Monday, May 16, 2022

Titanic Survivor Adolphe Saalfeld-- Part 3: The Aftermath

"No one in our boat knew how many lifeboats were on the Titanic but ... there was ample time for saving every soul on board had their been sufficient boats....  

"The Captain and Officers  of the Carpathia did all  that was possible to make  us comfortable and to those that were sick or injured, they gave their tenderest care.  The icebergs were huge and the weather extremely  rough on the voyage to New York."

Afterwards, Saalfeld returned to his wife in England.  But as a male survivor of the disaster he found himself ostracized by  society and  his family reported that  he never slept properly again, often calling on his chauffeur to drive him around empty  midnight streets before he drifted off.

He died  in Kew, Surrey on June  5, 1926, at age 61.  He was still chairman of the firm, which continued to do business until 1954.    His estate was settled  on July 16, 1926, and his assets were worth 46,902 pounds.  Burial was at Golders Green Jewish  Cemetery in Barnet,  London.

--Cooter


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