Titanic Survivor : Elsie Doling
By: Alejandra Llamas
Elsie Doling Information
Elsie Doling was born on October 30, 1893. She was 18 when she got on board on the Titanic she was a second class passenger she traveled with her sister in law named Ada Doling .Both survived the sinking.
Elsie Doling
She lived in Southampton Hampshire England.On November 6 1920 she married an Indian Doctor William St. Alban Hendricks (1877-1966) and had 4 children. She died Friday March 3rd 1972.
Ada Doling
They put Elsie Doling and Ada Doling in a lifeboat. After the rescue by the Carpathia,Miss Doling and her relative returned to England on board the Philadelphia on 11 May 1912.
Titanic Sinking
Titanic
The structure of the ship made it "unsinkable" was that designers fit Titanic with the latest in marine technology, and the most extravagant fixtures and furniture. Once finished, Titanic's size and technological advancements were primary reasons why it was believed to be a practically unsinkable ship in the public's estimations.
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m) . Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m), she displaced 52,310 tons.
The total cost of the ticket was ($1200) today. Elsie Doling was a second class passenger her room on the Titanic it was a simple room medium sized with some furniture. It wasn't as fancy as first class but it wasn't as bad as third class. First class passengers had really fancy rooms with some new furniture and they has bigger rooms.
What Made The Titanic Sink?
Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The radio room had received a total of seven ice warning messages in one day. They use lifeboats to rescue some of the passengers.First all of the women then little kids. They tried to send the message "SOS" which means safe our boat.