Lifeboat 3

**Lifeboat 3** was the third boat to be lowered from the starboard side, and the third one lowered overall. It was one of the 14 standard wooden lifeboats, and it departed with around 38 people, even though other sources stick to 32.

Once all the available women and children had been put in to the boat, men, including a handful of the ships firemen, were allowed to jump in. Then at around 12:43 A.M., Murdoch and Lowe supervised the lowering of the boat. At the same time, Lifeboat 6 was being launched on the other side by Captain Smith and Second Officer Lightoller.

Able seaman George Moore was put in command of lifeboat 3 by Murdoch. In the water, it is said that two of the boats oars were lost overboard, possibly due to the effect of the cold on the crew’s hands. At least two survivors who were aboard the boat stated that there was no light in the boat. With the lack of light in the boat, the passengers burned what they could find to try to make themselves visible to *Carpathia*. Mostly women and children boarded, with a few men allowed in at the end. They included Henry S. Harper, who was accompanied by his valet, dragoman and Pekingese dog, Sun Yat Sen.

All the passengers and crew aboard lifeboat 3 were rescued by *Carpathia* and taken to New York.

Around 32 people boarded Boat 3, with Able-Bodied Seaman George Moore put in charge by Murdoch.

As happened many times that night, male passengers helped their wives and children to board and then stood back, accepting that they would go down with the ship. A notable example was the railroad manager Charles Melville Hays who saw his wife into Boat 3 and then retreated, making no attempt to board any of the remaining lifeboats. Margaret Brown later described the scene in an interview with *The New York Times*:

> "The whole thing was so formal that it was difficult for anyone to realise it was a tragedy. Men and women stood in little groups and talked. Some laughed as the boats went over the side. All the time the band was playing ... I can see the men up on deck tucking in the women and smiling. It was a strange night. It all seemed like a play, like a dream that was being executed for entertainment. It did not seem real. Men would say 'After you' as they made some woman comfortable and stepped back."
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## Occupants

* George Moore (in charge) *Able Seaman*
* C.H. Pascoe *Able Seaman*
* Charles Donald Mackay\* *1st Class Bathroom Steward*
* Mr Harry Anderson\* *First Class Passenger*
* Miss Elizabeth Margaret Burns *Nursemaid of the Spedden family*
* Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza *First Class Passenger*
* Charlotte Wardle Cardeza *First Class Passenger*
* Robert Williams Daniel\* (7?) *First Class Passenger*
* Mr. Albert A. Dick *First Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Vera G. Dick *First Class Passenger*
* Orian Davidson *First Class Passenger*
* Mary Fortune McDougald\* (10?) *First Class Passenger*
* Alice Elizabeth Fortune\* (10?) *First Class Passenger*
* Ethel Flora Fortune \* (10?) *First Class Passenger*
* Mabel Helen Fortune\* (10?) *First Class Passenger*
* Mr. G. les Neur *servant of Cardeza Family*
* Henry Sleeper Harper *First Class Passenger*
* Mrs. Mayra Harper + her dog Sun Yat Sen *First Class Passenger*
* Mr. M. Houssein Hassan *First Class Passenger*
* Mr. Walter James Hawksforth\* *First Class Passenger*
* Clara Jennings Hays *First Class Passenger*
* Mary Anne Perreault *Maid of the Hays Family*
* Mr. Adolphe Saalfeld\* *First Class Passenger*
* Oberst A. Simonius-Blumer\* *First Class Passenger*
* Dr. Max Staehelin\* *First Class Passenger*
* Frederick Oakley Spedden *First Class Passenger*
* Margaretta Corning Spedden *First Class Passenger*
* Robert Douglas Spedden *First Class Passenger*
* Miss Annie Moore Ward *Maid of Charlotte Cardeza*
* Miss Helen Alice Wilson *Maid of the Spedden family*

\*= not certain