Ramón Artagaveytia
Ramón Artagaveytia | |
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| Born | July 14, 1840 |
| Died | April 15, 1912 (aged 71) |
| Cause of death | drowning |
| Burial place | Cemeterio Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Citizenship | Uruguay |
| Occupation | businessman |
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Ramón Artagaveytia was a Uruguayan businessman who survived the sinking of the America in 1871 and did not board another boat for 41 years until he boarded the Titanic.[1][2]
Life
Ramon was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to Ramón Bernardo de Artagaveytía (1796-1852) and María Josefa Gómez (1806-1870).[3] On Christmas Eve of 1871, Ramon boarded the S.S. America while it has harbored in Punta Espinillo, Uruguay. Newspapers reported that the America had been racing another ship into Montevideo harbour and high boiler pressures had led to a fire.[4][5][6] There were 114 first class, 20 second class and 30 "popular" class. Only 65 passengers survived. Ramon escaped by jumping into the sea and swimming for his life. Many of the passengers were horribly burned, and the event left Ramon emotionally scarred.[3] Ramon moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1905 to take control of a farm where he lived until 1912.[1][3][7]
RMS Titanic
41 years after the America incident, Ramon traveled to Europe to visit his cousin who was the head of the Uruguayan Consulate in Berlin. He then boarded the RMS Titanic at Cherbourg-Octeville on April 10, 1912 to visit the United States before returning to Argentina.[8][3] According to a survivor named Julian Padro y Manent, On the night of the sinking, Ramon was observed with two other Uruguayan passengers, Francisco M. Carrau and his nephew, Jose Pedro Carrau; the three men were joking about the situation.[9][3][10] Ramon's body was discovered by the CS MacKay-Bennett. The following is the description of Ramon's body.[1][3][11][12][13][14][15]
NO. 22 - MALE - ESTIMATED AGE, 60 -HAIR GREY; BALD
CLOTHING - Blue overcoat; blue suit; white dress waistcoat;black boots and purple socks; two vests marked "R.A."; pink drawers alsomarked "R.A."
EFFECTS - Watch, chain and medals with name on; keys; comb;knife; eyeglass case; 27 pounds in gold; $20 gold piece; $64 in notes.
Remains delivered to Uruguayan Consul at Halifax
NAME RAMON ARTAGAVEYTIA
After Ramon's body was discovered, he was transported to Argentina and buried on April 18, 1912. A letter he wrote to his brother Adolfo and his gold swiss pocket watch were sold at auction for around $15,000 and $25,000.[16][17][18][19][20][21]
References
- ^ a b c Brady, Michael. "Voices of a Tragedy: Letters from the RMS Titanic". Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ Brewster, Hugh (2012-01-01). I Am Canada: Deadly Voyage. Scholastic Canada. ISBN 978-1-4431-1927-6.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ramon Artagaveytia : First Class Passenger and Titanic Victim". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/328029353.pdf
- ^ "South America". The Times. No. 27287. London. 31 January 1872. col D, p. 5.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 10284. Newcastle upon Tyne. 2 February 1872.
- ^ "Voices of a Tragedy". Oceanliner Designs & Illustration. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Brewster, Hugh (2012-02-16). Titanic: El final de unas vidas doradas (in Spanish). LUMEN. ISBN 978-84-264-2087-9.
- ^ (1912) Record of Bodies and Effects (Passengers and Crew S.S.)
- ^ Chiarelli, Stefania (2019-11-04). "Gabriela Aguerre - O quarto branco. São Paulo: Todavia, 2019". Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea (in Portuguese) (58): e5819. doi:10.1590/2316-40185819. ISSN 1518-0158.
- ^ "El último viaje de Artagaveytia en Deia. Noticias de Bizkaia". 2010-02-15. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Western Times (13 May 1912) THE ASTOR MILLIONS
- ^ Archives, Nova Scotia (2020-04-20). "Nova Scotia Archives - RMS Titanic Resource Guide". Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Hormaetxea, Josu (2010). Passengers of the Titanic, the last voyage of Ramón Artagaveytia.
- ^ "List of Identified". The Dakota chief. April 30, 1912. p. 7.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Titanic passenger's letter to be auctioned in Uruguay". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "Watch recovered from the body of a Titanic victim, hands frozen in time". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "Ramon Artagaveytia : First Class Passenger and Titanic Victim". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Archives, Nova Scotia (2020-04-20). "Nova Scotia Archives - RMS Titanic Resource Guide". Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ The Inter-Ocean (18 April 1912) Uruguay's Richest Man a victim
- ^ "Letter sent from Titanic fetches $12,000 at auction in Uruguay". Report News Agency. 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2025-01-17.