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Titanic History Friday, May 2, 2025 |
| 1958 - 1st class survivor Mrs Alice Silvey died of septicaemia in Duluth, Minnesota, USA at the age of 85.
1867 - 1st class survivor Mrs Annie May Stengel was born to Charles Morris and Amanda Ripley Morris in Brooklyn, New York, USA. 1918 - 1st class survivor Mrs Mary Aline Holverson died of kidney disease in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA at the age of 41. 1885 - 3rd class survivor Miss May Elizabeth Howard was born to William Howard (farm labourer) and Martha Whall Howard in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, UK. 1912 - After being detained for the American inquiry into the disaster, J. Bruce Ismay and Titanic crew members left the U.S. for England aboard the Adriatic. 1912 - Day 12 of the American inquiry into the Titanic disaster in Washington, D. C., USA. Witnesses called that day: First Class Passenger Mrs. J. Stuart White and Vice President of the Marconi Company of America John Bottomley. 1912 - The British inquiry into the Titanic disaster opened in the Wreck Commissioner's Court, Royal Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England, UK. |
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People: First Class: Archibald Gracie IV
During the trip Gracie offered to protect three "unprotected" sisters with whom he was acquainted with and their friend whom was traveling with them. The sisters were returning from burying their fourth sister. Most of Gracie's time was spent during the trip reading and relaxing. On April 14th Gracie woke up when the ship hit the iceberg. When he went into the hall and noticed the engines were not running anymore he thought there could be trouble. When he arrived on the boat deck he was informed by a fellow passenger that the ship had struck an iceberg and the mailroom was already flooded. Knowing that this meant danger Gracie returned and brought the sisters up to the boat deck. He eventually left them in Officer Moody's care to be placed onto a lifeboat. For the rest of the night Gracie offered his assitance to the officers in the loading of the lifeboats. He helped Officer Lightroller load Lifeboat 2 and followed him to Lifeboat 4. When arriving at Lifeboat 4 Gracie helped a pregnant teenage girl into the boat to later discover it was the wife of J.J. Astor. Gracie then followed Lightroller to Collapsible D and lent the officers his penknife to free the boat from the roof of the officer's quarters. The ship began to sink beneath Gracie and he jumped from the ship into the ice cold waters. He was sucked down with the ship as she sank but was able to free himself and float to the surface with the aid of his lifebelt. Once on the surface Gracie clung to a wooden crate and eventually paddled over to the partially sunken Collapsible B. Gracie stayed on Collapsible B throughout the night standing up in a huddle with roughly 30 men. Lightroller was manning the boat and giving orders to the men to sway left or right to keep the ship afloat. When the Carpathia arrived they realized they would not be able to paddle to the ship and Lightroller whistled for the lifeboats to come over and aid the half frozen men. By this time Gracie was so frozen he could not make the jump from the Collapsible so he had to crawl into Lifeboat 12. When he finally boarded the Carpathia, he was settled in on the couch while his clothes dried in the oven. Gracie sustained many injuries from the sinking, not realized until he was on the Carpathia. After he got home he wrote the book "The Truth About The Titanic" but would be unable to finish it as he was the third survivor to die in December of 1912. It is said that Gracie never fully recovered. |
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