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Walter Donald Douglas (April 21, 1861 – April 15, 1912) was an American business executive who traveled first class aboard the Titanic with his wife, Mahala, and maid, Berthe Leroy, in cabin C-86. Early life and businesses
Ms. Walter Douglas, a first-class passenger who survived the sinking, gave her account of the À la Carte Restaurant: It was the last word in luxury. The tables were grey with pink roses and white daisies […] the stringed orchestra playing music from Puccini and Tchaikovsky. The food was superb: caviar, lobster, quail from Egypt, plovers ...
Roderick Chisholm, 43, Scottish shipbuilder and co-designer the RMS Titanic. [38] William Denton Cox, 29, British steward aboard RMS Titanic. [39] Walter Donald Douglas, 50, American business executive. [40] Annie Funk, 38, American missionary. [41] Jacques Futrelle, 37, American journalist and writer. [42]
A Night to Remember is a 1958 British historical disaster docudrama film based on the eponymous 1955 book by Walter Lord, depicting the final night of RMS Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage after she struck an iceberg in 1912.
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result ... Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Harper; Mr.† and Mrs. Walter D. Douglas; ...
Following Titanic's success, stars such as Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio continued to find success in the industry. The film, which was released in 1997, was inspired by the historical ...
The Hotel Saint Louis suffered financially and was demolished in 1907. In its place, Walter Donald Douglas of the Quaker Oats fortune and his wife Mahala built a 27-room estate named "Walden". Douglas died in the Titanic disaster in 1912, but Mahala and her French maid Berthe Leroy survived. Mahala returned to Deephaven as a widow and lived ...
Dr. Walter Wilkins (Library of Congress/) A dignified figure with mutton chop whiskers, Wilkins said that he and his wife had traveled by train from their townhouse on E. 65th St. in Manhattan to ...