is lost.
Latest
reports say very few men saved, account few lifeboats." The following friday
Mr
Rush learned that the Carpathia had docked and that Bert was not amongst the
rescued.'
A memorial service was held in Pomeroy for Mr Brady on April 28, 1912.
Emil Brandeis, 48, was born in Monitowac, Wisconsin on March 15th, 1864. Attending
public schools, he graduated from the grammer classes at age twelve, and mastered
the commercial college course in two years in Milwaukee. Coming back home he
entered his father's store.
Emil's father, Jonas L.Brandeis, moved to Omaha, Nebraska in 1881, bringing
his family with him. Here, Jonas founded the Brandeis Department Store. In 1885,
at age 21, Emil became a member of the firm, where he eventually directed the
planning, building and maintenance of the Brandeis buildings. He was also responsible
for the general oversight of the men's goods department.
Emil was the second of three brothers, the oldest Arthur, the younger Hugo.
There was
also a sister. Emil never married and lived in Omaha, Nebraska, in the Kennard
Apartments on Dodge Street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets.
He travelled to Europe every year. He left Omaha in late January 1912, visiting
his
Arthur's daughter. His niece Ruth was now Mrs. Irving Stern in Italy. He travelled
with
them through Spain, Egypt and Rome to Vevey, Switzerland, where they visited
with his
sister, Mrs Herman Cohn.
Due to return in May, he altered his plans in order to sail two weeks early,
he boarded
the Titanic at Cherbourg (ticket no. 17591, £50 9s 11d) . On the Titanic, he
met with two
old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Harris.
Brandeis died in the sinking, his body was later recovered (#208)
NO. 208. MALE - ESTIMATED AGED 50 - GREY
HAIR AND MOUSTACHE
CLOTHING - Dark suit; brown shirt, blue
striped; black shoes; silk socks.
EFFECTS - Diamond cuff links; gold knife;
platinum and diamond watch chain; gold
pencil case; gold ring; gold cigarette
case and match box with initials; pearl
tie-pin; gold watch; 500 francs note;
£15; $15.00; £2 10s 3d.
NAME - EMIL BRANDEIS |
After the disaster, his sister-in-law, Mrs Arthur Brandeis travelled to New
York to
question the survivers from the Carpathia. In a telegram dated April 19, she
said that she
found no one who had seen or spoken to Emil. She then met with Mrs Henry B.
Harris
and wired to the brothers from New York on April 19 that 'Emil and Mr. and Mrs.
Harris enjoyed hearty dinner together Sunday night, Emil proudly telling them
of
his niece and nephew, Ruth and Irving Stone, promising Mr. and Mrs. Harris they
should meet them in New York. The men all stood together on deck as the women
were lowered in lifeboats. When Mrs. Harris was ten minutes out at sea she saw
the steamer sink with all those fine men aboard. They remained without fear'.
Emil was a past governor of Ak-Sar-Ben, and active in its work. The following
statement was issued and signed by Charles H. Pickens, president of the Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben, G.E. Haverstick for the Commercial Club and A. L. Sale for the
Ad Club:
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The Omaha World-Herald , April 20th, 1912
To the citizens of Omaha: In the consideration of his
distinguished services in the upbuilding of Omaha and in
appreciation in the loss of his loyal devotion to her interests that
his home city has sustained in his tragic death, we as presidents
of our respective organizations have called a public meeting in
memory of our late fellow citizen, Emil Brandeis, to take place in
the Brandeis theater Sunday morning, April 21, at 10 o'clock.
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Mrs James Joseph Brown (Margaret Tobin), 44, from Denver CO., 1912 tour of
the Old World had been a smadhing success. She bought antiques in Egypt, hobnobbed
with John Jacob Astor, one of the world's richest men, and visited her daugter
Catherine Ellen, at a Paris finishing school. Even after news of a sick relative
cut short her stay, Brown was lucky enough, or so she thought, to book a ticket
home on the finest ship afloat: Titanic. She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg
(ticket 17610, £27 14s 6d).
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The steamer went down, but not the "Unsinkable"- as she became
known - Molly Brown. Loaded into lifeboat 6 with 24 women and two men, Brown in
a black velvet, two piece suit, argued fiercely with the Quartermaster
Robert Hichens, who refsued to retun to the wreck site for fear survivors
in the water would swamp the boat. To fight the bitter cold, Brown taught
the other women to row and shared her stable coat. And when Hichens dismissed
a flare fired by an approaching ship as a "shooting star", Brown
threatened to thorw him overboard. Once in command, she ordered the women
to row ro safety.
