Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World (52 page)

  7
pulled out a silver brandy flask
Hustak,
Titanic: The Canadian Story
, p. 94

  8
“We have been living”
Alfred Crawford, U.S. Inquiry, TIP, ET.

  9
“I am sure”
and
“I will not go”
Woolner, in TDH, p. 371.

10
“throw the damn thing overboard”
Lightoller, in ST, p. 291.

11
“You are going, too!”
Brown, in OBT, p. 219.

12
“I can’t manage”
and dialogue Peuchen, in TDH, p. 197.

13
“One hundred and” Toronto Evening Telegram
, April 22, 1912.

14
“Get down and”
and
“Hurry! This boat”
Peuchen, in TDH, p. 198.

15
“none of us”
Lady Duff Gordon, British Inquiry, TIP.

16
lavender silk kimono
Letter from Lucile, in OBT, p. 281.

17
shoemaker Pietro Yantorny
Lucile later wrote to her sister Elinor that she regretted leaving her sable coat behind but was glad that she had worn her Yantorny mules. Pietro Yantorny (1874–1936) bragged that he was the most expensive shoemaker in the world, and his custom-designed shoes took years to make. It was said that he would refuse to make shoes for women with ugly feet.

18
“Shouldn’t we try”
and dialogue, Lucile, in TIP.

19
“That is the funniest”
Stengel, in TDH, p. 399.

20
how the boat shook
Barratt,
Lost Voices
, p. 159.

21
“For God’s sake man”
Farrell bio, ET.

22
“a lot of Italians”
Lowe, British Inquiry, TIP.

23
“shut up”
Lynch,
Titanic: An Illustrated History
, p. 121.

24
“I am in charge,” “It’s our lives,”
and
“He had been swearing”
in Kuntz, TDH, p. 199.

25
“What are you”
Russell [Rosenbaum] article.

26
“Put one foot”
Ibid.

27
“great lighted theatre”
Barrett, in TIP.

28
“How many of”
Douglas, in OBT, p. 279.

29
“damned cowards”
Mennell, in Gracie, ST, p. 201.

30
“No, I must”
and
“Walter, when you”
Douglas, in OBT, p. 279.

31
“Ladies, you
must” Sloan, in OBT, p. 397.

32
Come as quickly
Foster,
Titanic Reader
, p. 75.

33
“She cannot help”
Lightoller, in ST, p. 294.

34
acted like a mirror
Wilkinson, “Titanic’s Silent Distress Signals: A New Look at a Minor Mystery,” ET.

35
“quite a group of people”
Ryerson, in OBT, p. 382.

36
“Just tell us”
Stephenson, in OBT, p. 405.

37
seen being dressed
Bonnell, in OBT, p. 210.

38
Madeleine’s pearls New York Evening Telegram
, April 22. 1912.

39
“That boy can’t go!”
and dialogue Ryerson, in OBT, p. 382.

40
“Look after Father”
Hustak,
Titanic: The Canadian Story
, p. 87.

CHAPTER 14: THE FINAL MINUTES

  1
“Get out of this”
Woolner, in
TDH
, p. 372.

  2
a panicked Daniel Buckley
There is debate as to which lifeboat Buckley entered. Some believe it was Boat 14. But Buckley said an officer fired shots to clear the boat and that the
Titanic
sank fifteen minutes after it left, which points to Collapsible C.

  3
“Italian and other foreign women”
Woolner, in TDH, p. 373. “Italian” was the catchword at the time for any foreign person.

  4
“Are there any more” New York Times
, April 22, 1912.

  5
“dagoes”
Lightoller, in ST, p. 296.

  6
“You go first”
and
“Never mind”
Gracie, in ST, p. 134.

  7
“My God, woman!”
and following dialogue Harris, “Her Husband Went Down.”.

  8
“Good-bye, sweetheart!”
Bigham and Jasper, “Broadway Dame.”

  9
“He was motionless”
Harris,
Omaha News
, April 21, 1912, cited in Behe,
“Archie,”
vol. 3, p. 642.

10
“wearing that same”
Harris, letter to John Millet, in OBT, p. 319.

11
“Have you any message, Frank?”
Behe,
“Archie,”
vol. 3, p. 640.

12
“Let’s make a jump”
Woolner, in OBT, p. 180.

13
“My God, it’s my husband!” Paterson Morning Call
, April 23, 1912.

14
“Jane!”
and
“Let me take”
Harris, “Her Husband Went Down.”

15
“pull like the deuce”
Woolner, in OBT, p. 181.

16
“Look out for the suction!”
Harris, “Her Husband Went Down.”

17
May Futrelle later claimed
In a May 1912 article in
American Medicine
(OBT, p. 292) Mrs. Futrelle said she was in a lifeboat with Mrs. Harris, which would imply Boat D, but in a 1932 article she claimed otherwise. It seems most likely that she was actually in Boat 9.

18
“For God’s sake go!” Times of London
, April 20, 1912.

19
“I know those hands”
Futrelle, in OBT, pp. 304–5.

20
“I learned swimming” Evening Banner
, April 26, 1912, ET.

21
“We have dressed”
and
“If anything should”
Etches,
New York Times
, April 20, 1912.

22
“Aren’t you going to”
Bullock,
“A Titanic Hero,”
p. 71.

23
“he looked as if”
Kemish letter to Walter Lord, on Charles Pellegrino website.

24
“in silence and”
Shelley letter, in OBT, p. 391.

25
“at every stroke”
Harper, in OBT, p. 317.

26
“was not an agreeable one”
and
“While I said”
Gracie, in ST, p. 136. 203
Frank Millet had written
Engstrom,
Francis Davis Millet
, p. 4.

27
“Has any passenger”
Gracie, in ST, p. 137.

28
“You look out”
and
“Let’s clear out”
Bride, in ST, pp. 316–17.

29
“an utter nightmare”
and
“piling the”
Lightoller, in ST, p. 299.

30
“It was as though”
Unnamed passenger quoted in
Philadelphia Press
, April 19, 1912, cited in Behe,
“Archie,”
vol. 3, p. 644. Historian George Behe suspects the unnamed passenger may have been Robert Daniel.

31
“The stern then seemed”
Thayer,
Sinking of the S.S. Titanic
. 207
“She’s gone.”
Lightoller, in ST, p. 300.

32
“She’s gone, lads”
Lynch,
Titanic: An Illustrated History
, p. 139.

33
“we raised our hats”
Walter Hawksford, letter to his wife.

34
“the most horrible”
Gracie, in ST, p. 150.

35
“the most fearful”
Woolner, in OBT, p. 181.

36
“a sound … as will haunt”
Harris, in OBT, p. 321.

37
“a wild maniacal chorus”
Harper, in OBT, p. 318.

38
“immediately their massed”
Sloper,
Life and Times
, p. 403.

39
“every possible emotion”
Beesley letter, in Barratt,
Lost Voices
, p. 162.

40
“a man in the uniform”
Unnamed stoker in
New York Tribune
, April 19, 1912, in Behe,
“Archie,”
vol. 3, p. 648.

41
“a heavy moan”
Candee, “Sealed Orders.”

CHAPTER 15: VOICES IN THE NIGHT

  1
“Appeal to the officer”
Etches, in TDH, p. 359.

  2
“If any of us”
Gladys Cherry letter, in OBT, p. 244.

  3
“It would have been sheer”
Woolner, in OBT, p. 181.