Lifeboat 9

### Boat 9 (starboard)

The lowering of Boat 9 at 1:28 A.M. with about 40 aboard was supervised by Murdoch, possibly with Moody assisting. Boatswain's Mate Albert Hames was put in charge with Able-Bodied Seaman George McGough at the tiller. Most passengers were women, with two or three men who entered when no more women came forward. One elderly woman refused to board, making a great fuss, and retreated below decks. May Futrelle, the wife of novelist Jacques Futrelle, was likewise initially reluctant to board; but after her husband told her, "For God's sake, go! It's your last chance! Go!", an officer forced her into the boat.Template:Sfn The millionnaire Benjamin Guggenheim brought Léontine Aubart, his French mistress, and her maid Emma Sägasser to Boat 9 before retiring to his stateroom with his valet, Victor Giglio. Both men removed their lifejackets and put on their evening dress. Guggenheim told a steward: "We've dressed in our best, and are prepared to go down like gentlemen. There is grave doubt that the men will get off. I am willing to remain and play the man's game if there are not enough boats for more than the women and children. I won't die here like a beast. Tell my wife I played the game out straight and to the end. No women shall be left aboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

Kate Buss and her friend Marion Wright were standing with their shipboard acquaintances Douglas Norman and Dr. Alfred Pain, watching the boats being lowered, when a call came for "Any more ladies". The two men brought Buss and Wright to Boat 9, who beckoned Norman and Pain to join them. However, the men were barred from entering by crewmen on the deck. Horrified, Buss demanded to know why they had not been allowed aboard. Haines told her: "The officer gave the order to lower away, and if I didn't do so he might shoot me, and simply put someone else in charge, and your friends would still not be allowed to come." Norman and Pain both perished in the disaster. The boat was picked up by *Carpathia* several hours later, at about 6:15 A.M.

## Notable occupants

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* Albert Haines (in charge) *Boatswain's Mate*
* Walter Wynne *Quartermaster*
* J. (Paddy) McGough *Able Seaman*
* W.C. Peters *Able Seaman*
* George Kemish *Fireman*
* William Ward *1st Class Saloon Steward*
* George Lefever\* *1st Class Saloon Steward*
* Alan Franklin\* *2nd Class Steward*
* James G. Widgery *2nd Class Bedroom Steward*
* Mme. Léontine Pauline Aubart *First Class Passenger*
* Mrs. May Futrelle *First Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsey Lines *First Class Passenger*
* Miss Mary C. Lines *First Class Passenger*
* Miss Emma Sägesser *First Class Passenger*
* Miss Catherine (Kate) Buss *Second Class Passenger*
* Mr. Sidney Clarence Stuart Collett *Second Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Jane Herman\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Miss Alice Herman\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Miss Kate Herman\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Miss Ellen Toomey\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Jessie L. Trant/Troutt\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Miss Bertha Watt\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Bessie Watt\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Mr. Charles E. Wilhelms\* *Second Class Passenger*
* Miss Marian Wright *Second Class Passenger*