According to a report on page 3 in today's "The Editor", a supplement to "The Guardian":
"Annie Caton, a 50-year-old Turkish bath attendant, survived the sinking of the Titanic, but received no sympathy from her bosses at the White Star Line when she went to collect her pay, "Her hours were calculated with ruthless efficiency." reported the Daily Telegraph. "Her entitlement to pay ended at the moment the ship went down and her termination of employment was entered as the precise moment the "unsinkable liner" sank on April 16 1912." The woman's employment log, which was passed down through several generations of her family, is to be auctioned at Christie's [presumably in London], where it is expected to fetch £2,000."
I shan't be bidding but some other members of ET may wish to consider it.
"Annie Caton, a 50-year-old Turkish bath attendant, survived the sinking of the Titanic, but received no sympathy from her bosses at the White Star Line when she went to collect her pay, "Her hours were calculated with ruthless efficiency." reported the Daily Telegraph. "Her entitlement to pay ended at the moment the ship went down and her termination of employment was entered as the precise moment the "unsinkable liner" sank on April 16 1912." The woman's employment log, which was passed down through several generations of her family, is to be auctioned at Christie's [presumably in London], where it is expected to fetch £2,000."
I shan't be bidding but some other members of ET may wish to consider it.