Mr Samuel Collins
- Biography
| Name: Mr Samuel Collins
Age: 35 years Last Residence: in Southampton Hampshire England Occupation: Fireman / Stoker Engine crew First Embarked: Southampton Rescued (boat 1) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 |
Mr Samuel Collins, 35, was born in Ramsgate, Kent.
When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 6 April 1912, he gave his address as the Sailors' Home, (Southampton). His last ship had been the Highland Laddie. As a fireman he received monthly wages of £6.
Collins was rescued in Emergency Lifeboat 1.
On 15 April 1939 Collins, together with Elizabeth Mellinger, Madeleine Mann (née Mellinger) and Emma Bliss met for a Titanic reunion dinner at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
Articles
Toronto Star, 16 April 1939, Rescued
by the Same Lifeboat Titanic Survivors United Again
Inquiry Testimony
(Courtesy of the Titanic
Inquiry Project)
Board of Trade Hearings, Testimony
Available Documents
Crew Particulars of Engagement
References
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
Wreck Commissioners' Court, Proceedings before the Right Hon. Lord Mersey on a
Formal Investigation Ordered by the Board of Trade into the Loss of the S.S. Titanic
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