81-634: Panula may refer to: Eino Viljami Panula (1911–1912), young Finnish boy who died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic Jorma Panula (born 1930), Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher of conducting Panula (moth) , a genus of moths found in Mexico and the Dominican Republic Panula (Southern Ostrobothnia) [ fi ] , Finland Panula (tree) ,
162-668: A club for young girls employed in Falkland factories, funded a clinic in the parish of Kinglassie , and planned parties for the 2nd Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry . Noël's success as a patroness of philanthropic causes owed to her energetic personality and organizational skills but also to her popularity as a hostess, her beauty, and her friendships with members of the British Royal Family and aristocracy, including H.R.H. Princess Louise and
243-461: A correspondence until her death. The number plate is now in the possession of the Countess' grandson Alastair Leslie. The family also re-acquired Jones' watch when it was auctioned by his family after his death. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution ’s Fraserburgh Lifeboat, introduced to service in 1915, was christened Lady Rothes . The lifeboat was provided as a gift from Thomas Dyer-Edwardes,
324-789: A diverse group of nationalities and ethnic groups. In addition to large numbers of British, Irish, and Scandinavian immigrants, other passengers were from Central and Eastern Europe, the Levant (Greater Syria), and Hong Kong. Some travelled alone or in small family groups. Several groups of mothers were travelling alone with their young children, including the Lefebvres, the Pålssons, and the Panulas. Most were going to join their husbands, who had already gone to America to find jobs, and having saved enough money, could now send for their families. Among
405-683: A home in Hove , Sussex , they lived most of the year at the Macfie estate, Fayre Court in Fairford , Gloucestershire . In her last years Noël was interviewed by author Walter Lord for his account of the Titanic disaster, A Night to Remember , which brought her story to a new generation on its publication in 1955. Noël, Countess of Rothes died in her home in Hove , Sussex , on 12 September 1956, having suffered for some time from heart disease. She
486-486: A lifeboat during the night or on board the Carpathia the next morning, and were buried at sea . In the days following the sinking, several ships sailed to the disaster area to recover victims' bodies. The White Star Line chartered the cable ship Mackay-Bennett from Halifax, Nova Scotia , to retrieve bodies. Three other ships followed in the search: the cable ship Minia , the lighthouse supply ship Montmagny , and
567-592: A power plant in New York. In 2007, scientists using DNA analysis identified the body of a small, fair-haired toddler, one of the first victims to be recovered by the CS Mackay Bennett , as Frederick and Augusta's youngest child, 19-month-old Sidney . The Sages, Anderssons and Goodwins all perished in the sinking. The youngest passenger on board the ship, 2-month-old Millvina Dean , who with her parents Bertram Sr. and Eva Dean and older brother Bertram,
648-478: A squash court, a saltwater swimming pool, electric and Victorian-style Turkish baths , a barbershop, kennels for first-class dogs, elevators, and both open and enclosed promenades. First-class passengers also traveled accompanied by personal staff—valets, maids, nurses and governesses for the children, chauffeurs, and cooks. Many members of the British aristocracy made the trip: The Countess of Rothes , wife of
729-555: A timber tree of South and Central America, Quararibea asterolepis Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Panula . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panula&oldid=938649432 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
810-425: A washbasin with running water, except for the bow cabins, which did not have a private washbasin. Two public bathtubs were also provided, one for the men, the other for women. Passengers gathered in the third-class common room, where they could play chess or cards, or walk along the poop deck . Third-class children played in the common room or explored the ship. Nine-year-old Frank Goldsmith recalled peering into
891-454: A young Spanish newlywed, María Josefa Peñasco y Castellana, whose husband was lost in the sinking. There she remained for the duration of the night, rowing all the while and helping to boost the morale of other women until their lifeboat was picked up by the RMS ; Carpathia early the next morning. When the Carpathia was sighted, cheers went up and several in their boat started to sing
