G'day, Inger!
>>I wonder if he was genuinely confused about brother 'Clyde' being on the ship, or simply an attention seeker or possibly genuinely disturbed.
And keep in mind that he was probably pretty 'hung over.'
Inger, you may be able to add some more to this, but quite often family members will have pet names for each other that aren't what those people are known by in the outside world. I seem to recall seeing "Clyde" Phillips somewhere else, but at this point I can't remember where. Anyway, it didn't strike me as terribly odd when I saw it in this particular article -- especially coming from "Clyde" Wiley.
Nevertheless, I should also ask you, Inger, whether, through your research, you question the existence of a Phillips half-brother. I've found evidence of a couple of supposed Titanic-survivor imposters right around here.
Hi, Mark:
>>I've read a couple of accounts by Bride in which he claimed Phillip's made it to Collapsible B, then they transferred to LB 12 where, supposedly, Phillips died.
That TNT article above was printed on April 26, when information was still being sorted out, in a city that was far removed from primary news sources. Given that, I'm amazed the western Washington newspapers did as great a job as they did reporting the disaster. I tend right now to agree with Inger that those accounts of Phillips making it to 'B' are questionable (that doesn't mean they're necessarily wrong, but we do what we can with what we've got). Bride also wrote that Phillips' was one of the bodies the
Carpathia buried at sea, but this was contradicted by others, I think.
Best wishes!
Roy