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Matt Endacott
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Username: m_endacott
Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 11:54 am: | 
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On the Daily Telegraph's web site today, (6th of June, 2003) it reads "The last survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania, which led to America entering the First World War has reportedly died at 92 years" it continues "A report in The Times says Eve Pugh was six when the transatlantic liner, nicknamed the Queen of the Seas, was torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German U-boat. The attack happened on May 7, 1915."
It ends with a brief history of the sinking.
Is it true the newspapers & press are unaware of Barbara McDermott & Audrey Pearl? has anyone else read of this?
-Matt |
Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 252
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 1:23 pm: |
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Matt asked: "...Is it true the newspapers & press are unaware of Barbara McDermott & Audrey Pearl?..."
Obviously. Being in the news biz, I can tell you from experience that what we in the press don't know, and that's a lot(!), we usually get wrong, as is indicated by the glaring Daily Telegraph error. I used to contribute to AP and know they made mistakes constantly. It's the nature of daily reporting with deadlines. No time for fact checking; shouldn't admit it but it's true. |
Darren Honeycutt
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Username: darrenscott
Post Number: 313
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2003 - 2:17 am: |
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Why wasn't Eve Pugh a well known survivor if she really was on the Lusitania? |
Martin Owen Cahill
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Username: martin
Post Number: 183
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2003 - 12:25 pm: |
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I'm sure they are wrong.
when were they known to accurate about anything?
fact or fiction, fiction as fact, as long as it sells
Martin |
Eric Sauder
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Username: eric
Post Number: 310
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2003 - 4:58 pm: |
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Yvonne Marichal Pugh was probably not that well known because she never discussed the sinking publicly. This is just like third-class passenger Arthur Scott, who was also "unknown" until very shortly before his death because he didn't care to discuss the sinking.
Eric Sauder |
Matt Endacott
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Username: m_endacott
Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 8, 2003 - 5:25 am: |
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Has anyone got a passenger list with Eve Pugh on it? And if so, why has the press heard of her if she was never mentioned or known by lucy buffs?
Sounds a bit odd... |
Eric Sauder
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Username: eric
Post Number: 311
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 8, 2003 - 5:44 am: |
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Matt:
You won't find Eve Pugh on a passenger list because her name at the time was Yvonne "Eve" Marichal.
You also wanted to know why she wasn't known by Lusitania buffs but the press had heard of her. Probably because, as I mentioned, she never discussed the sinking publicly. After her passing, her family let the press know that she had been on board. Odd? Not really. L
Eric Sauder |
Filipe Prista Lucas Rodrigues Lopes
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Username: filipe_prista
Post Number: 24
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, June 9, 2003 - 12:30 am: |
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Dear Matt, as far as I am aware, Yvonne Marichal Pugh died in Hereford, on 15 September 2001, aged 92. Hope this helps.
Best regards, Filipe |
Jeff Jones
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Username: jeffjones
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 9, 2003 - 12:49 am: |
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I'm just a 'listener' on this list but the mention of Hereford, which is
where I live, caught my eye. There's a report from our local paper, the
Hereford Times, here:
http://www.thisisherefordshire.co.uk/herefordshire/archive/2001/09/20/hereford_news_latest110ZM.html
Cheers, Jeff Jones
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Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 257
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 9, 2003 - 2:13 am: |
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Thank you for sharing that link. It is good to learn about this lady. |
Darren Honeycutt
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Username: darrenscott
Post Number: 317
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 9, 2003 - 3:22 pm: |
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Some of these reporters sure do not go out of the way to do any research. Thanks Jeff for posting this article. |
Matt Endacott
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Username: m_endacott
Post Number: 22
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 5:33 am: |
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A little more on Yvonne Marichal.
She was travelling on the Lusitania with her parents, Mr & Mrs. Joseph P. Marichal and her brother and sister, Master Maurice and Miss Phyllis Marichal. They were booked into 2nd Class and according to my complete Lusitania passenger & crew list, they all survived. It also states they were from Kingston, Ontario. |
Craig Stringer
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Username: stringer
Post Number: 30
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 6:43 am: |
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Joseph Philibert Marichal had been born in Haute-Saone, France, on February 10th 1877. He married Jessie Emerson.
Their children were, Yvonne Jessie, born in Rochford, Essex, in 1909, Maurice R, born in Rochford in 1910, and Phyllis R, born in Rochford in 1913. |
