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Mr.Livshin
was booked on Titanic as Abraham Harmer.
From
the book On a Sea of Glass by Fitch,
Layton and Wormstedt:
"Can the four
individuals who were buried at sea be
identified? A press account from an unnamed
source published soon after the disaster said
that the three dead bodies brought aboard were
those of First Class passenger William Hoyt,
Third Class passenger David Livshin [traveling
under the alias Abraham Harmer], and Bedroom
Steward Sidney Siebert, and that all three were
buried at sea the morning of April 15. The man
said to have died aboard Carpathia and been
buried at sea the following morning was Able
Bodied Seaman William Lyons. From The
Sinking of Titanic and Great Sea Disasters,
by Logan Marshall.
The details in Fred Beachler’s
account differ from this unnamed source, but he
did agree on the names of the individuals buried
at sea. He said that two of the men were already
dead when brought aboard, and that another was
still alive, but died a few minutes later. He
listed these individuals as William Hoyt, David
Livshin, and Sidney Siebert, and said that all
three were buried at sea the morning of April 15.
Beachler also claimed that William Lyons was alive
when brought aboard, before dying, and being
buried at sea the following day. Daily Sketch, May
6, 1912. The Beachler account is reproduced in
full in The Carpathia and the Titanic: Rescue
at Sea, by George Behe, page 142, Lulu
edition.
An unnamed Carpathia steward
gave an interview following the arrival in New
York, and was yet another person who specifically
identified these same four individuals as the ones
who were buried at sea. However, there are still
more variations in the time and details relating
to the burial, as the steward claims all four were
buried at sea on Tuesday, April 16; he also
claimed that Siebert and Lyons were dead when
brought aboard, while Hoyt and Livshin were alive,
and ‘lived but a few minutes after’.” New
York Sun, April 19, 1912. Account is
contained in The
Carpathia and the Titanic: Rescue at Sea
,by Behe, page 129, Lulu
edition.
Since there is strong evidence
that a body was taken aboard the rescue ship from
Boat No. 12, after it had been transferred into it
from atop Collapsible B, it is reasonable to
assume that the body in question was that of David
Livshin. Unfortunately, few specific details about
how Livshin died are known. Given the strong
evidence from those in Boats Nos 14 and 4 to
suggest that William Hoyt, Sidney Siebert, and
William Lyons were all dead when taken aboard
Carpathia, it would seem logical to conclude that
if any of the four individuals buried at sea were
alive when taken aboard the ship, that it would
have to have been Livshin."
Livshin
was buried at sea from the Carpathia.
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