voices of Titanic: Lifeboat 7

voices of Titanic: Lifeboat 7 by ric gustafson


The Bishops were returning from their honeymoon and were First Class passengers. Helen's dog Freu Freu was a kennel on board most likely on the boat deck. The couple had visited Egypt, Italy, France and Algiers. Mr Bishop was reading in their stateroom when the iceberg hit. The Bishops entered Lifeboat 7 which was the first to be lowered. There were 28 on board including the Bishops. The lifeboat floated from 12:30 am Sunday night until 5 am Monday morning. The lifeboat was the fourth to be picked up by the Carpathia.
Archie Jewell was one of the Titanic's lookouts. Jewell and another seaman named Weller were assigned to Lifeboat 7 to help load and lower. Another lookout named Hogg got on board at the last minute. All the lookouts from the liner survived.
First Class passenger James McGough remembers sharing a stateroom with John Flynn who was a buyer for Gimbel. McGough was thrown into Lifeboat 7 by an officer.


research help: ' Titanic Voices' by Hannah Holman


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