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Premier Exhibitions Announces New Openings And Exhibitions... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 6 Sep 20:09
ATLANTA, Sept. 4, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRXI) today announced that its new exhibitions Dialog in the Dark and Titanic: Aquatic opened successfully to audiences in Atlanta, Georgia this past Labor Day weekend. In addition, the Company announced that its Las Vegas engagement of BODIES . . . The Exhibition has successfully transitioned to the Luxor Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. August attendance at the Company's new BODIES . . . The Exhibition location at the Luxor Resort and Casino increased by 36 percent ...
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Nomadic joins elite list of fine ships by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 4 Sep 09:19
The Titanic’s little sister has joined an elite list of the finest historical ships in the UK to have survived to the present day.
The SS Nomadic (pictured above) joins the likes of the Cutty Sark, the Mary Rose and the Royal Yacht Britannia on a list of just 61 ships that form the Core Collection of the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV). The 96-year-old, Belfast-built ship was tender to many of the great transatlantic liners and also served in two world wars.
It is best known for carrying first class passengers to the Titanic ...
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Jump on board for fun Titanic party by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 3 Sep 10:08
THE 10-course meal enjoyed by passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic will be recreated for an end-of-summer party at a Worcestershire pub.
Staff from the Swan in Birlingham, near Pershore, have turned a copy of the original menu from the evening the ship went down into a buffet-style spread.
Partygoers will enjoy canapies with rum punch or sparkling cocktails on arrival followed by a choice of Duck a la Orange, seafood platter, lamb chops, roast beef and chateau and lyonnaise potatoes.
Trifle and autumn fruits creme brulee will be among ...
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Multiverse Begins Development of Titanic Virtual World... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 3 Sep 08:16
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept 03, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Multiverse, a leading provider of virtual world development technology, and James Cameron, today announced Places in Time: Titanic, an educational virtual world based on the historic Titanic voyage. Places in Time: Titanic will provide the opportunity for immersive research and exploration on the ship's construction, maiden voyage, and on contemporary expeditions to study the wreck. Incorporating original digital footage, computer models, and encyclopedic data created and assembled by ...
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'Titanic' exhibit to open at G.WIZ by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 2 Sep 22:06
"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" will be on display Oct. 4 through Feb. 8 at Sarasota's G. WIZ, The Hands-On Science Museum.
The exhibit focuses on the legendary stories surrounding the fated ship told through authentic artifacts and extensive room re-creations on display.
The journey begins with visitors learning about the ship's construction, life on the ship, the sinking that caused the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and the rescue efforts.
The exhibit is produced by RMS Titanic, Inc. based in Atlanta. The company was g...
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The Titanic docks at the Luxor by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 31 Aug 08:44
AFTER midnight on a recent Tuesday, a crowd has gathered behind velvet ropes in front of the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip, as if waiting for the Hilton sisters to arrive. Instead, they're watching a flatbed truck with a huge piece of jagged, round steel that looks like a postmodern sculpture.
Slowly, workers arrange two conveyors to lift the heavily wrapped, padded and Styrofoam-protected steel, taking their instructions from Alison Worrell, project director of Premier Exhibitions, whose construction helmet stands out by virtue of being pink....
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Be a part of Titanic production by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 29 Aug 18:32
Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society are looking for aspiring actors and actresses to take part in auditions for a performance of the epic story of the sinking of the Titanic.
It is down to the Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society (PODS) to revive the tale ahead of next year's run of shows at the Key Theatre.
And the society needs Peterborough people to turn up to September's auditions to make sure they have a caADVERTISEMENTst worthy of boarding the great ship when it docks in the city in April.
New members' auditions will be ...
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Necklace treat for Titanic fans by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 29 Aug 10:01
TORQUAY Museum's Titanic exhibition has been hailed a huge success, with more than 10,000 people turning out to see its rare artifacts.
Museum staff were run off their feet as they looked after the massive influx of visitors, and the interest was increased after the exhibition received national publicity.
A series of Herald Express stories about South Devon relatives of people aboard the ill-fated ship caught the public imagination, with many other newspapers across Britain picking up on the stories.
As well as the many Titanic-related items...
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Titanic Museum just might float your boat by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 28 Aug 09:30
Before you enter the Titanic Museum in Branson, you're given a boarding card with the name of a real passenger. At the end of the tour, you find out whether that passenger lived or died.
Initially I thought that was tacky, but I was wrong. You actually come to feel a connection with this person.
I visited the museum with my mother and grandmother and was impressed. Plan three hours for your visit.
