This is Sydney's
Waverly Cemetery,
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many famous Australians are
buried here, and you'll find
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many classic sculpted symbols
here of hope beyond the grave,
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and you'll also find
a remarkable perspective
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Waverly was built on
top of the cliffs of Bronte
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an eastern suburb of
Sydney and it looks out over
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the Pacific, a wide blue ocean
stands behind all this gray
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burial stone. But what's
even more remarkable is that
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here in the cemetery, you can
find the figure who represents
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Australia's most
fascinating Titanic story.
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Yes, you are going to
meet the sole Aussie survivor
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of that Mid-Atlantic
tragedy and see how that ship
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set the stage for
a true love story.
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Waverly's Cemetery
was established in 1877,
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the first funeral
took place that year.
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Today you can see many
well-preserved Edwardian
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and Victorian monuments
scattered about its 41 acres.
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And this burial ground is
standing above the Pacific would
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eventually welcome in quite
a few significant Australians.
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You could walk by grave
markers with remarkable stories
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behind them, here's
Henry Lawson he was born into
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poverty and had
struggles with mental illness.
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Yet, he would become one of
Australia's most famous poets,
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in fact, his poems
like The Song of Australia
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would help define
a nation's identity.
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Here's another famous
Aussie poet Dorothea Mackellar,
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her work includes the
well- known My Country,
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perhaps the best known
Australian poem with the lines,
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I love a sunburn country
a land of sweeping plains,
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of ragged mountain ranges,
of droughts and flooding rains.
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Here lies Lawrence Hargrave,
the aeronautical innovator
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who invented the box kite.
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Arthur Tauchert was a
silent screen star in the
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Australian Cinema, he's
best remembered for his film;
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Charles Owen Peart was a
young circus entertainer,
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he became famous for
diving from a 15-meter tower
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into a small tank of
water only a meter deep.
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Sadly, he died in a diving
accident when he was only 19.
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But here we have a very
different into the water story,
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believe it or not,
it involves the Titanic.
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History's most dramatic Ocean
Liner tragedy and right here
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lies the one Australian-born
person who survived the
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unsinkable ship's
downfall, Evelyn Marsden.
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That 1912 event has
inspired many books and movies
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of course, including one
of the biggest blockbusters
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of all time, Titanic.
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Director James Cameron
managed to put together
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quite the love story on
that ship with actors like
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Kate Winslet, and
Leonardo DiCaprio.
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But Evelyn Marsden's experience
on the Titanic involves a
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real love story,
a real adventure,
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your about to discover it.
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We've come to the town
of Pigeon Forge in Tennessee
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it's not that far from the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
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and this Titanic museum allows
you to become a participant
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in what it calls, one of
the greatest human dramas
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of all time. This
is the unsinkable ship
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that sailed out of
Southampton, England
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on April 12, 1912, the
Royal Merchants Ship RMS Titanic
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It was a maiden voyage,
this was the golden era of
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shipbuilding beginning
in the 1890s and ending with
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the Queen Mary, the
White Starline had taken the
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Trans-Atlantic Ocean liner
trade to a whole new level.
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Building a shipyard in Northern
Ireland, the Titanic was
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40% larger than the
previous vessel, the Lusitania
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that paraded the oceans as
the largest vessel on earth.
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Fully loaded, the Titanic
weighed more than 52,000 tons,
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this new ship featured a
glamorous 1st class Ballroom
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and dining salon, it had four
elevators, and a swimming pool
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on board, the first one
built into an ocean liner.
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This was the Luxury Liner
and this is the Boarding Pass
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that would allow you on board.
This is how the richest and
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most famous people in the early
1900s could cross the Atlantic
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in the most stylish way.
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But way down in
3rd class compartments,
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many penniless immigrants
were crossing the Atlantic too.
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The Titanic was
supposed to be very, very safe,
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it had 16 compartments
that included door that could be
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closed from the Bridge, that
way water could be contained
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if the hull were ever breached.
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But then, on the evening
of April 14, 1912, came that
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fateful randevu with an iceberg.
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Iceberg! Iceberg! Right
ahead! Iceberg right ahead!
