encyclopedia titanica

A mailbag from the Titanic belonging to last living survivor Millvina Dean sold for pound2000 in Devizes on Saturday before the winning bidder handed it straight back to her Londonbased advertising agency director Trevor Beattie bid nearly pound2000 for the bag and then gave it back to 97yearold Miss Dean who sold the bag and other items at Aldridges sale of Titanic memorabilia to pay for her care at a residential home in Southampton The last survivor of the Titanic disaster she was a babe in arms when she and her mother left the stricken liner in the early hours of April 15 1912