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McGowan wondered what was happening to her Aunt Margaret.They had been separated in the confusion, and McGowan was worried about her.

She never saw her Aunt Margaret again She believes her aunt's lifeboat was sucked into the whirlpool created when the Titanic finally sank.

[Marine Forensic Panel (SD 7)]: Titanic, The Anatomy of a Disaster. The ship had advanced safety features, but there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Victims whose remains were recovered after the sinking are listed with a superscript next to the body number, indicating the recovery vessel: "God or man could not sink this ship," McGowan remembers people saying as they boarded.

"We were chilled, but the fright alone was enough to chill our bodies. 1957. That's where she was when the confusion began.

one of her grandchildren is a reporter and 87-year-old Anne McGowan has agreed to make an exception. She gave birth to son Nicholas, on 9 December 1912 who died hours after his birth.Kate Phillips gave birth to a daughter, Ellen Mary "Betty", on 11 January 1913.

I said, what's that mail room full of water? Take a good look at the other side, because you will probably never go back there,' he told me, and I said, 'You've got that right, I sure won't.'"

Six of these persons survived the disaster. This is a short television documentary about the sinking of the Titanic, including interviews with survivors talking about their experiences and their escape. I think the largest debacle of all was the foolishness of the builders and the ignorance of the crew. It has become light by the time she arrived to safety in the lifeboat. She delivered a stillborn child sometime in 1912.Mary Marvin was pregnant while on board the Titanic. She gave birth to a daughter, Alfhild Maria, in June 1912.Elias, Leila Salloum. Interview of Titanic survivors by the BBC in 1957. '"You take her, you take her' they just grabbed me the way I was, wearing just a dress and shoes; they would not even let me take my purse," McGowan recalled. The famous British ship that was designed to be unsinkable, but it finally sank on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its long trip from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. She gave birth to a daughter, Margaret, sometime in 1912.Traveled using alias: Baron Alfred von Drachstedt; transferred from second to first classEloise Smith was pregnant while on board the Titanic. As a child, she was in one of the first lifeboats to be lowered.

She gave birth to a daughter, Maria Salvata, on 14 November 1912.Juliette Laroche was pregnant while on board the Titanic. Apparently, some of the men had tried to dress like women in order to be rescued, and they were shot." She gave birth to a son, After the Titanic sank, Thomson Beattie was hauled aboard Collapsible A but he died in the night. She never married and had no children.

Home Titanic Survivors Maude Louise Slocombe Titanic survivors filmed interviews.

"When I came to Chicago they would pester me and pester me," …

No matter what anybody says stay here and I’ll see what I can find out”.

Interviews with four survivors of the Titanic: Edith Russell, James Witter, Walter Hust and Gershon Cohen and the wireless operator of the Well I got out on deck I noticed a gentleman standing by the rail and several people and the large... again this grayish mass, I said what on earth is that there a madam "that's a lifeboat... that's an iceberg".

Dental records later identified him as 13-month-old Elias, Leila Salloum.

What did you think the Well I didn't think she'd hit anything I thought she dropped a blade from the propeller, you know.Well I went down to the working out way where my cabin is, number seven glory hole, I was standing there talking to two or three fellows and the carpenter came along and I heard him say the bloody mail room was full of water.

Besides taking her aunt and leaving her with some terrifying memories, the sinking of the Titanic also has left McGowan with a great fear of boats and airplanes. The Numerous notable and prominent people of the era, who held tickets for the westbound passage or were guests of those who held tickets, did not sail. .

Second-class passengers were predominantly middle-class travellers and included professors, authors, clergymen, and tourists. Interviews with four survivors of the Titanic: Edith Russell, James Witter, Walter Hust and Gershon Cohen and the wireless operator of the Carpathia Harold Cottam. On the ship there were several newly married couples. When the Titanic struck the iceberg, Hart explains how her father immediately know something was wrong and headed directly for a lifeboat.

His body was found when the lifeboat was recovered a month later by She gave birth to a son, Joseph Lemercier, on 17 December 1912.Adele Nasser was pregnant while on board the Titanic. I said "yes, a bit" he said "call that light up, tell them Titanic's sinking please get all your boats ready."

The interviews were first Broadcast on 27 November 1956 in First Hand (Episode 2) the presenter was Peter West. She never answeredAnd that's your strange story quartermaster, just like that.

McGowan remembers enjoying the lovely flower gardens and other luxuries on board. While bobbing up and down in the waves, the survivors still could sec the ship, and they heard the band still playing "They just kept playing 'Nearer, My God.