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#1732791365929972-410: Is based on the contemporary sources of the sinking in which names are clarified and given based on their true and authentic Arabic names, families and village, town or city of origin. The number of Croatian passengers was 37, while only three of them were saved. They are, Mara Osman Banski from Vagovina near Čazma , Ivan Jalševac from Topolovac and Nikola Lulić from Konjsko Brdo near Perušić . On
1053-559: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eino Viljami Panula A total of 2,240 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic , the second of the White Star Line 's Olympic -class ocean liners, from Southampton , England, to New York City . Partway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in
1134-665: Is to take the common things of life and walk truly among them. Happiness is a great love and much serving." Noël was portrayed in the 1979 television movie SOS Titanic by Kate Howard; in James Cameron 's 1997 film Titanic by Rochelle Rose; and in Julian Fellowes 's 2012 mini-series Titanic by Pandora Colin. She is also mentioned in the first episode of the British TV series Downton Abbey (also produced by Julian Fellowes) as having spent some time with
1215-660: Is today Lebanon, with 20 of them from Hardin, the highest number of any Lebanese location. Of the Hardin passengers, 11 adult men died, while eight women and children and one adult man survived. Kamal Seikaly, an individual quoted in an article from the Lebanese publication The Daily Star , stated that according to a 16 May 1912, issue of the Al-Khawater magazine stored in the American University of Beirut , of
1296-618: The Philip Bliss hymn "Pull for the Shore." Afterwards, Noël suggested " Lead, Kindly Light ": "Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom/Lead thou me on!/The night is dark, and I'm far from home/Lead thou me on!" Once aboard the rescue vessel, she devoted herself to the care of steerage women and children from the Titanic . As an account in the London Daily Sketch would record: "Her Ladyship helped to make clothes for
1377-589: The Red Cross , establishing a branch in Leslie and endowing it with three ambulances. This led to a larger ambulance corps serving Fife, called the Countess of Rothes Voluntary Aid Detachment. That year she also underwent training herself as a nurse. Despite her busy work for national charities, Noël remained devoted to the welfare of local citizens. Along with holding village Christmas parties in Leslie, she established
1458-926: The Royal Caledonian Schools . The countess was also active for a number of years in fundraising for the Queen Victoria School, the Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital and the Chelsea Hospital for Women. In addition, she served on the organizing or fundraising committees for such agencies as the Princess Mary Scholarship at Cedars College for Blind Girls, the YMCA Bazaar, The Children's Guild, the Deptford Fund and
1539-405: The Titanic collided with an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on the night of 14 April. The pair was awakened by the crash and went up on deck to investigate. They were instructed by Captain E.J. Smith , the Titanic' s commander, to return to their cabin and don lifejackets. Noël, Gladys and Noël's maid were rescued in lifeboat 8 , which was lowered at approximately 1:00 a.m., over an hour after
1620-569: The Titanic , but illness prevented him from joining the ill-fated voyage; however, White Star Line's managing director J. Bruce Ismay and the ship's Harland and Wolff designer, Thomas Andrews , were both on board to oversee the ship's progress on her maiden voyage. Some of the most prominent members of the American social elite made the trip: 47-year-old real estate builder, businessman, and multimillionaire Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and his 18-year-old pregnant wife Madeleine were returning to
1701-588: The 125 Lebanese aboard, 23 survived. The magazine states that 10 people from Kfar Meshki died on the Titanic . According to author Judith Geller, "officially [there] were 154 Syrians on board the Titanic and 29 were saved: four men, five children, and 20 women". In 1997, Ray Hanania , a Palestinian American journalist, watched the Titanic (1997) film and noticed some background characters saying yalla , meaning "hurry" in Arabic. This prompted him to research
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#17327913659291782-493: The 19th Earl of Rothes, embarked at Southampton with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, and cousin Gladys Cherry . Colonel Archibald Gracie IV , a real estate investor and member of the wealthy Scottish-American Gracie family, embarked at Southampton. The Cavendishes of London were among other prominent British couples on board, as well. Lord Pirrie , chairman of Harland and Wolff , intended to travel aboard
