Name |
Lifeboat from Titanic |
Lifeboat to Carpathia |
Confidence Level |
Stanley, Miss Amy Zillah Elsie |
13
(9 votes) 15 (1 vote) |
13
(9 votes) 15 (1 vote) |
3.28 2.50 |
The Oxford Times, May 18, 1912 (reprinted in On Board RMS Titanic, page 402): "I shared a cabin with an American lady and child. I assisted them to dress, and then we went up on deck. We tried to reach the boats. Then I saw two fellows (whom we met at meals, the only men we made real friends of) coming towards us, who assisted us over the railings into the lifeboat. As we were being lowered a man about 16 stone jumped into the boat almost on top of me. I heard a pistol fired - I believe it was done to frighten the men from rushing the boat. This man's excuse was that he came because of his baby. When we rowed off the child must have died had I not attended to it." Private letter courtesy of Sotheby Auctions, full text found on Encyclopedia Titanica: "I went to the sailors and two of them caught hold of me and simply threw me to some sailors who caught me in the lifeboat. It was No.15. The next thing was to cut her adrift but that was more easily said than done for it was fastened by a steel lash and the men were some time before they could manage it while No.16 [sic] was hanging over us, waiting for us to go, and the shouts of officers ordering the men back. I heard shots but the cries of "Keep back!" were awful. As it was, a man managed to jump from the deck into our boat. He landed next to me and my shoulder got bruised through him." From The New Haven Union, April 22, 1912: "I then made my way to the upper deck and saw that they were launching the lifeboats and that several had already left the ship. Confusion was everywhere. An officer stood at the entrance from the deck below with a drawn revolver to keep back the male steerage passengers and other who wanted to leap into the lifeboats. I stood there and waited my turn. Finally the fifteen boat was filled and simultaneously the sixteenth (sic) and last. Then I caught the eye of a man in the fifteenth boat. He had an oar and had been taken aboard to man the boat. At sight of me he leaped out and coming over to me grasped my arm and half threw me into the boat. As we were being lowered he caught sight of me and smiled as he waved good-bye. He died, for no other boats left the ship." Discussions were first based on her Oxford Times account. The gunshots possibly pointed to a forward boat where many third class found seats in boats. Then her private letter being sold by Sotheby's became available and she said a boat was hanging over hers so that ruled out several boats such as Collapsible C. Even though she said she was in #15, her phrasing of the boat "hanging" over hers might have meant she was in #13, and we split our votes as to which boat she was in, though the majority felt #13 was the one she left in. |