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Miss DOROTHY DOUGLAS BRAITHWAITE, Saloon Class Passenger

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Dorothy Braithwaite, 24, of Montréal, Canada was on the Lusitania to see her sisters in London.  A researcher named Diane (I'm sorry, I don't have the last name) submits the following from a book, quoting a letter:

"Among them was Miss Dorothy Braithwaite, of Canada, coming to Lady Drummond here in London.  Both of Miss Braithwaite's sisters had been widowed on the same day, their husbands being killed in action, and when Miss Braithwaite heard of this she sailed immediately to come to her young widowed sisters. She was a beautiful girl, not more than twenty, and very frail."

Dorothy celebrated her 25th birthday onboard the Lusitania, on Wednesday, 5 May.

At the time of the torpedo's impact, Dorothy Braithwaite was in the lounge with Sir Frederick Orr- Lewis, Lady Marguerite Allan, Gwen, Anna, and Robert Holt.  They gathered on the portside where Sir Lewis' valet, George Slingsby, and Lady Allan's maids joined them.  Dorothy separated from them in the crowd and was last seen near lifeboat #14.

Afterwards Harold Boulton found her in the water and she died holding his hand.

The New York Times had erroneously printed her name on the survivors list, saying that she was from Morristown, New Jersey.

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Contributors:
Michael Poirier
Judith Tavares

References:
The New York Times, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 4.

The New York Times, Sunday, 9 May 1915

The New York Times, Monday, 10 May 1915

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