1863-525: The 8 inhabitants of the village of Gumoshtnik who died, whose names were probably not on the list of the insurance company. The estimated number of surviving Bulgarians is 15, with many remaining in the United States. In memory of the Bulgarians who died on the Titanic from the village of Terziysko – Minko Angelov and Hristo Danchev – a folk song was created. Eight passengers are listed on
1944-616: The Coronation Garden Party later in 1911 at Devonshire House where she performed in a minuet that opened the festivity. The countess was politically active. Although a Conservative, she supported the women's suffrage cause as a member of the Women's Unionist Association , chairing local chapters of the group at Markinch and in Leslie. She also opposed socialist initiatives and the proposed reform of Irish Home Rule . Perhaps her finest achievement in service to others
2025-461: The Duchess of Wellington . She was an exceptionally adept dancer and amateur actress which she demonstrated at the entertainments she either hosted or organized for charity. Among these were a 1910 pageant at Falkland Palace , which she not only directed but appeared in; the "Tally Ho!" Ball the following year at Edinburgh's Musical Hall, where she danced in a special quadrille reel named for her; and
2106-793: The Hurlingham Fete, Fair and Sports, benefiting wounded soldiers, in 1918. Noël Rothes is best known as a heroine of the 1912 Titanic tragedy, helping to command her lifeboat, in concert with Able Seaman Thomas William (Tom) Jones. Noël handled the tiller of the boat, steering it clear of the sinking liner, and later assisted in rowing it to the rescue ship, all the while encouraging other survivors with her calm decisiveness and optimism. She embarked at Southampton on 10 April with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, her husband's cousin Gladys Cherry, and her maid Roberta Maioni. Her parents disembarked at Cherbourg , while
2187-535: The Ottoman regime. An in-depth study was made by Leila Salloum Elias about the lives of Syrian, as well as Armenian passengers aboard the ship, using volumes of research taken from Arabic newspapers contemporary to the sinking to clarify the names and circumstances of many Syrian passengers. The total number of Syrian passengers, according to Syrian survivors was between 145 and 165, of these, only one couple who boarded as second-class passengers. Salloum's passenger count
2268-463: The Titanic for their 1912 tour of North America but their boss, theatre impresario Fred Karno refused as ticket prices were too high. According to official data from Lloyd's insurance company, 38 of the passengers aboard the Titanic , were Bulgarians . There are assumptions that the number of Bulgarian citizens exceeds 50. Near the town of Troyan in Bulgaria , there is a cenotaph monument to
2349-399: The United States and Canada. The Titanic 's first-class list was a " who's who " of the prominent upper class in 1912. A single-person berth in first class cost between £30 (equivalent to £3,800 in 2023) and £870 (equivalent to £109,000 in 2023) for a parlour suite and small private promenade deck . First-class passengers enjoyed a number of amenities, including a gymnasium,
2430-1339: The United States for their child's birth. Astor was the wealthiest passenger aboard the ship and one of the richest men in the world; his great-grandfather John Jacob Astor was the first multi-millionaire in North America. Among others were industrialist magnate and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim ; Macy's department store owner, and former member of the United States House of Representatives Isidor Straus , and his wife Ida ; George Dennick Wick , founder and president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company ; millionaire streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener ; John B. Thayer , vice president of Pennsylvania Railroad , and his wife, Marian ; Charles Hays , president of Canada's Grand Trunk Railway ; William Ernest Carter and his wife, American socialite Lucile Carter ; millionaire, philanthropist and women's rights activist Margaret Brown ; tennis star and banker Karl Behr ; famous American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson ; prominent Buffalo architect Edward Austin Kent ; and President William Howard Taft 's military aide, Major Archibald Butt , who
