The Tragic Survivors

Image being as lucky as to survive the most famous maritime disaster only to die a few years later or so. These are the stories of the Titanic's tragic survivors.

Eliza Hocking 1858-1914

Eliza escaped the Titanic in lifeboat 4, with her daughters and two grandsons, sadly her son died in the sinking. Fast forward to 1914 only two years after the tragedy and Eliza was on the way to visit her daughter. She was found unconscious in the street just across the road from a hospital, after being bought in to the hospital she was found to have a wound on the back of her head and heavy bruising to her body, she was identified from a receipt found in her pocket. It looks as though Eliza may have been struck by a car, although foul play has also been taken into consideration, Eliza died on the second anniversary of the sinking and she is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Akron. She was 56.

Hudson Trevor Allison 1911-1929

Trevor pictured here with his sister Helen, escaped in lifeboat 11 with his nanny Alice, sadly Trevor's sister, mother and father all died in the sinking. Moving on to 1929 Trevor contracted Ptomaine Poisoning (Known today as Food Poisoning) and passed away. He is buried along with his father in Chesterville Ontario. He was 18.

Frederick Fleet 1887-1965

Frederick was the lookout aboard the ship, he was rescued in lifeboat 6. Fast-forwarding to 1965 and Frederick having lost his wife, was evicted by his brother in law, who they had lived with. Frederick then took his own life two weeks later by hanging himself. He was buried in an unmarked paupers grave at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton. In 1993 a headstone was erected for him paid for by donations by the Titanic Historical Society. He was 77.

John Borland Thayer 1894-1945

John escaped in Boat B, John's sons both signed up to fight in the second world war, with his son Edward being killed in action at the pacific. This led John into a deep depression and he took his own life by stabbing in 1945. He is buried at the Church of the Redeemer in Pennsylvania. He was 50.

Robert Douglas Spedden 1905-1915

Robert was rescued in lifeboat 3 along with his family, only 3 years later Robert was hit by a car near his family's summer camp in Maine and he died of concussion two days later. He is buried in Tuxedo Park in New York. He was only 9.

Many people lost their lives that night in 1912, but to lose your life only a few years later or even take it yourself. Would have it been better for them to perish upon the ship? Let me know what you think.