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Question: Who said"to call a ship unsinkable was flying in the face of God"!?
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"My mother had a premonition from the very word 'GO!.' She knew there was something to be afraid of and the only thing that she felt strongly about was that to say a ship was unsinkable was flying in the face of God!. Those were her words!."
-Eva Hart, Titanic SurvivorWww@QuestionHome@Com

"Ditto" and thumbs-up to Brook !Good luck !
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Mrs!. Esther Hart

Mrs Benjamin Hart (Esther Ada Bloomfield), 45, from Ilford, Essex, England was travelling to Winnipeg, MB, Canada with her husband Benjamin Hart (43) and their daughter Eva Miriam (7)!.
Esther and Eva were rescued in lifeboat 14 but Benjamin died in the disaster!.
Esther died in 1928

Throughout the voyage Eva's mother was troubled by a fear that some kind of catastrophe would hit the ship!. To call a ship unsinkable was, in her mind, flying in the face of God!.

"My father was so excited about it and my mother was so upset!.!.!. The first time in my life I saw her crying!.!.!. she was so desperately unhappy about the prospect of going, she had this premonition, a most unusual thing for her!."Www@QuestionHome@Com