2511-653: The Village Clubs Association. She also assisted the Duchess of Sutherland in planning costume balls and garden parties in aid of the National Milk Hostels which provided "wholesome milk for poor families." Noël was joined in her charity work by other leading figures in London society, including Lady Londonderry , the Duchess of Devonshire , the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Juliet Duff. In 1911 Noël began her long association with
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2592-433: The babies and became known amongst the crew as the 'plucky little countess.'" The newspaper added that a stewardess told Noël, "You have made yourself famous by rowing in the boat," to which she replied, "I hope not. I have done nothing." Noël did not welcome the publicity that proclaimed her a heroine, insisting it was the cool-headed leadership of Seaman Jones and the combined aid of her cousin-in-law and other occupants in
2673-426: The boat deck, did not have time to open all the gates, leaving many of the confused third-class passengers stuck below decks. Numerous notable and prominent people of the era, who held tickets for the westbound passage or were guests of those who held tickets, did not sail. Others were waiting in New York to board for the passage back to Plymouth , England, on the second leg of Titanic ' s maiden voyage. Many of
2754-405: The boat that night that deserved praise. As a token of her esteem, she presented Jones with an inscribed silver pocket watch; she also gave one to Steward Alfred Crawford in recognition for his assistance at the oars, rowing "doggedly for five hours." Jones later returned the largesse by gifting her the brass number plate from their lifeboat. Noël wrote to Jones every Christmas, and the two maintained
2835-538: The bodies were gathered and placed in small canvas bags corresponding to their number. The ship found such a large number of bodies – 306 – that the embalming supplies aboard were quickly exhausted. Health regulations permitted that only embalmed bodies could be returned to port. Captain Larnder of the Mackay-Bennett and the undertakers aboard decided to preserve all bodies of first-class passengers because of
2916-581: The bodies were identified. Of the remaining 150 unclaimed bodies, 121 were taken to the non-denominational Fairview Lawn Cemetery ; 19 were buried in the Roman Catholic Mount Olivet Cemetery , and 10 were taken to the Jewish Baron de Hirsch Cemetery . Unidentified victims were buried with simple numbers based on the order in which their bodies were discovered. In mid-May 1912, over 200 mi (320 km) from
2997-480: The bride's name "Noëlle," and she periodically adopted this spelling herself, the family today prefers "Noël," as it appears on her birth certificate. The Countess 's husband held one of the oldest peerages in the United Kingdom, dating to before 1457, and was elected a Scottish representative peer , a position he held between 1906 and 1923. The Leslie family earldom was also one of the few which recognized
3078-513: The children's books provided in the library or play deck quoits and shuffleboard on the second-class promenade. Twelve-year-old Ruth Becker passed the time by pushing her two-year-old brother Richard around the enclosed promenade in a stroller provided by the White Star Line. Two Roman Catholic priests on board, Father Thomas Byles and Father Joseph Peruschitz, celebrated mass every day for second- and third-class passengers during
3159-410: The closest city to the sinking with direct rail and steamship connections. A large temporary morgue was set up in a curling rink, and undertakers were called in from all across Eastern Canada to assist. Relatives from across North America came to identify and claim the bodies of their relatives. Some bodies were shipped to be buried in their home towns across North America and Europe. About two-thirds of
3240-597: The collision. The boat was launched simultaneously with Lifeboat 6 but reached the water first, making it the first lifeboat afloat on the port side of the ship. Tom Jones, the Able Seaman placed in charge of the boat by Captain Smith, later said Rothes "had a lot to say, so I put her to steering the boat," a roundabout compliment to her leadership abilities. She took charge of the tiller, steering for over an hour before asking Gladys to take over while she stopped to comfort
3321-702: The countess' father, in gratitude for his daughter's rescue from the Titanic . In 1918 an exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in London, benefiting the Red Cross, included a pair of pearls from the 300-year-old heirloom necklace Noël wore when she escaped the Titanic . After Norman Rothes died on March 29, 1927, Noël remarried on 22 December 1927, to Colonel Claud Macfie, DSO, in the courthouse in Chelsea, London . The countess retained her title. The couple had no children. While Noël and Claud maintained
