In the early 1990’s, I was fortunate to locate and correspond with Lusitania survivor Elsie Hook. She sailed on Lusitania with her father George and her brother Frank, and fortunately, all three survived the disaster. Elsie was probably the “best” survivor I ever corresponded with because she was 12 at the time of the sinking and had amazingly accurate memories of the disaster.
George had a number of items in his pockets when he went into the water as Lusitania sank, including a ship’s newspaper dated 7 May 1915 and this train ticket that he had purchased for Elise shortly after they sailed from New York. Elsie very kindly gave me the train ticket and a number of other items she had collected over the years related to Lusitania.
The Unseen Lusitania 