-    The History Buff - Titanic
April 12, 2023

Titanic's Final Hours

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 The White Star Liner "Titanic" sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on April 10, 1912. She was the largest sh...
October 15, 2021

Harold Cottam, Carpathia's Wireless Operator

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  The Carpathia rescues Titanic's survivors It was by accident that Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator on the Carpathia, caught...
October 13, 2021

Part Two: Story By Harold Bride, Wireless Operator

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    Continued from Part One The Band Plays Rag-Time "From aft came the tunes of the band. It was a rag-time tune, I don't know what...
October 12, 2021

Part One: Story By Harold Bride, Wireless Operator

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Harold Bride was the only survivor of Titanic's two wireless operators.  The New York Times reporter who snagged his interview sported q...
October 10, 2021

New York Times, Front Page - April 19, 1912

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Front page, New York Times, April 19, 1912   By Friday, the newspapers had more information to report and they used every bit of newspaper s...
October 7, 2021

Warned by The Mesaba

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 Captain Smith had been warned by several ships that there were icebergs on their course, but the first warning came from the Atlantic trans...
October 4, 2021

Passenger Stories - Francis Davis Millet

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Francis D. Millet Francis Davis Millet, First-Class passenger Born: November 3, 1848 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts Occupation: Author, Pain...
October 1, 2021

Reports From The Carmania and The Niagara

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 The steamship "Carmania" of the Cunard Line reached the Port of New York on Monday April 15, 1912 and reported that she had to pi...
July 24, 2020

Passenger Stories - Anna and Samuel Abelson

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Samuel Abelson, Second Class Born in 1882 in Russia Occupation : Bookkeeper Boarded at Cherbourg, France Ticket #3381, Cost £24 Traveled ...
July 7, 2020

Notable First Class Passengers

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Most of the First Class passengers on the Titanic were wealthy, certainly wealthy enough to afford the price of a ticket which varied from $...
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