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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTitanic survivor kept low profile in Bluffs
http://www.southwestiowanews.com/council_bluffs/news/article_51338ebe-8660-11e1-b6ef-0019bb2963f4.html
Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 3:35 pm, Sat Apr 14, 2012.
By Mike Brownlee
mbrownlee@nonpareilonline.com | 0 comments
As the great Titanic sank to its watery grave, Helen Delaney was thrown overboard.
Someone caught the 4-year-old, according to archive reports, and she survived the night, a fate her parents unfortunately didnt enjoy. The youngster ended up in Council Bluffs by way of an orphan train and lived here in anonymity until her death.
Delaneys story begins on April 14, 1912.
Staff photo/Erin Duerr
The headstone of Helen Marie Delaney, a survivor of the RMS Titanic, rests in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Council Bluffs.
Shortly before midnight the unsinkable Titanic struck an iceberg while traveling at near maximum speed in the frigid North Atlantic Ocean.
The frozen mass opened five of sixteen watertight compartments on the starboard (right) side the ship was designed to stay afloat with four or less flooded compartments which began the Titanics descent.
FULL story at link.
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Titanic survivor kept low profile in Bluffs (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2012
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Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)1. Kick
Raine
(30,540 posts)2. Interesting, THANKS for posting this! nt
KG
(28,749 posts)3. 'The youngster ended up in Council Bluffs by way of an “orphan train”....'