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3402-456: The couple kept homes in England, including a townhouse in Chelsea, London , they lived most of each year at their Scottish estate. The earl and countess shared a wide range of sporting interests, from hunting to cricket, and were active socially, attending royal and other social functions. They were frequently mentioned in the daily press, and Noël Rothes, in particular, was often photographed in
3483-443: The crew, but were employed by an agency under contract to the White Star Line. The average ticket price for an adult second-class passenger was £13 (equivalent to £1,600 in 2023). and for many of these passengers, their travel experience on the Titanic was akin to travelling first class on smaller liners. Second-class passengers had their own library and the men had access to a private smoking room. Second-class children could read
3564-612: The deaths of 1,517 passengers and crew. The ship's passengers were divided into three separate classes determined by the price of their ticket: those travelling in first class—most of them the wealthiest passengers on board—including prominent members of the upper class, businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers, entertainers, socialites, and professional athletes. Second-class passengers were predominantly middle-class travellers and included professors, authors, clergymen, and tourists. Third-class or steerage passengers were primarily immigrants moving to
3645-496: The engine room and climbing up the baggage cranes on the poop deck. Ship's regulations were designed to keep third-class passengers confined to their area of the ship. The Titanic was fitted with grilles to prevent the classes from mingling and these gates were normally kept closed, although the stewards could open them in the event of an emergency. In the rush following the collision, the stewards, occupied with waking up sleeping passengers and leading groups of women and children to
3726-692: The illustrated weeklies in London. Lord and Lady Rothes had two children: In 1916 the earl was wounded in action in France during the First World War and recovered at the Coulter Hospital in London. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1918. She became well known for her prolific charitable work in England and Scotland. One of her first projects was helping arrange the Royal Caledonian Ball which annually benefited
3807-696: The issue and he discovered that Arab passengers were on board. In 1998, he wrote a column about the Arabs on the Titanic , "Titanic: We Share the Pain But Not the Glory." According to Hanania's analysis, 79 Arab passengers were on board the ship, though the task to "identify precisely" which passengers were Arab is difficult. Hanania stated that many were Christians because church sponsorship made getting passage easier for Christians as opposed to Muslims, and Christians were more likely to emigrate due to persecution by
3888-424: The larger third-class families were John and Annie Sage, who were immigrating to Jacksonville, Florida, with their 9 children, ranging in age from 4 to 20 years; Anders and Alfrida Andersson of Sweden and their five children, who were travelling to Canada along with Alfrida's younger sister Anna, husband Ernst, and baby Gilbert; and Frederick and Augusta Goodwin, who were moving with their six children to his new job at
3969-609: The need to visually identify wealthy men to resolve any disputes over large estates. As a result, the majority of the 116 burials at sea were third-class passengers and crew (only 56 were identified). Larnder himself claimed that as a mariner, he would expect to be buried at sea. However, complaints about the burials at sea were made by families and undertakers. Later ships such as Minia found fewer bodies, requiring fewer embalming supplies, and were able to limit burials at sea to bodies that were too damaged to preserve. 190 bodies recovered were preserved and taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia ,
4050-666: The night of 14 April 1912, around 11:40 pm, while the Titanic was sailing about 400 mi (640 km) south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland , the ship struck an iceberg and began to sink. Shortly before midnight, Captain Edward Smith ordered the ship's lifeboats to be readied and a distress call was sent out. The closest ship to respond was Cunard Line 's Carpathia 58 mi (93 km) away, which would arrive in an estimated 4 hours—too late to rescue all of Titanic 's passengers. Forty-five minutes after
