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- Mrs Clark left Titanic with Mrs Astor in lifeboat 4. She recalled Mrs Astor insisting that the lifeboat be turned around to rescue more people; the lifeboat eventually pulled around eight crewmen from the water. When the ship eventually founded Mrs Clark recalled the "heartrending moans and cries" of those struggling in the water.
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Mrs. Clark was compelled to enter lifeboat 4 by an officer, leaving her husband behind. She recalled: Mrs. Astor was also in the same lifeboat; Mrs. Astor insisted on turning the boat around to rescue more people; They pulled about eight crewmen from the water; Virginia witnessed the “heartrending moans and cries” of those struggling in the ...
- Female
- May 30, 1885
- American
- December 21, 1958
Mar 19, 2021 · Astor eventually changed his mind as he helped his wife into the lifeboat number four and asked if he could accompany her since she was with child, but he was told he must wait until all women and children occupied a spot.
- Sandra Mardenfeld
An account of Madeleine Astor's boarding of the lifeboat was given by Archibald Gracie IV to the US Senate Titanic inquiry. Gracie was a fellow passenger and recalled the events regarding Mrs. Astor in the following terms.
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Mrs Virginia Estelle Clark (née McDowell) was born in Helena, Montana on 30 May 1885.1 She was the only child of Samuel Kendrick McDowell (1858-1902), a US deputy marshal, and Addie May Caldwell (1862-1940). Her father was born in Illinois whilst her mother hailed from Colorado.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5H-5LZ: accessed 17 October 2019), Estelle M Mcdowell in household of Saml K Mcdowell, Helena Township Helena city Ward 4, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 10B, family 204, NARA microfilm pu...
Virginia and Walter took a belated honeymoon to Europe in early 1912 but cut their trip short to return home and celebrate their son's birthday; they boarded Titanic at Cherbourg as first class passengers on 10 April 1912 (ticket number 13508 which cost £136, 15s, 7d) and occupied cabin C89.Virginia was alone in her cabin when the collision occurre...
She later made the journey back to Los Angeles via Chicago and was met in Salt Lake City, Utah by William Clark, her husband's cousin and close friend; here it was reported that she was in great shock and distress. She went to her mother's home in Los Angeles where she was prostrated with grief for weeks. Virginia married twice more. "New York, New...
- Female
- May 30, 1885
- Walter Miller Clark
- December 21, 1958
Mrs Clark left Titanic with Mrs Astor in lifeboat 4. She recalled Mrs Astor insisting that the lifeboat be turned around to rescue more people; the lifeboat eventually pulled around eight crewmen from the water.
Madeleine Astor survived the sinking of the Titanic, rescued by Lifeboat 4. Tragically, her husband John Jacob Astor did not survive the disaster. As a first-class survivor, Mrs. Astor’s story became part of the broader narrative of the Titanic’s legacy. What happened to Madeleine after the Titanic?
