"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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