Titanic Canines

There were around 10 dogs on the TITANIC. John Jacob Astor had 2 Airedales on the ship
and was last seen walking Kitty on the promenade. Robert Daniels brought Champion French Bulldog named Gamin De Pycombe. Archibald Gracie came face to face with him when he was letting the dogs out of the kennel. Someone from Collapsible A saw him swimming. Robert Daniels later married a fellow survivor and started "Pycombe Memorial
Hospital" in Pennsylvania. Ann Isham refused to get into a lifeboat without her St Bernard, Toujours saying" I have raised him from a small pup; I can't abandon him now." A German ship called the Bremen, Reportedly spotted an elderly woman with a large dog in her arms, floating on the sea. The Carters brought two King Charles Spaniels along and kept them in their cabin except when some sailors took them for a walk. The Bishops brought along a Frou Frou but left him in their cabin deciding that human life was more valuable, said good bye, and locked him in his cage in their cabin. As Robert
Ballard passed by some cabins, he thought he heard barking.Only Margret Hayes' Pomeranian and Henry Sleeper Harper's Peninske survived.

Archibald Gracie

Archibald Gracie the fourth was born on January 17th, 1856, in Mobile, Alabama. Gracie’s father was killed in the Civil War at the battle of Chikamauga. Gracie earned the family fortune and lived in Washington D.C. When he was 53, Gracie was going on the R.M.S. Oceanic to Europe without his wife and daughter. he later decided to come home on the Titanic. Gracie discovered he was out of shape so he spent most of his time in the gym. Gracie also made many friends like were R.C Cornell, John Murray Brown, Miss Edith Evans, and E.D. Appleton and her husband. Gracie spent most of his time with Mr. and Mrs. Isador Strauss talking about their connection in the Civil War(See Until Death Do Us Part. On April 14th, 1912, Gracie was awakened by a jolt and found ice in his cabin. Mr. Wright, Gracie’s friend also was disturbed and they both found out the ship was doomed. Then the two helped women and children into the boats until the last Lifeboat left. Gracie and Wright were on deck when water surged up. Both men scrambled on top of the bridge until water washed them away. Gracie was able to climb upon Collapsible B after being nearly sucked down, but Wright disappeared. Gracie’s coat was sucking him down, but he escaped the pressure and was pulled in Collapsible B and survived. Gracie later wrote a book called The Truth About The Titanic, but he died on December 4th, 1912 because of damage to his lungs and heart and the salt water made one ear drum burst and hopelessly clogged the other ear and didn’t finish his book. Archibald Gracie was the third survivor of the Titanic that had died. His last words were, "We must Get Them All Into The Boats".