Mr Samuel Emest Hemming
Mr Samuel Ernest Hemming of 31 Kingslay Road, Southampton, was the lamp trimmer on the Titanic.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Emily Browning (born 30 August 1881, died on 22 January 1940) on June 4, 1903, and they had several children.
At 7.15 pm on the night of April 14th 1912 Hemming arrived on the bridge of the Titanic to report to First Officer William Murdoch that the ship's navigation light had all been lit. As he left Murdoch called him back and asked if he would closed the fore scuttle hatch. Murdoch had noticed that light was coming from the hatch and was concerned that it might interfere with the lookouts ability to spot ice.
After the collision Hemming and Boatswains Mate Albert Haines heard air escaping from the forepeak tank. They reported it to Cheif Officer Henry Wilde who was busy making an inspection. Hemming told Wilde that water was filling the forepeak tank but that the storeroom was still dry. Wilde left to report back to Captain Smith on the bridge.
After the ship sank Hemming was picked from the water by the occupants of lifeboat 4.
Hemming died in Southampton of 12 April 1928 aged 59.
Notes
Hemming gave his age as 40 but his death certificate shows he must have been older.
Available Documents
Crew Particulars of Engagement
General Register Office Certified
Copy of an Entry of Death
Inquiry Testimony
(Courtesy of the Titanic
Inquiry Project)
United States Senate Hearings, 25 May 1912, Testimony
Board of Trade Hearings, Testimony
References
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee on
Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912
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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Summary
Born: Thursday 24th December 1868
Age: 43 years
Marital Status: Married.
Last Residence: at 31 Kingsley Road Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Lamp Trimmer
Last Ship: Olympic
Deck crew
First Embarked: Belfast
Rescued (boat 4)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Thursday 12th April 1928
Cause of Death: Cancer
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