Sunderland-born Charles Whilems was a glassblower on his way to start a new life in the U.S. He boarded the Titanic in Southampton on 10 April 1912 as a second class passenger and was one of the few survivors after it sank.
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Sunderland is a local government district of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Washington, and a range of suburban villages.
The district was formed in 1974, titled the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an amalgamation of four former local government districts of County Durham.
It was granted city status in 1992, the 40th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession.
