Saturday, March 2, 2013

Ten People Who Did Not Board the Titanic

From the December 8, 2011, Listverse.

10.  Robert Bacon--  US ambassador to France, booked passage, but his replacement arrived late so had to stay.

9.  Baron M. von Bethmann--  tossed a coin and didn't go.

8.  Norman Craig--  Scottish member of Parliament just decided not to go.

7.  James Martin Gray--  reverend Reformed Episcopal Church left a week earlier.

6.  Edgar Selwyn--  Famous American theater actor from first half of 20th century.

5.  David Blair--  of the White Star Line.

4.  Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I--  from the rich family.

3.  J.P. Morgan, Henry Clay Frick, J. Horace Harding

2.  Rev. J. Stuart Holden--  vicar of St. Paul's Church in London

1.  Milton Hershey--  businessman and owner of Hershey Chocolate Company.

You Never Know Why Some Don't Go in Things Like This.  --Cooter

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