Here is a fac-simile of the note:
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This note was given by Rogers to a woman he was helping
into a life-boat. The woman, who signed herself "Survivor,"
inclosed the note with the following letter.
"You will find note that was handed to me as I was leaving
the Titanic. Am stranger to this man, but think he was
a card player. He helped me aboard a life-boat and I saw
him help others. Before we were lowered I saw him jump
into the sea. If picked up I did not recognize him on the
Carpathia. I don't think he was registered on the ship under
his right name."
Rogers' mother, Mrs. Mary A. Yates, an old woman,
broke down when she learned son had perished.
"Thank God I know where he is now," she sobbed. "I
have not heard from him for two years. The last news I
had from him he was in London."
FIFTY LADS MET DEATH
Among the many hundreds of heroic souls who went bravely
and quietly to their end were fifty happy-go-lucky youngsters
shipped as bell boys or messengers to serve the first cabin
passengers. James Humphreys, a quartermaster, who commanded
life-boat No. 11, told a li{t}tle story that shows
how these fifty lads met death.
Humphreys said the boys were called to their regular posts
in the main cabin entry and taken in charge by their captain,
a steward.
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