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Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 hours agoMy great grandfather died on the Titannic. He was engine-room crew.
Comment on Lemmings, please give us your info dump.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 hours agoMy great grandfather died on the Titannic. He was engine-room crew.
UncleArthur@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The Engineers were exceptionally heroic that night working to keep the power on, allowing the pumps, lights and radio to function. Their counter-flooding kept the ship on a fairly even keel, allowing the lifeboats to be launched from both sides of the ship. Joseph Bell was the Chief Engineer Officer on the ship, along with 24 engineers, 6 electrical engineers, two boilermakers, a plumber and a clerk. None survived. They have a memorial in Southampton.
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Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 8 hours ago
My great grandfather’s body was recovered and is buried at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Novia Scotia. His wife was never told his body had been recovered and my sister was the first member of the family to ever visit his grave.