The staff are very knowledgeable about the disaster. While you wait in line to enter, they grab people's boarding cards, tell them tidbits about t...
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A Titanic death by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 27 Aug 07:25
A couple of years ago while surfing the net (we could call this studying or doing research), I came upon an interesting site called Find A Grave. This site lists cemeteries, inscriptions and historical information about many famous persons. We all know where Elvis is buried but do you know who the last Revolutionary War veteran was and where he is buried? This site can give you that information and much more.
For Emanuel County, two graves of note were listed. One still remains; and you can look this one up yourself. The other one has now righ...
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Unsinkable treasures by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 26 Aug 21:07
The brightly lit room looks like any nondescript warehouse packed with boxes and dusty shelves, but inside this plain brick building are nearly $200 million worth of treasures from the world's most famous shipwreck.
Currency, part of the artifacts collection of the Titanic, is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat...
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New Sphere in Exploring the Abyss by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 26 Aug 21:05
The deep is legendary for inky darkness. William Beebe, the first person to eye the abyss, called it perpetual night.
The darkness is matched by the intense pressure. Four miles down, it amounts to nearly five tons per square inch. That is too much even for Alvin, the most famous of the world’s tiny submersibles, which can take a pilot and two scientists down to a maximum depth of 2.8 miles.
But a new submersible is being built here, and even the process of construction seems a rebuke to the darkness. The work lighted up a cavernous fact...
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Titanic-style menu goes down nicely by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 25 Aug 10:21
IT was like stepping back in time to April 14, 1912 except this time, with a much happier ending.
Jann Duffy and 80 other patrons visited the sights, sounds and tastes of the past during Bargara Golf Club's Titanic-themed dinner on Friday night.
"It was something completely different, it really could have been 1912," Mrs Duffy said. Fellow guest Kathy Sawyer said the event was "a first class night in every way".
After guests were greeted with champagne, an eight-course meal including freshly shucked oysters, bacon and ba...
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Titanic's 'little sister' in need of help by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 23 Aug 07:48
The SS Nomadic, a tender vessel for the Titanic and the last White Star Line vessel in existence (The Company that Owned the Titanic) is in need of restoration work, according to the Nomadic Preservation Society.
'She is in a very poor state,' according to Nigel Hampson, an official at the Society. 'We desperately need to get the word out to people that help is urgently needed.'
Currently lying in Belfast, the SS Nomadic was built in 1911, on the slipway next door to the Titanic at Harland & Wolff in Belfast, as the tender vessel to be u...
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Titanic Artifacts by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 22 Aug 06:53
The brightly lit room looks like any nondescript warehouse packed with boxes and dusty shelves, but inside this plain brick building is nearly 200 million dollars worth of treasures from the world's most famous shipwreck.
The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered
from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below
the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15,
1912.
When the fine china, brine-soaked shoes and water-stained sheet
music aren't on tour around the world, they have a perman...
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Pioneer Productions Brings Science To Story Of Titanic... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 21 Aug 18:39
Independent producer Pioneer Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4, National Geographic Channel US and Discovery Canada to present the story of 'Titanic' from a new analytical perspective in a drama documentary.
Using drama, documentary and CGI, the film portrays the disaster as a freak accident, the culmination of a chain of improbable circumstances - had any one of them been different the sinking could have been avoided.
It looks at the journey of the 100ft high iceberg as key protagonist, in addition to exploring the moment of co...
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Titanic romance which inspired blockbuster by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 19 Aug 13:08
A REAL-LIFE romance said to have inspired the one portrayed by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DeCaprio in the blockbuster film Titanic has been revealed by a South Devon descendant.
Joanna Wood, from Totnes, told this week at Torquay museum's Titanic exhibition of the love story between her great-aunt, Roberta Maioni, who was a maid travelling first class on the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage in 1912 and a young ship's steward who died as the ship sank.
During the voyage, 21-year-old Roberta is believed to have fallen in love with the young employ...
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Haunted by Titanic's tragic sinking by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 15 Aug 22:03
RELATIVES of the Torquay quartermaster who was at the Titanic's helm when it struck an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, have spoken movingly of his tragic life.
Barbara Clarke, the niece of sailor Robert Hichens, was at Torquay Museum yesterday to see the current Titanic exhibition and share memories of her famous relative.
She was speaking publicly for the first time about Hichens, whose life spiralled into disaster after that infamous day 96 years ago when the much-heralded ship's sinking shocked the world.
Hichens' life story has ...
