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Mr. FREDERICK EDWARD OWEN TOOTAL, Saloon Class Passenger

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Frederick Tootal of London, England, was waiting for the elevator with Albert Byington, Lady Margaret Mackworth, and David Alfred Thomas when the torpedo hit.  

Here is what Tootal says about he and Byington in his 1915 testimony:

1160 (Q):  What did you then do? (A):  I was talking to a lady who was waiting for the lift when it happened, also to another gentleman [Byington] who was travelling with me, and we both took her by the arm and started going up the stairs, and we got on to the next deck, the "C" deck, on the portside.  We then went aft with her to the companionway leading up to the boat deck, where there was a big crowd, and they were taking women and children first, and we put her on to that.

Tootal and Byington entered lifeboat #17, but the seamen lost control and the boat spilled.  Both men survived.

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Contributors:
Michael Poirier

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