Mrs. Harold Smethurst (Alice)

Alice Smethurst, 24, was a British national from New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States.  She was traveling on Lusitania with her husband Harold.  During the sinking, Harold put Alice in a lifeboat and, saying that women and children were to go first, Harold did not join her despite her protests.  After Alice’s boat left, Harold put on a life belt, slipped into the water, and floated until a boat picked him up.

References:
The Daily Missoulian, Sunday, 9 May 1915, page 3.

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