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Herbert Henry Hilliard as a younger manHerbert Henry Hilliard as a younger man
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A case of mistaken identity?A case of mistaken identity?
John Jacob Astor’s Fatal MistakeJohn Jacob Astor’s Fatal Mistake
Tacoma Woman was on the TitanicTacoma Woman was on the Titanic
Artefacts recovered from Carpathia wreckArtefacts recovered from Carpathia wreck
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Herbert Hilliard standing by a lifeboatHerbert Hilliard standing by a lifeboat

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Jean travelled on the Titanic with her mother Ida... no stranger to tragedy, in 1903 she had lost two brothers in the fire that engulfed Chicago's Iroquois Theatre.

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ROSBLOM, Mrs Helena Wilhelmina — 22nd April 1870
RICHARDS, Mrs Emily — 22nd April 1887
YVOIS, Miss Henriette Virginie — 22nd April 1889

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FOXON, Mr Thomas South — 22nd April 1942
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