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They travelled to Cherbourg on a train from Paris. There on Wednesday 10th April 1912 they boarded the Titanic. Douglas and his nanny Elizabeth were in the first class cabin E 40. Mr and Mrs Spedden were near by in the first class suite E cheap canada goose 34. Helen Wilson who was the maid was in the first class cabin next door to Douglas uk canada goose outlet and his nanny.

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They both got dressed and left their cabin and tried to find out what had happened. By the time they got back they noticed that the ship was slightly listing to one side. They woke the servants. Young Douglas was woken up and dressed by his Nanny Elizabeth and to keep him calm she told him they were taking a ‘trip to the stars.’

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Mr. and Mrs Spedden with their six year old son Douglas, his nanny and the maid Helen all made their way on to the deck of the Titanic. They arrived on the starboard side as lifeboat 3 was taking on all women and children.

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Dead Passengers On board the lifeboat water was slowly seeping in. It was freezing in the Atlantic Ocean that night but the sea was calm. As the night turned into dawn the lifeboat now contained freezing water which came up to the passengers knees.

Canada Goose sale Six year Canada Goose online old Douglas was well wrapped up and slept with his teddy bear until the next morning when dawn came. It is just as well that Douglas did sleep.

He was spared the horrific sight of bodies floating all around the Lifeboats once the Titanic finally sank to the bottom of the ocean at 2.20 am on that terrible morning of 15th April 1912.