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[Bell Ringing]
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That day, warnings
about icebergs had been sent
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through wireless radio
operators up here to the Bridge.
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Imagine the man steering that
mighty vessel in this place,
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they must have been confident
even in the dark of night
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they had the latest and best
of equipment under their feet.
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Captain Edward Jay Smith sent
the Titanic, full speed ahead
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at 22 knots, it was
sailing south of Newfoundland.
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Suddenly, a lookout rang a
warning bell and telephoned
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this Bridge, a towering
iceberg had suddenly appeared
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straight ahead in the dark,
the helmsman swerved to miss it,
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engines were placed in reverse,
but that long, heavy vessel
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couldn't turn in
less than a minute.
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At 11:40 p.m., the iceberg
scraped along the starboard
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side of the bough,
cutting into the Titanic's hull,
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it was the beginning of the end.
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[Music]
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Evelyn Marsden climbed
and descended these stairs
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many times, this is
the Grand Staircase,
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it cost the museum over
a million dollars to build.
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Yes, a handcrafted wooden inlaid
24-carrot gold-leafed feature
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it took 1st class
passengers into the elevated
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Ship Board Society, the places
where the rich and the richer
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could mingle and have dinner.
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Evelyn Marsden had signed
on The RMS Titanic in 1912
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as a stewardess, she was
28 and single at the time.
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Evelyn discreetly
watched passengers gliding into
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the 1st class salon, they
included famous businessmen
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she recognized like John
Aster and Benjamin Guggenheim.
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For a week, she stood
by at their beck and call
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and Evelyn also served
as a nurse for the 1st class
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passengers, so she would
have known this area very well.
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How did this young woman
from South Australia make it
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all the way to the Titanic?
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Well, let's go back and see.
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Evelyn grew up back in the 1890s
here in the tiny railway town
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of Hoyleton, there's not much
left here now, but her father
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came here when Evelyn was 15
to become the station master.
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This teenager would spend
her holiday's at Murray Bridge
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a town outside of Adelaide,
family, friends, at a farm
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not far from the Murray River.
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Evelyn took a liking to the
row boats and learned to row
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quite well. For some reason
straining against the tides
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and currents of this
river was a challenge she loved,
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and Evelyn would become a
member of the Murray Bridge
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Women's Rowing Club.
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In her teens, Evelyn began to
see nursing as her life's work,
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after earning a degree,
she started working as a
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probationer nurse at
Adelaide Hospital in 1907.
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Her salary was 12
pounds a year and she was given
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apartment rations and a uniform,
but early on, Evelyn had another
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deep longing, she
wanted to explore the world.
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She wanted to experience
life in other countries,
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other cities, other
cultures, and this young nurse
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dreamed of doing that on
the deck of a big ocean liner.
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Now, all that was pretty
unique back in the 1890s and
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early 1900s, women
typically just stayed at home
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and went to
building a nice family nest.
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Furthermore, Evelyn wasn't
rich enough to travel that way,
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she couldn't do what
those wealthy business people
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did so often sailing from
Europe to America, in essence,
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she was the forerunner
of todays Ozzie Backpacker.
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But Evelyn eventually
did manage to find work as a
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ship stewardess,
now she could pursue
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her dream on the world's
most magnificent Ocean Liners,
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she was able to visit
exotic places in Europe,
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Africa, and the Mediterranean.
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Evelyn would send
postcards to her niece Ezila,
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that young woman
would keep 100 of them,
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postcards and words from
Cairo, the Suez Canal, London,
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Marcé, they
documented a life well-traveled.
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But on a voyage to
England, Evelyn found something
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even grander, this trained
nurse ran into the ship's
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young doctor, William James,
he seemed so distinguished,
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so handsome and
friendly, and for William,
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Evelyn seemed very charming,
hardworking, and optimistic.
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It didn't take long for
those two to fall in love,
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they found ways to work together
and they could take moments
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to walk around on the upper
deck together under a wide sky
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looking out at a vast ocean.
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Their feelings growing
stronger and stronger seemed as
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encompassing as the Atlantic.
