Nearly 100 years after Titanic plunged into the icy waters of the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage, a teenage boy thought to be the infamous ship's first victim finally has a headstone to mark his final resting place. Samuel Joseph Scott, one of 15,000 workers tasked with assembling Titanic and her sister Olympic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, died on April 20, 1910, after falling from a ladder into the open hull and suffering a skull fracture. The 15-year-old's body was placed in an unmarked grave in Belfast City Cemetery.
The new headstone for a teenage boy who died while working on Titanic, believed to be the earliest of the hapless ship's many victims, was unveiled during a ceremony in Belfast last Saturday.
The new headstone for a teenage boy who died while working on Titanic, believed to be the earliest of the hapless ship's many victims, was unveiled during a ceremony in Belfast last Saturday.
Nearly 100 years after Titanic plunged into the icy waters of the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage, a teenage boy thought to be the infamous ship's first victim finally has a headstone to mark his final resting place. Samuel Joseph Scott, one of 15,000 workers tasked with assembling Titanic and her sister Olympic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, died on April 20, 1910, after falling from a ladder into the open hull and suffering a skull fracture. The 15-year-old's body was placed in an unmarked grave in Belfast City Cemetery.
The new headstone for a teenage boy who died while working on Titanic, believed to be the earliest of the hapless ship's many victims, was unveiled during a ceremony in Belfast last Saturday.
The new headstone for a teenage boy who died while working on Titanic, believed to be the earliest of the hapless ship's many victims, was unveiled during a ceremony in Belfast last Saturday.
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