encyclopedia titanica

Although the popular legend about men dressing up as women to escape was mostly just that a legend there was one character known as the Coward who pops up in Titanic literature Logan Marshall in his 1912 book The Sinking of the Titanic described a man in womans clothing sneaking onto a lifeboat adding His identity is not yet known though it will be in good time There are a couple of possible miscreants one was Daniel Buckley a 21yearold third class passenger from Ireland who climbed into boat 13 with a mixed group including male passengers firemen and sailors He later said Mrs Astor saw him crying and threw her shawl over him Fifth Officer Lowe who had a tendency to describe anyone he disapproved of as Italian saw somebody suspiciously dressed like a woman in boat 14