They started making plans
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for a life together. William
was working for the White Star
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line as a physician,
Evelyn managed to transfer
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over to that
company as a stewardess,
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they were hoping to be assigned
to the same ocean vessels
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and it happened. Both got
a very enviable assignment
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in 1912, they were to be placed
on board the new RMS Titanic.
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This couple would become one
of the first to experience the
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style, opulence, and state
of art engineering of one of the
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wonders of that age.
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One day, Evelyn's niece Eslia
got a postcard from William
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after he was assigned to
the Titanic, delighted with the
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thought of sailing with Evelyn,
he had proposed, she'd said yes,
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now this was his fiancée, so
he sent a cousin a warm message
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I shall see you someday soon.
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But then, at the very
last minute, Dr. James, who had
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taken off the ship, the
White Star Line made a sudden
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roster change, the couple
was very, very disappointed.
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They had to say a
sad goodbye on the dock,
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little did they realize at
the time, this would actually
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save James's life.
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After the Titanic's
collision with the iceberg
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Evelyn didn't just
panic; she went up on the deck
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and began helping people
as the ship leaned ominously
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into the ocean, she
scurried about boarding women
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and children onto lifeboat 16.
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As it filled up, Bruce
Ismay, the manager of the
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White Star Line spotted Evelyn
still looking for more women
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and children, he quickly ordered
her to jump in, she protested,
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but I'm only a stewardess,
never mind, he replied.
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I've seen you give
way to several others,
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It's your turn now,
Evelyn was the last passenger
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onto lifeboat 16.
[screaming and yelling]
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An officer on the port
side of the ship lowered them
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down to the water at 1:35
AM, they were told to move away
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in the bitter cold, so
the little boat wouldn't be
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dragged under when that
huge vessel plunged down.
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Then, as they moved away, Evelyn
could hear a ship board band
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playing the classic
hymn Nearer My God to Thee.
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[Music of Nearer My God to Thee]
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That was the song of faith
that would keep rising off the
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Titanic's deck as
the vessel went down.
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Evelyn would stay on
that lifeboat drifting in the
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dark Atlantic for
two and a half hours,
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slowly, the other passengers
began to notice something
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remarkable, Evelyn was
rowing the boat and also
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taking care of the baby,
she kept rowing with the men,
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she kept at it at that
dark, cold, terrifying night,
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hoping to keep that
lifeboat on course away from the
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sunken Titanic and
toward other ship lanes.
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Her hands would be rubbed
raw by the oars through those
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long dark hours.
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But finally at seven in
the morning, the Carpathia
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came over the horizon, that
was the only ship that would
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arrive to rescue people on
the lifeboats, more than 1,500
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out of the 2,208
passengers and crew on that ship
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had perished. Evelyn was
now sailing in a warm vessel
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toward New York, back in
London Dr. William James waited
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in agony, he had no
idea if his fiancé had
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survived that
disaster that killed so many.
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but five days after the
Titanic sank, she managed to get
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a telegram out to
family, it said simply...
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Evelyn alive!
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William got the word and
almost slumped to the ground.
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Now he had life again,
now he was going to see his
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beloved Evelyn
again face to face.
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Evelyn managed to get on a
ship from New York to London,
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this couple's embrace on
the dock would stick with them
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for a long time. What had
happened seemed remarkable
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to them. William had
been transferred just before
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the Titanic departed, Evelyn
survived among the hundreds
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who didn't, they
were meant to be together.
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So William wasted no time,
they got married very quickly
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in Southampton, the happy
couple made it back to Australia
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in November of 1912.
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James and Evelyn settled
in Semaphore, South Australia,
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Dr. James began his practice
as a physician, evidently
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working at the
Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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In time, they had
moved to Bondi, Sydney, where
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Evelyn's husband
continued seeing patients,
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they would have no children
but they had a wonderful life
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together. That tragic
vessel somehow permitted a
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happy ending.
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The Titanic story has an
enduring appeal of course
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many books, shows, blockbusters,
it speaks to us of life's perils
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the way we may seem
done when we least expect it.
