Total Female White Star Crew. He was from 3d class. At least 1 aboard by the time of launch. To me, a non-statistician, the tables above show significant indications of class discrimination.
Evidence of numbers and testimony have proven that only on one side of the Titanic did the rule "Women and children first," apply. What becomes even more clear when looking at the numbers is that a more important concept of the day was "First Class first. All photographs used on this page are in the public domain. The animated illustration at the top of the page showing the sinking of the Titanic is based on the following six sketches of the sinking drawn by Jack Thayer, a year old surviver, who also drew them while on board the Carpathian on April 15, probably not long after he came aboard.
His sketches were first published to illustrate an account he wrote that was included as a chapter in Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - As Told by First Hand Account of Survivors and Initial Investigations edited by Logan Marshall, was published in by several publishers, including The International Bible House, which was my source. Thayer controversially showed the Titanic breaking in two.
This fact was not widely believed until after Robert Ballard's underwater team proved him to be right in Although offered a seat on account of his age, Isidor Straus refused any special consideration, and his wife Ida would not leave her husband behind. The couple retired to their cabin and perished together. Molly Brown helped load the boats and finally was forced into one of the last to leave. She implored its crewmen to turn back for survivors, but they refused, fearing they would be swamped by desperate people trying to escape the icy seas.
They contained only survivors. Every conceivable subject was investigated, from the conduct of the officers and crew to the construction of the ship. Titanic conspiracy theories abounded. Newspapers initially reported that the ship had collided with an iceberg but remained afloat and was being towed to port with everyone on board.
It took many hours for accurate accounts to become widely available, and even then people had trouble accepting that this paragon of modern technology could sink on her maiden voyage, taking more than 1, souls with her. In that case, the world reeled at the notion that one of the most sophisticated inventions ever created could explode into oblivion along with its crew.
Both tragedies triggered a sudden collapse in confidence, revealing that we remain subject to human frailties and error, despite our hubris and a belief in technological infallibility. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. The R. Titanic has gone down as one of the most famous ships in history for its lavish design and tragic fate.
It was a massive 46,ton ship, measuring feet long and feet high. The "Ship of Dreams" included a swimming pool, gym, Turkish baths, a Pivotal events have a way of attracting harmful myths and conspiracy theories. Four days into the journey, at about p. One crew member later compared the sound of the When the RMS Titanic disappeared beneath the dark waves of the North Atlantic in the early morning hours of April 15, , it left many mysteries in its wake.
Read on for some of the key facts about the casualties, or see the list of casualties. In total there were an estimated 1, people killed in the sinking of the Titanic , passengers and crew members. The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. Its the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it. The dead came up holding children in their arms. The poor people never had a chance. During the disaster, she reportedly helped to row the lifeboat and demanded that the group of survivors row back to the spot where the ship went down, in order to look for survivors.
This earned her the nickname " the Unsinkable Molly Brown " — although her friends and family reportedly called her Maggie. Brown's life was immortalized in the Broadway musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," which was later adapted into a Hollywood film.
Thayer was well-known in as both a former cricket player and a Pennsylvania Railroad Company executive. The railroad company vice president was traveling on the Titanic with his wife and son following a trip to Berlin. After the ship struck an iceberg, Thayer made certain that his wife and their maid boarded a lifeboat.
Gracie reported seeing Thayer looking "pale and determined" on deck before the ship sank. Thayer's body was never found. His son, however, survived by diving into the water and swimming over to an overturned lifeboat.
Ismay may have survived the sinking of the Titanic, but he never lived down the public scorn he received in the wake of the disaster. The White Star Line managing director was the highest-ranking company official to survive the disaster. He boarded a lifeboat 20 minutes before the ship sank into the Atlantic. He later said he turned away as the Titanic slipped beneath the surface of the water, saying , "I did not wish to see her go down.
I am glad I did not. Ismay caught a lot of flack for boarding a lifeboat before other passengers. He was ostracized in society and ultimately resigned from his post and kept a low profile. Today, Ismay's family say that he was unfairly maligned by the press and that he never fully recovered from the ordeal.
Isidor and his brother later acquired Macy's, and he eventually became a powerful businessman and a member of the US House of Representatives. According to Today , Straus was offered a spot on a lifeboat while the ship was sinking.
He declined, saying he wouldn't board a raft until every woman and child had gotten off the ship. Ida then refused to leave her husband. When her husband urged her to evacuate the ship, she reportedly responded, "We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go. Ida then ordered her maid to board a lifeboat. She also gave her a mink coat, quipping that she wouldn't need the garment anymore.
The couple was last seen together on the deck of the Titanic. Isidor's body was recovered from the ocean, but Ida was never found.
Woodlawn Cemetary in the Bronx memorialized Isidor and Ida Straus with a cenotaph bearing a line from the Song of Solomon : "Many waters cannot quench love —neither can the floods drown it. Duff-Gordon was a major landowner and society figure in the UK, known for his fencing skills. Lady Duff-Gordon was a top British fashion designer, whose innovations included the precursor to the modern day fashion show. When disaster struck, they both escaped on the first lifeboat that embarked off the ship.
According to Vogue , Lady Duff-Gordon described the scene on the Titanic, saying, "Everyone seemed to be rushing for that boat. A few men who crowded in were turned back at the point of Captain Smith's revolver, and several of them were felled before order was restored. I recall being pushed towards one of the boats and being helped in.
In the wake of the tragedy, Sir Duff-Gordon received criticism for not adhering to the ship's "women and children first" evacuation policy. A few years later in , Lady Duff-Gordon escaped death again after canceling her voyage on the doomed Lusitania. Benjamin Guggenheim was a member of the powerful Guggenheim family, which earned its fortune in the mining industry.
It's just a repair. Tomorrow the Titanic will go on again.
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