4131-666: The nobility. She was long involved in charity work throughout the United Kingdom, most notably assisting the Red Cross with fundraising and as a nurse for the Coulter Hospital in London during the First World War . Lady Rothes was also a leading benefactor of the Queen Victoria School and The Chelsea Hospital for Women, known today as Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital . Born in her parents' townhouse in Kensington, London , on Christmas Day 1878, she
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#17327913659294212-685: The ocean after returning in Lifeboat 14 to search for any survivors still stranded in the sea. Fang settled in US, and fellow survivor Lee Bing moved to Canada living in Galt, Ontario , working at White Rose Cafe, then Toronto , and disappeared, having left for China. The stories of the Chinese survivors, which were forgotten for over a century, were presented in a 2021 documentary film The Six after researchers and show producers worked together to piece together
4293-451: The only known passengers of black ancestry on board the ship. They, along with Joseph's pregnant wife Juliette, were travelling to Joseph's native island of Haiti . Joseph hoped that a move from their former home in Paris back to Haiti, where his uncle Cincinnatus Leconte was president, would take his family away from racial discrimination. Another French family travelling in second class
4374-495: The others continued, en route for New York and possibly Vancouver, British Columbia to meet the Earl of Rothes who was already visiting the U.S. and Canada on business. Before the Titanic left Southampton, Noël granted an interview to a London correspondent for The New York Herald in which she explained she was going to the U.S. to join her husband. She admitted they were also personally interested in purchasing an orange grove on
4455-503: The overturned Collapsible B) until they were rescued by Fifth Officer Harold Lowe . At 4:10 am, Carpathia arrived at the site of the sinking and began rescuing survivors. By 8:30 am, she picked up the last lifeboat with survivors and left the area at 08:50 bound for Pier 54 in New York City. Of the 711 passengers and crew rescued by the Carpathia , six, including first-class passenger William F. Hoyt, either died in
4536-524: The passenger list with a home country of China, from the hometown of Hong Kong, with a destination of New York. Six of these persons survived the disaster. They were not permitted to enter the United States due to the Chinese Exclusion Act . One of these Chinese survivors from the Titanic disaster was Fang Lang (21 June 1894 – 21 January 1986; alias Fong Wing Sun), who was one of the four passengers whom Fifth Officer Harold Lowe rescued from
4617-412: The process of being removed from their location on the roof of the officer's house, but could not be properly launched. Collapsible B floated away from the ship upside down, while Collapsible A became half-filled with water after the supports for its canvas sides were broken in the fall from the roof of the officers' quarters. Arguments occurred in some of the lifeboats about going back to pick up people in
4698-813: The right of descent through female heirs. The Clan Leslie motto is "Grip Fast." Lord Rothes was a captain in the Fife Royal Garrison Artillery Militia, a lieutenant in the Royal Highland Regiment , known as the Black Watch, and a lieutenant-colonel in the Highland Cyclist Battalion. The Leslies resided in England until 1904 when they took possession of the 10,000-acre family seat in Scotland, Leslie House in Leslie, Fife . Although
4779-406: The sealing vessel Algerine . Each ship left with embalming supplies, undertakers, and clergy. Upon recovery, each body retrieved by the Mackay-Bennett was numbered and given as detailed a description as possible to help aid in identification. The physical appearance of each body—height, weight, age, hair and eye colour, visible birthmarks, scars or tattoos, was catalogued and any personal effects on
4860-509: The ship hit the iceberg, Captain Smith ordered the lifeboats to be loaded and lowered under the orders women and children first . The first lifeboat launched was Lifeboat 7 on the starboard side with 28 people on board out of a capacity of 65. It was lowered around 12:45 am as believed by the British Inquiry. Collapsible Boat D was the last lifeboat to be launched, at 1:55. Two more lifeboats, Collapsible Boats A and B, were in
4941-449: The ship's band, listed as both passengers and crew. They are also included in the list of crew members on board Titanic . Passengers are colour-coded, indicating whether they were saved or perished. The passenger did not survive The passenger survived Survivors are listed with the lifeboat from which they were thought to be rescued, and many are not considered definitive. Victims whose remains were recovered after
