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Irish American Advocate, April 27, 1912
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 20, 1912
Troy (NY) Daily Times, August 6, 1912.
Boston Post, August 6, 1912
Irish American Advocate, October 12, 1912
Jersey Journal, April 6, 1962
Summary of
information from the above articles:
Miss Devaney went up to the
second class deck. She entered a boat that had male
passengers, two of whom got out to make room for
her. They left from the port side. They had trouble
getting the oars loose. The boat did not tie up to
any others. She burned her straw hat. She estimated
twenty-six people in the boat, and the "officer" who
gave her the pennant said she saved thirty-two
lives.
If she did indeed leave from the port side in a boat
with that many people that didn't tie up to any
others, it could not have been a port boat. Could it
have been boat #9 instead?
If it was a starboard boat, #9 fits better than 11, 13
and 15, all of which were heavily loaded. Not tying up
to other lifeboats would seem to eliminate all the aft
port boats. It's very unlikely she could have got into
any of the early forward boats. Her claim about having
to push the boat away from the ship's hull during the
lowering process also indicates it was a starboard
boat. The ship's list wasn't very pronounced until
later in the sinking. There is a mention of the boats
rubbing against the hull at 13 and 15, but no major
issues impeded lowering on the starboard side until
Collapsible C.
Lifeboat #9 seems to fit best. Approx. 40 people (as
opposed to 32), but far better than 11, 13, and 15
which are all 50 and up. And we know almost no men
were allowed in the port boats, so starboard fits
better in that respect. [http://wormstedt.com/Titanic/crewcharge.html]
But some felt that Collapsible C was still a
possibility, hence our split vote.
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