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    What were the names of the two dogs who survived the sinking of the Titanic?

    Question #23644. Asked by Annie. (Oct 28 02 3:47 AM)


    Kainantu

    Did you know that THREE dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic? Two escaped on lifeboats and one was a hero!
    Read the short article:
    http://www.petsmart.com/dog/answers/behavior/articles/article_7155.shtml


    Two lapdogs, a Pomeranian owned by Miss Margaret Hays of New York and a Pekinese owned by Henry Sleeper Harper of the publishing family, boarded early lifeboats in the arms of their owners. The boats were so empty that no one complained!

    The hero dog , a Newfoundland, was called Rigel
    Henry Sleeper Harper's dog was called Sun Yat Sen
    Miss Margaret Hays dog was called ?

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    NOTE:
    ...that two dogs, a Pomeranian and a Pekinese, survived the sinking of the Titanic? They escaped on lifeboats with so few people and so early during the sinking that no one objected!
    Source: www.funtrivia.com, May '99


    Oct 28 02, 5:03 AM


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