Letter written by LUSITANIA disaster survivor, Robert Whaley writing to his mother, on the day the Lusitania was sunk.
The letter reads 'Friday, My Dear Mother, no doubt you will be wondering where I am. We expect to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow morning, so I will likely get into Newcastle on Saturday night. I don't know where I will stay, a lady on the boat recommended the Douglas Hotel, so most likely I will go there, wehre ever it is. I intend to stay a few daysm I don't know just how many, love to every body, Robert. Written on Friday May 8th- 1915 just before the Lusitania went down.
The newspaper clipping concerns Mr Whaley's experience from his letter to a friend, stating that he had a marvelous escape, as could not swim, had not life-belt, had to leave a life-boat, and then boarded another which was leaky and had to be baled out by two people to keep it afloat. He was rescued by a trawler which took them to Queenstown at about midnight.
The newspaper clipping concerns Mr Whaley's experience from his letter to a friend, stating that he had a marvelous escape, as could not swim, had not life-belt, had to leave a life-boat, and then boarded another which was leaky and had to be baled out by two people to keep it afloat. He was rescued by a trawler which took them to Queenstown at about midnight.
Record Details
| Item reference: | AGC/W/12; MSS/79/079.0 MSS/79/079 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 letter and 1 newspaper clipping. |
| Date made: | 08-05-1915; 1915-08-05 1915 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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