Cabin Allocations

Sloper's cabin number is not known for certain. A-12: Given the port of embarkation and ticket office A-12 would have been permitted for the price Sloper paid. Sloper's account appears in the book "The life and times of Andrew Jackson Sloper" Which is a book he wrote about his father but seemed to consist mainly of his own memoirs. In it he claims he "…was going through the door when Ross called out…" This was most probably the door of his cabin. But even if Sloper was leaving A-12, he would have still heard Ross, since A-12 was next door to Ross' cabin A-10. Sloper also confuses the reader in his account. In it he describes playing cards in the Lounge with Miss Gibson and others, when they leave and are "…standing at the top of the stairs…" Miss Gibson decided they should all go for a walk before retiring. Sloper then continues that he ran down one flight of stairs to his cabin. This gives an impression that he was on B deck. But there is more evidence that he was on A deck, he remembers meeting Mr Dulles (A-18).

Dodge, Dr. Washington
Dodge, Mrs Washington (Ruth Vidaver)
Dodge, Master Washington

"B-52 is the room I had."
"You had the suite?"
" I had the suite."

It has been suggested (Eaton & Haas 1994) that Guggenheim occupied cabin B-82-84 while his valet was in B-86). Etches said that Guggenheim occupied cabin B-84 with his valet. "the next cabins were empty untill you come to B-84 occupied by Mr Guggenheim and his valet and Mr Carter's valet occupied 86, the inside cabin." Later when describing the lifebelts and talking about Guggenheim's cabin he said there were three lifebelts in a room occupied by two.

In Lynch (1992) Loring and Rheims are mentioned in the Smoking Room talking to a steward and Loring says that his stateroom is right under the Smoking Room. B-97 and 95 are the only unoccupied cabins right under the Smoking Room. Mr Loring did not survive and any information known about him comes from Mr Rheims. In addition to the smoke room incident any information on the whereabouts of Mr Loring's cabin comes from Mr Rheims' accounts or letters. But Mr Rheims never mentions either his or Mr Loring's actual cabin number.

Anna Ward may have occupied B-101, if so then she would have berthed with Gustave Lesneur, a possibility but it is perhaps more likely that she would have occupied the same cabin as Mrs Cardeza (q.v.).

Peuchen thought Beattie and McCaffry were in A-8 (q.v.) and in cabins with numbers to that affect (Source: Senate inquiry). It is possible that they were moved after the Cave List was printed.

Not mentioned in Cave List. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin of 19 April 1912 quotes Mrs. Schabert as saying she was in 'stateroom 28 on the port side.' She also wrote after the sinking: 'Mrs Straus, who had a stateroom near me and with whom I often talked, refused to leave her husband.' Since Mrs Straus had her cabin on C-deck, we can deduce that Mrs Schabert most likely had her cabin on this deck as well.

On the Cave List, Miss Earnshaw's cabin is given as C-53. This is probably a mistake.

"What deck were you assigned to, if any?"
"C deck aft, on the starboard side... In number 85 were Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Cummings"

In her account Mrs Futrelle writes that she crossed the corridor to go to the Harris cabin.

Mrs Douglas (of C-86) implies that her maid occupied a cabin with Mrs Carter's maid. (Senate inquiry Testimony) if this is the case it is possible that they shared C-140. They could not have shared C-136, since Etches was in that cabin taking out lifebelts and throwing them in the corridor. If C-136 was occupied, Etches would not have been able to do so. Please do not exclude the possibility of C140. Sereplan's employers were on a deck above, so perhaps Sereplan and LeRoy were in C140, closer to the stairs.

It is known that a single lady occupied this cabin. Mr McGough said he knocked on the cabin door (across the hall to him) of a lady. Possibilities include Mrs Flegenheimer, Mrs Candee, Miss Willard or Mrs Lindström.  

[Now believed to be Margaret Brown, see Molly Brown: Mystery Unravelled]

Second Class

Her cabin is usually given as E-77 but this was actually a first class cabin. Although E-43 onward were originally second class cabins, first class cabins were later extended all the way to E-88 probably due to the anticipated demand which did not in fact materialize. It is possible that, once the low take-up of first class cabins was realized, E-69 onward were returned to second class, in which case Mrs Mack could have occupied E-77 although this is speculation. It is equally possible that E-77 is simply a transcription error.

Third Class

Sandström, Mrs Hjalmar
Sandström, Miss Beatrice Irene
Sandström, Miss Marguerite Rut

Ström, Mrs Wilhelm (Elna Matilda Persson)
Ström, Miss Telma (Selma) Matilda