
Titanic victim escaped noose before perishing on liner
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, actor Bernard Hill discovers the impact the tragedy had on the port of Southampton. Around 550 crew from Southampton died in the disaster. Titanic, Southampton Remembers tells the hidden stories behind the tragedy including the tale of the killer who escaped the hangman's noose only to perish in the north Atlantic. William Mintram from Southampton was a convicted murderer who worked as a stoker on the ill-fated liner. Joyce Mills remembers her great grandfather in one of the Titanic's darker tales.
Around 550 crew from Southampton died in the disaster. The unwritten rule of the sea 'women and children first' ensured the loss of husbands, fathers, sons. It plunged streets and houses into weeks of mourning and changed lives forever.
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