The following excerpt is from an interview with Captain Smith in 1907 after he brought the Adriatic to New York on its maiden voyage: “When anyone asks how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog…
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Ship resurfaces in TV, film, museums The sinking of the Titanic has seeped into every corner of our collective consciousness so that the mere mention of the ship’s name, even before the 1997 blockbuster movie, has been packed with meaning. It’s been a century since the disaster, yet its scale and the stories attached to…
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From a rich philanthropist to ‘The Unknown Child,’ explore the lives of those who are eternally bound by one of the most famous oceanic disasters in modern history. Take a stroll around the scenic waterfront in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and you’ll find cozy restaurants offering local Digby scallops, coffee shops like Canada’s beloved and ubiquitous…
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Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg; 866 Rescued By Carpathia, Probably 1,250 Perish; Ismay Safe, Mrs. Astor Maybe, Noted Names Missing Biggest Liner Plunges to the Bottom at 2:20 A.M. RESCUERS THERE TOO LATE Expect to Pick Up the Few Hundreds Who Took to the Lifeboats. WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST Cunarder Carpathia Rushing to…
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