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the Titanic when the last lifeboat
was lowered"
| Two brothers of Mr.. Allison
George B. Allison and Percy w
Allison the clipping continued,
came from Montreal to meet their
nephew. They did not abandon hope
that Mr.. and Mrs. Allison had been
rescued until the Carpathia reached
her pier. Mr.. Allison was of the
banking firm of johnson, McCon-
nell & Allison of Montreal"
Still another reference to the
Allisons was found by Mrs. Hagan
in a book, The Truth About the
Titantic," by Archibald Oracle.
The author of this book states:
Mrs. H. j. Allison and her daugh-
ter, Miss Allison, could have been
saved had they not chosen to re-
main on the ship. They refused to
enter the lifeboat unless Mr.. Allison
was allowed to go with them. This
statement was made in my pres
ence by Mrs. H. A. Cassoler of New
York, who related it to Mrs. ALI
sons brother, Mrs. G. F. Johnston
and myself"
Neither of these published state
ments, Mrs. Hagan pointed out,
necessarily refutes the story of Mrs
Kramer's foster father, Mr.. Hyde
Could Have Transferred Child.
IF Mrs. Allison and her daugh-
ter declined to board the lifeboat
without Mr.. Allison" explained Mr.
Hagan," then it would be perfectly
natural for Mr.. Allison to give the
daughter presumed to be Lorraine
Allison) to a man who was getting
in the lifeboat and ask him to take
care of the little girl.
1T would be very easy for others
to make the mistake of thinking
that the daughter was left behind
with Mr.. and Mrs. Allison"
On the first cabin" passenger list
of the Titanic. published in news
papers at the time of the disaster
there appeared the following entry
H. j. Allison, wife, daughter and
son, maid and nurse
The name of Hyde, as Mrs
Kramer identified her foster father
did not appear on this list, but OBJ
servers pointed out that perhaps
this name was on a crew list or
list of passengers in other travel
classes on the steamship. The Alien
Registration Division was busy
checking this possibility in the
Library of Congress files today.
Mrs. Kramer, in her letter to the
Alien Registration Division director
declared that until she wrote Mr.
Hyde asking him to send her birth
certificate she had always believed
that she was his daughter. Mr.
Hyde. after he lost his own wife and
little girl" continued Mrs. Kramer
lust decided to say was his little
girl, and so he did,
Alien Registration Division Off
Gals said that Mrs Kramer had beer
married three times, to an American
citizen in each instance, and has
three children.
IF it is true that her father was
this H. j. Allison" spokesman for
the division said today, lit looks as
if she will have to register as nom
citizen, for apparently he was Ca
madam and not a Pennsylvania, as
Mrs Kramer had believed"
Mrs. Hagen said that her brother
Mr.. Fox, boarded the Titantic at the
last moment, and therefore his name
did not appear on the first passenger
lists that appeared. The London Of
flee of the steamship line later ad-
vised her that he was on board, how
ever, and his body was picked up at
sea, floating with a life preserver
two weeks after the Titantic sank.
He was frozen to death, moi
drowned" said Mrs. Hagen. There
was no water in his lungs.
Mrs. Hagen is the wife of DR.. Wal
ter L. Hagen, Washington dentist.
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