Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA letter written by Henry Price Hodges, a second-class passenger on the Titanic, is expected to fetch up to £35,000 at auction in Wiltshire.Dated 10 April 1912 and postmarked Queenstown, the letter was addressed to a friend and described the fine weather and good atmosphere on board the ship. Mr Hodges, who boarded in Southampton, detailed various passenger activities, including marching, singing, and “playing dominoes & cards in the saloons”.Mr Hodges died five days later when the Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, an event that claimed 1,500 lives.Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge emphasised the letter's historical significance, saying that it provides a unique snapshot into the life of a second-class passenger on the ill-fated liner. In fullRare Titanic letter written days before disaster provides ‘priceless snapshot’ into life onboardMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Final letter from Titanic passenger describes life on doomed ship
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA letter written by Henry Price Hodges, a second-class passenger on the Titanic, is expected to fetch up to £35,000 at auction in Wiltshire.Dated 10 April 1912 and postmarked Queenstown, the letter was addressed to a friend and described the fine weather and good atmosphere on board the ship. Mr Hodges, who boarded in Southampton, detailed various passenger activities, including marching, singing, and “playing dominoes & cards in the saloons”.Mr Hodges died five days later when the Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, an event that claimed 1,500 lives.Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge emphasised the letter's historical significance, saying that it provides a unique snapshot into the life of a second-class passenger on the ill-fated liner. In fullRare Titanic letter written days before disaster provides ‘priceless snapshot’ into life onboardMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
