The anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is coming up. You may not know it but some of the survivors of that terrible night wound up in El Paso and remain here to this day.
April 15th, 1912, one of the greatest maritime disasters in history happened in the Atlantic, about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland; around 1,000 miles from New York.
That’s where the Titanic, a ship so well built and designed that it was deemed “unsinkable”, struck an iceberg and did just that. The Titanic sank, taking over 1,500 people to the bottom with it.
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Of the, (few), passengers that did make it off the doomed ship, a handful eventually made their way to Texas. A few settled in El Paso and they’re still here to this day. Well, their remains are anyway …
Which Titanic Passengers Came To El Paso?
Beila Moor and her son Meier Moor got lucky. They made it up from 3rd class, (the “bottom of the boat”), to the main deck and were standing near a life boat when an upper class lady gave up her set to go find her husband.
The Moor’s made it to Chicago, then moved west looking for a warmer climate. They got to El Paso in the late 1940’s and Beila died of a heart attack in 1958. Meyer passed away in 1975 and is buried in the B’nai Zion section of Concordia Cemetery.
Sadly, interest in the Titanic wreckage would claim a few more lives in 2023 …
What Other Titanic Survivor Came To El Paso?
Adal Nasr Allah was 17 when she made it on to one of the Titanic’s life boats. Her hubby wasn’t so lucky, falling victim, (apparently), to the “women and children first” rule.
Allah later remarried and moved to El Paso with her new husband in 1917 where the couple would live the rest of their lives. She died from a heart attack in early 1970 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.. (Star – Telegram)
Exploring the Titanic
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