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The Untold Story of the Titanic

2012-07-10T19:47:00-06:00

The following is an excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2000: Did you know that the Titanic included black passengers? Joseph Laroche, a Haitian-born, French-educated engineer left France with his family in 1912. Like Margaret Brown, they did not intend to travel on the Titanic. Joseph Laroche was born in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and traveled [...]

The Untold Story of the Titanic2012-07-10T19:47:00-06:00

Aftermath of the Sinking of the Titanic

2012-06-12T19:53:24-06:00

Once the Carpathia docked in New York City on April 18th, the reality of 1,500 lost crew and passengers devastated those waiting for news. The Halifax, Nova Scotia office of the White Star Line spent weeks recovering those lost at sea. From the Library of Congress The SS Mackay-Bennett was the first ship [...]

Aftermath of the Sinking of the Titanic2012-06-12T19:53:24-06:00

Extra! Extra!

2012-05-01T15:17:48-06:00

“PASSENGERS SAFELY MOVED AND STEAMER TITANIC TAKEN IN TOW” (Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 1912) “ALL SAVED FROM TITANIC AFTER COLLISION” (New York Evening Sun, Monday April 15, 1912). “2,000 LIVES ARE SAVED OFF WRECKED TITANIC BY WIRELESS: VESSEL IS REPORTED SINKING.” (Denver Times, Monday evening April 15, 1912). These are just three newspaper headlines [...]

Extra! Extra!2012-05-01T15:17:48-06:00

Conclusion of Mrs. Brown’s Titanic Story

2012-04-16T17:24:30-06:00

End of Statement of the Great Disaster Thursday, May 30th, 1912- The Gravity of the situation was there and then relieved, if the expression on faces was any criterion. The tense mental anxiety was perceptibly mitigated. A large number of the passengers living out of New York, were momentarily embarrassed for funds, and only needed [...]

Conclusion of Mrs. Brown’s Titanic Story2012-04-16T17:24:30-06:00

Mrs. Brown’s Titanic Story, Part 2

2012-04-12T19:22:31-06:00

Margaret Brown's Titanic Story: Part Two The Rescue by the Carpathia and Other Incidents Wednesday, May 29th, 1912-   It was fully lighted, but not one moving object was visible. Suddenly a rift in the water, the sea opened up and the surface foamed like giant arms spread around the ship, and the vessel disappeared from [...]

Mrs. Brown’s Titanic Story, Part 22012-04-12T19:22:31-06:00

Margaret Brown’s Titanic Experience in her Own Words

2012-04-03T16:50:13-06:00

 The Sailing of the Ill Fated Steamship May 28, 1912 -  Mrs. James J. Brown of Denver, well known as a summer resident of Newport, has written for the Herald a comprehensive story of the first and last voyage of the steamer Titanic on which she was a passenger.  As Mrs. Brown is a keen [...]

Margaret Brown’s Titanic Experience in her Own Words2012-04-03T16:50:13-06:00

What’s a Binnacle?

2012-03-21T18:34:01-06:00

A binnacle is the housing for a ship’s compass.  The idea behind a binnacle is to counter the magnetic deviation caused by the ship being made of iron so that the compass can point to magnetic north.  Metals that were used to construct binnacles were required to be non-ferrous (containing no iron) such [...]

What’s a Binnacle?2012-03-21T18:34:01-06:00

The Intrepid Woman Traveler

2012-02-29T17:46:49-07:00

“I am a woman who has traveled all over the world, who has eaten with chopsticks and sat tailor fashion.” –Margaret Brown By the 19th century a new class of solo women travelers appeared in the United States and Europe. These women traveled not to accompany husbands but to please themselves, venturing beyond destinations considered [...]

The Intrepid Woman Traveler2012-02-29T17:46:49-07:00

History of the White Star Line

2012-02-01T22:08:20-07:00

At the turn of the twentieth century, major advances in transatlantic travel were being made. In 1868, Thomas Ismay purchased the bankrupt White Star Line shipping company. Ismay decided to focus on providing shipping services in the North Atlantic. This spurred competition between shipping lines. White Star Line’s greatest competition was the Cunard Line. The [...]

History of the White Star Line2012-02-01T22:08:20-07:00

Building the Titanic

2012-01-02T22:00:57-07:00

In a time when technology was rapidly changing, shipping lines such as Cunard Line, White Star Line, Norddeutscer-Lloyd, and Hamburg-Amerika were competing to be the fastest and most elegant ships on the sea. From 1812 to 1912 the rate of sea travel nearly quadrupled- a trip across the north Atlantic that once took over a [...]

Building the Titanic2012-01-02T22:00:57-07:00
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