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Tale of Titanic survival shared in family memoir

Sunday marks the anniversary of the Titanic disaster, when the unsinkable ship struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the frigid waters of the Atlantic. Julie Hedgepeth Williams, who grew up in Raleigh, fondly remembers the stories her great uncle told about surviving the disaster. Her book includes her late uncle Albert Caldwell's vivid account of that infamous night.
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Sunday marks the anniversary of the Titanic disaster, when the unsinkable ship struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the frigid waters of the Atlantic. Julie Hedgepeth Williams, who grew up in Raleigh, fondly remembers the stories her great uncle told about surviving the disaster. Her book includes her late uncle Albert Caldwell's vivid account of that infamous night.

Photographer : Robert Meikle
Reporter : Scott Mason
Posted 2013-04-11T17:25:00-0400 - Updated 2013-04-11T17:25:00-0400