Brown had proved her mettle yet again. Born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal,
Missouri, in 1867, she left the poverty of her home town behind and moved
when she was 18 to the boom town of Leadville, Colorado, to find "work
and a rich husband", says her great-granddaughter Muffet Brown, a
graphic designer. She met prospector James Brown, 13 year her senior,
at a church picnic and married him in 1886 - seven years before he struck
gold at the Little Jonny Mine and began building his $5 millon fortune.
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Molly, though, cound't abide being confined to their Denver mansion. She travelled,
often with her son Lawerence, to Europe and mastered several languages before
separating from James in 1909. After the ship snak (with 13 pairs of her shoes
and a $325 000 necklace), Brown raised funs for the poor survivors and fought
for women's sufferage. But most of all, Brown, who died after a stroke in 1932,
enjoyed her fame as the pluckiest of Edwardians. "Simple Brown luck,"
she said after the wreck. "We're unsinkable."
Mrs John Murray Brown (Caroline Lane Lamson) of Belmont, MA. boarded the Titanic
at Southampton. She was accompanied by her sisters Mrs R. C. Cornell and Mrs
E. D.
Appleton. They were returning to America having attended a family funeral in
England.
During the voyage they were joined by Miss Edith Corse Evans who boarded at
Cherbourg as well as Col Archibald Gracie who gallantly offered his services
to the
unaccompanied ladies.
In the early hours of April 15th after all of the main lifeboats had got away
Gracie rushed
up to where Second Officer Charles Lightoller was shepherding women and children
into Collapsible D, he guided Mrs Brown and Miss
Evans as far as he could before being stopped by the cordon Lightoller had set
up to prevent a rush on the boat. Evans turned to Brown and said, 'You go first,
you have children waiting at home.' Brown stepped into the boat but Evans faltered
and the boat eventually left without her.
Mrs Brown was eventually reunited with her sisters on board the Carpathia and
was
surprised to meet her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Charles Marshall who were
passengers on the vessel. of Belmont, MA. boarded the Titanic
at Southampton. She was accompanied by her sisters Mrs R. C. Cornell and Mrs
E. D.
Appleton. They were returning to America having attended a family funeral in
England.
During the voyage they were joined by Miss Edith Corse Evans who boarded at
Cherbourg as well as Col Archibald Gracie who gallantly offered his services
to the
unaccompanied ladies.
In the early hours of April 15th after all of the main lifeboats had got away
Gracie rushed
up to where Second Officer Charles Lightoller was shepherding women and children
into Collapsible D, he guided Mrs Brown and Miss
Evans as far as he could before being stopped by the cordon Lightoller had set
up to prevent a rush on the boat. Evans turned to Brown and said, 'You go first,
you have children waiting at home.' Brown stepped into the boat but Evans faltered
and the boat eventually left without her.
Mrs Brown was eventually reunited with her sisters on board the Carpathia and
was
surprised to meet her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Charles Marshall who were
passengers on the vessel.
Mrs William Robert Bucknell (Emma Eliza Ward), 60, boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg
with her maid Ms Albina Bazzani. She was travelling to her home in Philadelphia,
PA.
Mrs Bucknell and Ms Bazzani were rescued in lifeboat
8.
Major Archibald Willingham Butt, 45, from Washington DC, USA boarded the Titanic
at
Southampton with his friend Francis D. Millet.
An influential military aide to President William Howard Taft and President
Theodore
Roosevelt, Archibald Butt was born into a prominent Augusta, Georgia, family.
After his
graduation in 1888 from the University of the South in Tennessee, Butt began
a career in journalism, first writing for the Louisville Courier Journal and
later as a reporter in
Washington for a group of Southern newspapers. While working in Washington he
became secretary of the Mexican Embassy with General "Matt" Ransom,
Confederate
officer and former United States senator from North Carolina.
In 1898 Butt left Mexico to enter the United States army as a lieutenant during
the
Spanish-American War, and decided to make the military a second career. He served
inthe Philippines from 1900 to 1906, then in Cuba before becoming military aide
to
President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. Butt's health began to deteriorate in
1912 becauseof his attempts to remain neutral during the bitter personal quarrel
between Rooseveltand Taft. Needing rest, he took six weeks' leave from the White
House and sailed for Europe with his close friend Francis Millet, who was en-route
to Rome on business at theAmerican Academy which he directed. They were returning
to Washington on the Titanic.
Following the disaster rumours circulated that Ms Marie Grice Young had conversed
with Major Butt during the sinking and she was forced the write to the president
to set
the record straight.
After their deaths the Millet-Butt Memorial Fountain was erected to their memory
in
Washington, DC
Chronology
The Making of History
| Owners | A
Grand Design | Construction | Sister
Ships - Olympic and Britannic
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| Strict Segregation | Outdated
Lifeboat regulations | The Aura of Invincibility
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| 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 |
Remembrance
Facts and Figures
| Harland and Wolff's 101 Answers to
the most asked questions about the RMS Titanic |
