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| Author | Subject: Silver medal |
| V.C. Cullen | Posted At 22:04:25 02/05/2003
I have finally got around to researching the silver medal my mother has that belonged to Robert Fulton , her G. Uncle and have discovered this story to go with it.We don't know what ship he was on but he was a steward and was in the rescue boats . The one story that has survived is that he saw a golden mass below the surface of the water and grabbed at it finding a young womans mass of hair. He hauled her on board and found out later she was a 'millionairs' daughter. I find that all passengers kept dry though out except for one woman who lost her bag of jewels when she fell into the sea while climbing aboard the rescue ship , could this be her? |
| Martin Bayerle |
Re: Silver medal (Currently 1 replies)
Posted At 17:14:11 02/17/2003 Writer Alice Morse Earle fell in, supposedly retrieved, I believe, with a boat hook. I don't know if she had golden hair ... See our link at http://rms-republic.com/story_coll02.html |
| Martin Bayerle |
Re: Silver medal (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 17:31:17 02/17/2003 This may be relevant: One of the passengers said: 'Our lifeboat was heavily laden, and for more than three-quarters of an hour we pitched and rolled in that sea trying to get to the gangway of the Baltic. We were only half dressed, and the drenching rain soaked us to the skin. When we got near to the Baltic we saw that our boat was much lower than the accommodation ladder reached. Two seamen at the foot of the ladder lifted my sister from her seat in the boat and tried to get her on to the ladder, but as the boat swung away she lost her balance and fell into the water. Twice she sank before the seamen could catch her dress with a boat-hook. Holding her with a boat-hook they caught her first by her hair and then under the arms, and dragged her forth to safety. We had only the clothes we had on, and we had lost all our money, jewellery, and baggage.' Liverpool Courier, January 26, 09, 7:6 |