BRIDGEPORT, Conn. April 18--Surviving the Titanic disaster April 14, 1912, by swimming for hours in the icy waters until picked up by a rescue ship, Oscar Palmquist of 42 Lenox Avenue was drowned in six feet of water in a pond in Beardsley Park into which he is beleived to have wandered.
Missing since March 23, Palmquist's body was discovered in the pond today.
Encyclopedia Titanica (2003) Titanic Disaster Survivor Drowns in a Shallow Pond (New York Times, Sunday 19th April 1925, ref: #1783, published 21 November 2003, generated 4th December 2024 05:58:17 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-disaster-survivor-drowns-shallow-pond.html
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