Summary Of The Journal Of Bessie Waldo Allison

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This is a journal of Bessie Waldo Allison. Mrs. Bessie Waldo Allison was a first class passenger on the Titanic. She sadly she died in the Titanic disaster on April 15,1912. When she first found out she was going to be traveling she decided she was going to write a journal about what she saw and what she thought of the trip. Bessie was twenty-five years old and was married to Hudson J.C. Mrs. Bessie Waldo Allison was traveling with her Husband Mr.Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison, her daughter Helen Loraine Allison and her son Hudson Trevor Allison. They were staying in cabin number C22/26.Mrs.Allison could have made it off the boat safely but was told her Husband Hudson Allison was on a lifeboat that was being lowered down on the other side

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