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After all, our world
today isn't terribly stable,
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there are big dangers out
there, terrorism, for example,
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isn't going away, ethnic
and cultural conflicts keep
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blowing up here and
there, the world economy
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goes up and down, yes, even
more dramatically than a ship
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trying to make
it through a storm.
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In other words, there are
plenty of threats around us,
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there are plenty of
things that can keep us worried
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and anxious. So a big
life question is this,
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how can we keep
stable, how can we keep steady,
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how can we keep rowing
our lifeboat even through the
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dark hours like Evelyn Marsden?
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This Aussie survivor story
actually suggests a key element,
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remember what Evelyn was
listening to as she rode away
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from the sinking
Titanic? Remember the hymn
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Nearer My God to Thee?
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Those musicians on the
deck kept playing it even as
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the deck angled
toward the ocean.
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Why, because we need to
grab hold of something steady in
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our chaotic world and
the steadiest thing is this,
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the rock of ages, the God
of scripture is the greatest
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source of stability, God is
rock steady, supremely at peace,
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tranquility flows
out of the Eternal One.
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This changeless consistent
God can bring His peace
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so close that it
becomes a love story.
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You can get really close to
Him, you can make a commitment
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like William and
Evelyn did under the wide sky.
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All kinds of people over
the ages have found great peace
00:21:11.07\00:21:15.04
and stability getting into
the Heavily Father's love story,
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getting Nearer My God to Thee.
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Evelyn and William are
lying side by side here in
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Waverly Cemetery,
this gravestone reflects
00:21:29.92\00:21:38.59
a life together, the couple's
grave was actually unmarked
00:21:38.63\00:21:42.46
until October of 2000,
when this headstone was erected.
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Evelyn passed away
in 1938 she was just 54,
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William James had to bury
the love of his life right here.
00:21:52.97\00:21:58.05
And living without
Evelyn just didn't seem doable
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even to a prominent
physician a week later,
00:22:01.62\00:22:05.02
William passed away,
some say, of a broken heart,
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resting together,
resting peacefully.
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Nearer my God to
Thee: nearer to thee,
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E'en though it be a
Cross that raiseth me.
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Still all my song shall
be, nearer my God to Thee
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nearer my God to
Thee, nearer to Thee.
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Where has your
life brought you to?
00:23:20.46\00:23:23.06
Can you sense peace,
even in the middle of a storm?
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Can you keep rowing to a
good place, not just fault or
00:23:26.57\00:23:31.34
misfortune? You know,
for me, this Waverly Cemetery
00:23:31.37\00:23:36.61
suggests a good place more
beautifully than just about
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anywhere else
because the tombstones here
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have this view out to the
wide ocean, they stand next to a
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big blue open world,
that's what the God of Peace
00:23:49.26\00:23:53.56
can bring us, that's
what the rock of ages gives us
00:23:53.60\00:23:56.87
a peaceful, stable life,
He enables us to keep rowing
00:23:56.90\00:24:02.80
to a good place.
00:24:02.84\00:24:04.41
Take hold of the rock of
ages, this can become your great
00:24:04.44\00:24:09.21
love story, you can make a
commitment, you can acknowledge
00:24:09.24\00:24:13.65
the providences toward God,
the ways He's come close to you.
00:24:13.68\00:24:20.59
Focus on the tune
those musicians played on the
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sinking Titanic,
Nearer My God to Thee.
00:24:24.13\00:24:27.70
Nothing helps us more
than getting closer to the
00:24:27.73\00:24:31.43
Rock of ages, nothing takes
us to a wider peaceful place
00:24:31.47\00:24:36.34
than a relationship with
this eternal Heavenly Father.
00:24:36.37\00:24:40.64
Still all my song shall
be, nearer my God to Thee,
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nearer my God to
Thee, nearer to Thee.
00:24:56.46\00:25:12.84
There in my Father's
home safe and at rest,
00:25:17.41\00:25:29.36
there in my Savior's
love, perfectly placed,
00:25:29.39\00:25:43.91
E'en tried to raise to
be, nearer my God to Thee
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nearer my God to Thee,
nearer to Thee. [Music]
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