Reverend Ernest Courtenay Carter was an Anglican minister and one of the passengers who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1] [2] [3] He was born on February 17, 1858, in Compton, Berkshire, England. [4] [5]
Reverend Ernest Courtenay Carter was an Anglican minister and one of the passengers who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1] [2] [3] He was born on February 17, 1858, in Compton, Berkshire, England. [4] [5]
Carter and his wife boarded the Titanic in Southampton as second-class passengers (ticket number 244252, costing £26). During the journey, he was bothered by a cold, and Marion Wright, whom the couple had befriended, found a remedy that helped him. [4]
On the evening of April 14, Carter conducted an Evensong Hymn Service for about 100 passengers in the second-class dining saloon, preceding each hymn with a story about the hymn and its author. Robert Douglas Norman played the piano, and Marion Wright sang a solo of "Lead Kindly Light." Among the other hymns sung were "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (also known as "For Those in Peril on the Sea"), "On the Resurrection Morning," "There is a Green Hill Far Away" (for which Marion Wright sang another solo), and the final hymn was "Now the Day is Over." [6]
Around 10 p.m., a steward began preparing coffee and drinks, and Reverend Carter concluded the process by thanking the commissioner for the use of the salon and added that the ship was strangely stable, and everyone was eager for their arrival in New York. "Indeed," he said, "it is the first time hymns have been sung on this boat on a Sunday night, but we trust and pray that it will not be the last." [6]
On the night of the sinking, it is believed that the Carters went up to the deck of the boat during the evacuation and secured a spot together in a lifeboat. He chose to stay behind, probably so someone else would be saved, and Mrs. Carter refused to leave her husband. Both perished in the sinking, and if their bodies were recovered, they were never identified. A brass memorial plaque dedicated to the couple was later unveiled at St. Jude's Church, Whitechapel. [7] [1] [8]
Jacques Heath Futrelle was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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Lawrence Beesley was an English science teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic.
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The Allison family was a Canadian family of first-class passengers on board the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912.
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Emily Maria Borie Ryerson was an American first-class passenger who survived the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
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Marian Longstreth Thayer was an American socialite and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was the wife of John Borland Thayer II, a Director and Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the mother of John Borland "Jack" Thayer III. In 1912, all three of them, along with their maid Margaret Fleming, were passengers on RMS Titanic maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg and sank. Marian, Jack III, and Fleming all survived, but John II died.
Reflecting the White Star Line's reputation for superior comfort and luxury, the Titanic had extensive facilities for First Class passengers which were widely regarded as the finest of her time. In contrast to her French and German competitors, whose interiors were extravagantly decorated and heavily adorned, the Titanic emphasized comfort and subdued elegance more in the style of a British country manor or luxury hotel. Titanic's enormous size enabled her to feature unusually large rooms, all equipped with the latest technologies for comfort, hygiene, and convenience. Staterooms and public spaces recreated historic styles with a painstaking attention to detail and accuracy. There was a wide range of recreational and sporting facilities in addition which provided ample opportunity for amusement during a voyage.
Second-class accommodation and facilities on board the Titanic were quite intricate and spacious in comparison to many first-class facilities on other ships of the time. Although the second- and third-class sections of the ship occupied a much smaller proportion of space overall than those of first class aboard the Titanic, there were several comfortable, large public rooms and elevators for the passengers to enjoy, so much in fact that the minority of the spaces provided were actually used during the voyage. 284 passengers boarded second class in a ship that could accommodate 410 second-class passengers.