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#17327913659295022-437: The ship's maiden voyage, but cancelled his booking before the ship set sail. J. P. Morgan was also reported to have been planning to make the voyage but changed his plans at the last-minute. Second-class passengers were leisure tourists, academics, members of the clergy, and middle-class English, Scottish and American families. The ship's musicians travelled in second-class accommodations; they were not counted as members of
5103-543: The sinking are listed with a superscript next to the body number, indicating the recovery vessel: Numbers 324 and 325 were unused, and the six bodies buried at sea by the Carpathia also went unnumbered. In addition to the above-listed passengers, the Titanic carried 29 cross-channel passengers who boarded at Southampton and disembarked at either Cherbourg , France, or Queenstown , Ireland . Gladys Cherry Lucy Noël Martha Leslie, Countess of Rothes ( née Dyer-Edwardes ; 25 December 1878 – 12 September 1956)
5184-491: The site of the sinking, RMS Oceanic recovered three bodies, numbers 331, 332, and 333, who were among the original occupants of Collapsible A, which was swamped in the last moments of the sinking. Although several people managed to reach this lifeboat, three died during the night. When Fifth Officer Harold Lowe and six crewmen returned to the wreck site after the sinking with an empty lifeboat to pick up survivors, they rescued surviving passengers from Collapsible A, but left
5265-487: The third-class kitchen staff. On other liners, the steerage-passengers would have been expected to bring their own food. Rather than dormitory-style sleeping areas, third-class passengers had their own cabins. The single men and women were separated, women in the stern in two to six berth cabins, men in the bow in up to 10 berth cabins, often shared with strangers. Each stateroom was fitted with wood panelling and beds with mattresses, blankets, pillows, electric lights, heat, and
5346-399: The three dead bodies in the boat: Thomson Beattie, a first-class passenger, and two crew members, a fireman and a seaman. After their retrieval from Collapsible A by Oceanic , the bodies were buried at sea. The following is a full list of known passengers who sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic . Included in this list are the nine-member Guarantee Group and the eight members of
5427-467: The time of sinking and died in 2007 at the age of 96. The third-class passengers or steerage passengers left hoping to start new lives in the United States and Canada. Third-class passengers paid £7 (equivalent to £900 in 2023) for their ticket, depending on their place of origin; ticket prices often included the price of rail travel to the three departure ports. Tickets for children cost £3 (equivalent to £400 in 2023). Third-class passengers were
5508-607: The unused tickets that survived, whether they were for the westbound passage or the return eastbound passage, have become quite valuable as Titanic -related artifacts. Those who held tickets for a passage, but did not actually sail, include Theodore Dreiser , Henry Clay Frick , Milton S. Hershey , Guglielmo Marconi , John Pierpont Morgan , John Mott , George Washington Vanderbilt II , Edgar Selwyn . Jon Conway's 2022 play "Laurel and Chaplin: Before They Were Famous" (later retitled "Laurel and Chaplin: The Feud") claims that both Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel requested to travel on
5589-403: The voyage. Father Byles gave his homilies in English, Irish, and French and Father Peruschitz gave his in German and Hungarian. Father Byles reportedly perished in the sinking, performing blessings and last rites for those trapped. On the ship, a Lithuanian priest, Father Juozas Montvila , also perished during the sinking. Rev. John Harper , a well-known Baptist pastor from Scotland,
5670-428: The water, but many survivors were afraid of being swamped by people trying to climb into the lifeboat or being pulled down by the suction from the sinking Titanic , though it turned out that very little suction had happened. At 2:20 am, Titanic herself sank. A small number of passengers and crew were able to make their way to the two unlaunched collapsible boats, surviving for several hours (some still clinging to
5751-444: The west coast. Asked by the reporter how she felt about "leaving London society for a California fruit farm," Noël replied, "I am full of joyful expectation." While Noël and Gladys were originally installed in a basic first class cabin, C-37, it is believed they upgraded to a more commodious suite, C-77. In an American press interview, Rothes was quoted as saying she and Cherry occupied stateroom B-77. The women were in their beds when
