R.M.S. TITANIC: R.M.S. TITANIC: Rare photograph of Second-C...

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R.M.S. TITANIC:

R.M.S. TITANIC: Rare photograph of Second-Class passenger Anna Maria Sinkkonen. Anna boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a Second-Class passenger, travelling on ticket number 250648 which cost £13. On board the Titanic, she shared a cabin with Lyyli Silvén who was travelling with her relatives, Mr and Mrs William Lahtinen. On the night of the sinking Miss Silvén had been to a "dance" but Anna instead elected to retire early that evening and was in bed when Lyyli returned to their cabin. They were asleep at the time of the collision but were both awoken by a grinding bump. Lyyli was alarmed and left to find her relatives but Anna nonchalantly returned to sleep, for how long she couldn't be certain. She was wakened a second time by a steward pounding on her cabin door, shouting something that she couldn't understand. Lyyli returned shortly after delivering the news that the ship had struck an iceberg, but before they had enough time to prepare themselves another steward arrived and forced them from their cabin. Dressed only in her nightgown with a steamer rug wrapped around her, Anna stood on the boat deck and watched events unfold. Apparently separated from Miss Silvén, Anna described how she was grabbed by a crewman and thrown into a lifeboat (which one is uncertain), being forced under a seat and getting trampled as more passengers boarded, injuring her head. 14cm x 7cm. Ex-Phil Gowan collection.