straus

In the transcripts of the U.S. Senate hearings on the Titanic, Hugh Woolner is quoted as saying to Isidor Straus, “I am sure nobody would object to an old gentleman like you getting in.” Straus refused, saying he wouldn't get into a boat before the other men. No one seems to have caught the...

I believe Parks mentioned that the clock spotted on the fireplace mantle in the Strauss suite on C deck had it's intact hands frozen at '2:04'. Odds are the clock stopped the moment it became submerged- but some have suggested it may have continued to function for some minutes..... I'm...