5832-542: The whereabouts and lives of the Chinese survivors after the sinking of the Titanic. There were more than 80 passengers from the Ottoman Empire , including Turkish, Armenian and Levantine backgrounds. At the time, many carried identification from the Ottoman Empire that stated they were from the region of Syria , which included Palestine , Jordan , Lebanon , and Syria . According to Bakhos Assaf, mayor of Hardin, Lebanon, 93 passengers originated from what
5913-454: The world in the hopes that their mother or another relative could identify the French toddlers, who became known as the "Titanic Orphans". After arriving in New York, the children were cared for by Titanic survivor Margaret Hays until their mother, Marcelle Navratil travelled from Nice , France, to claim them. The last living second-class survivor was Barbara West ; she was 10 months old at
5994-481: Was a British philanthropist and social leader. She was seen as a heroine of the Titanic disaster, famous for taking the tiller of her lifeboat and later helping row the craft to the safety of the rescue ship Carpathia . The countess was for many years a popular figure in London society, known for her blonde beauty, bright personality, graceful dancing and the diligence with which she helped organise lavish entertainments patronised by British royalty and members of
6075-555: Was buried next to her first husband in the Leslie vault at Christ's Kirk on the Green Churchyard in Leslie, Fife . A memorial plaque was erected in her honor on the west wall of the chancel of St Mary's Church in Fairford. It reads: "Noëlle, Widow of the 19th Earl of Rothes, and Beloved Wife of Col. Claud Macfie D.S.O. of Fayre Court, Fairford, At Rest 12 Sept. 1956. Holiness is an infinite compassion for others. Greatness
6156-463: Was emigrating from England to Kansas, died in 2009. She was the last survivor of the Titanic disaster to die. To compete with rival shipping company Cunard , the White Star Line offered their steerage passengers modest luxuries, in the hopes that emigrants would write to relatives back home and encourage them to travel on White Star Line ships. Third-class passengers had their own dining facilities, with chairs instead of benches, and meals prepared by
6237-401: Was nursing soldiers during the First World War , first at Leslie House, a wing of which she converted into a hospital for troops invalided out of the conflict, and then at the Coulter Hospital in London. There she nursed her own husband after he was wounded in battle in 1916. She found the work fulfilling and stayed on for two years. During her time with the Coulter Hospital, Noël helped produce
6318-472: Was returning to resume his duties after a six-week trip to Europe. Swedish first class passenger and businessman Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson owned the most highly valued single object on board: a masterpiece of French neoclassical painting entitled La Circassienne au Bain , for which he would later claim US$ 100,000 in compensation (equivalent to US$ 3.1 million in 2023). Milton S. Hershey , founder of Hershey's chocolate, made plans to sail aboard
6399-517: Was the Navratils, travelling under the assumed name Hoffman. Michel Navratil, a Slovak-born French tailor, had kidnapped his two young sons, Michel Jr. and Edmond from his estranged wife, assumed the name Charles Hoffman, and boarded the ship in Southampton, intent on taking his children to the United States. Michel Sr. died in the sinking and photographs of the boys were circulated throughout
6480-696: Was the only child of Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes. Her maternal grandmother was Lucy Sale-Barker . She was brought up at her parents' residences, Prinknash Park in Gloucestershire and Chateau de Retival in Normandy and a townhouse in Kensington, London . Noël Dyer-Edwardes married Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes (pronounced " Roth -is") on Primrose Day , 19 April 1900 at St Mary Abbots in Kensington, London . Although wedding announcements in The Sketch and other London papers spelled
6561-622: Was travelling to the United States with his daughter and sister to preach at the Moody Church in Chicago. Schoolteacher Lawrence Beesley , a science master at Dulwich College , spent much of his time aboard the ship in the library. Two months after the sinking, he wrote and published The Loss of the SS Titanic , the first eyewitness account of the disaster. The Laroche family, father Joseph and daughters Simonne and Louise , were
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