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William H Draeger
| | Posted on Saturday, September 9, 2000 - 5:48 am: | 
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On page 683 of the Senate Hearings, seaman Frank
Oliver Evans testified that after Boat 14 was tied
up to Carpathia and all the occupants were off
loaded..."I picked up a big satchel that was in the bottom of the boat, and I threw it up to the
master-at-arms of the Carpathia" First of all the
satchel had to be light to be thrown up! Second,
what was in the satchel? Passenger luggage? Could
it have been a Purser's satchel? Why did Evans
throw it to the master-at-arms? Why not a Purser
or Steward? Was the content of the "big satchel"
ever disclosed?
Any info or ideas out there?
Bill |
Mike Herbold
| | Posted on Saturday, September 9, 2000 - 10:34 am: |
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Very interesting, Bill. It's too bad that Senator Smith was doing the questioning, because Evans was an important witness, and was involved in many significant parts of the disaster, like the watch, the loading of passengers, the search with Lowe for survivors, and the rescue of collapsible A. Smith's interview of him and Evans' answers are often confusing and the whole conversation seems rushed -- like it's 11:45 already; let's hurry up and get this over and break for lunch.
Why wasn't Evans a witness at the British Inquiry?
Back to your satchel question. No idea yet, but you sure sent me looking in a lot of different directions. |
Mike Herbold
| | Posted on Saturday, September 9, 2000 - 11:27 am: |
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My apologies to Senator Smith. That was 11:45 at night when he finished questioning Evans. Unfortunately when Smith and Senator Flecher talked to him the next day (Friday, April 26, 1912), they didn't ask about the satchel. |
