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FORCED TO SIGN, SHE SAYS

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FORCED TO SIGN, SHE SAYS

Titanic Survivor Got $25 Damages From White Star Line

Chicago, April 25 — Annie Kelly, a young Irish girl, a Titanic survivor, for a consideration of $25 was forced to sign a waiver of damages by agents of the White Star Line, according to her statement here.

She also asserts that the recipt for settlement in full for damages was signed by her while she was in a semi-conscious condition in a hospital and that steamship agents guided her unsteady hand after representing to her that the paper she was signing was a ticket to Chicago.

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2005) FORCED TO SIGN, SHE SAYS (Toronto Daily Star, Thursday 25th April 1912, ref: #4583, published 19 July 2005, generated 1st July 2024 01:07:21 AM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/forced-sign-she-says.html