Jay Roches
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There was another article about a letter written by Lightoller: Titanic surviving senior officer details crew's bravery on eventful night | Daily Mail Online
The text of the letter is substantially the same as that described in the article posted here (the Yahoo article), but the picture in the Yahoo article clearly shows a letter of multiple pages, while the Daily Mail article shows a two-page letter in its entirety.
The document shown in the Yahoo article is actually a manuscript of Lightoller's Titanic and Other Ships. I searched for several strings of text seen in the article (e.g. "passengers naturally kept coming up to me") and found the same text in Lightoller's book. So, it would seem that the full letter is available at the Daily Mail article.
Add: Sotheby's sold the manuscript for 4,800 pounds in 2003. The photo for the sale of the manuscript matches the one used in the article. It seems like Yahoo just used a picture of Lightoller stuff, not the actual letter in the sale.
Another add: Just noticed Dave Gittins made this same observation two years ago.
The text of the letter is substantially the same as that described in the article posted here (the Yahoo article), but the picture in the Yahoo article clearly shows a letter of multiple pages, while the Daily Mail article shows a two-page letter in its entirety.
The document shown in the Yahoo article is actually a manuscript of Lightoller's Titanic and Other Ships. I searched for several strings of text seen in the article (e.g. "passengers naturally kept coming up to me") and found the same text in Lightoller's book. So, it would seem that the full letter is available at the Daily Mail article.
Add: Sotheby's sold the manuscript for 4,800 pounds in 2003. The photo for the sale of the manuscript matches the one used in the article. It seems like Yahoo just used a picture of Lightoller stuff, not the actual letter in the sale.
Another add: Just noticed Dave Gittins made this same observation two years ago.
