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Mary Wilburn (née Davies) (May 17, 1883 – July 29, 1987) was the longest-lived survivor of the sinking of the ''RMS Titanic'' on April 15, 1912. ==Aboard ''Titanic''== Born in Southwark, England on May 17, 1883, Davies, aged 28, boarded the ''RMS Titanic'' at Southampton, England as a second-class passenger and was travelling to visit her sister, Elsie F. Langford, on Staten Island, New York. She was asleep in her cabin when the collision occurred. She was awakened and told that there was no danger; so she returned to bed, only to be called again in a few minutes and told to get up on the highest deck, that the ship was sinking. She hurriedly dressed and then helped Lucy Ridsdale, her cabin companion, who was in the lower berth to do so; she was afflicted by a club foot. They then made their way to the boat deck. Two men assisted her into Lifeboat 13 and it was lowered. She remembered that the weather was clear, the water was calm, and a beautiful full moon lit the entire ocean for miles around. She stated that there was very little suction as the ship sank. She said that it was early in the morning when the ''RMS Carpathia'' hove in sight and pulled them aboard. She was numbed from the waist down and practically unconscious from exhaustion and cold. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Davies Wilburn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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