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Cafe Bacchus Hosts Titanic Dinner by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 14 Aug 08:20
MORGANTOWN -- Cafe Bacchus and the American Red Cross teamed up Wednesday night, to have a Titanic Dinner in honor of Lucien Smith. Smith lived in the building that now houses Cafe Bacchus. Smith died when the Titanic sank.
The menu included dishes that were on the last first class meal served on the ship before it sank.
The menu included cream of barley soup, smoked salmon, filet mignon, lamb, and even birthday cake in honor of Lucien Smith's birthday on August 14.
The benefit dinner raised about $2000 for the American Red Cross, and the...
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Titanic exhibit coming to Georgia Aquarium by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 12 Aug 22:25
Move over, Natasha the beluga whale and Trixie the whale shark, the Georgia Aquarium is about to get an exhibit of Titanic proportions.
The world's largest fish tank will unveil later this month a Titanic exhibition that displays artifacts from the ill-fated 1912 voyage to an audience already thinking everything water.
IF YOU GO
The exhibit opens Aug. 22 and runs for nine months. Ticket prices are $31.50 for adults, $26.50 for seniors and $23.50 for children. Annual pass members pay $6 for entry into the Titanic exhibit. Tickets are expect...
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Local family uncover a piece of history with Titanic paper... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 7 Aug 16:06
A local family has uncovered a piece of history after finding a newspaper chronicling the aftermath of the titanic sinking and a will for a man with the same name as their father.
Michael Corbally was delighted when his daughter found a copy of the Daily Mirror dated from April 19th, 1912; five days after the historic ship sank. ‘They belong to my daughter, she found them and gave them to me because the name on the will.
It had the same name on it as my father, Matthew Corbally.’ In an even more bizarre twist, the man was also from the s...
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Titanic: Treasures From the Deep New Exhibition in 2009... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 7 Aug 14:30
COUNTRY Financial is working with RMS Titanic, Inc. to bring the legendary story of the world's most
famous ship and its compelling human stories to 16 U.S. cities in 2009. As
the exclusive presenting sponsor of Titanic: Treasures from the Deep,
COUNTRY Financial is giving audiences an opportunity to experience a new
mobile tour featuring authentic artifacts recovered from the Titanic and
the personal stories as told through those priceless treasures.
The tour will be developed by RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Premier Exhibit...
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What Sank the Titanic? A Materials Science Investigation... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 3 Aug 10:17
Why did the Titanic, the luxury ocean liner that was supposed to be unsinkable, plunge to the ocean floor less than three hours after impact with an iceberg? Hull steel that became brittle at low temperatures-like those found in the ocean on the night of April 14, 1912-is sometimes considered the metallurgical culprit. But a new book looks at something much smaller than the large sheets of steel covering the ship's hull. It studies the button-like rivets that held those sheets together.
In What Really Sank the Titanic, materials scientists Je...
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Remembering new-found kin by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 1 Aug 13:04
When she visited Halifax for a math conference 21 years ago, Carol Goodwin found time to stop by the grave of the young Titanic passenger known simply as the Unknown Child.
Next week, the Wisconsin woman will be back in Halifax, and this time she’ll know the boy in the grave is her relative.
"I remember standing there having a very spiritual feeling that I wished my grandmother was there," Ms. Goodwin, 75, said about her first visit to the grave.
Last year, DNA tests revealed the unknown child is actually Sidney Leslie Goodwin, ...
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Young wife of Fertigs man died on Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 1 Aug 05:56
The popular "Titanic: the Artifact Exhibition" at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, a limited engagement exhibit that will close at the end of this month, has a tie to Venango County.
Clara Bennett Karnes, a Pittsburgh native who had recently wed an oil field driller from Fertigs, was among more than 1,500 passengers who lost their lives when the premier passenger steamer sank on April 15, 1912, in the north Atlantic.
Her death may have come on the exact same day that her husband, J. Frank Karnes, died of smallpox in the Burma...
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Titanic vision for £30m Museum by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 26 Jul 07:29
A MULTI-MILLION-POUND tourist attraction commemorating the Titanic disaster is today exclusively revealed by the Daily Echo.
The west wing of the Civic Centre, home to the police station and old magistrates' courts, would be transformed into a £30m museum celebrating Southampton's history if the city council's vision is realised.
The Southampton Heritage Centre is expected to attract more than 150,000 visitors a year from around the world when it opens in April 2012.
Council leisure bosses want the heritage centre - described as one of the ...
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Sack for the Titanic crew by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 26 Jul 07:20
A LETTER showing the crew of the Titanic were sacked when news of its sinking reached Britain has been valued at £1million.
The document, never seen in public before, has been loaned to an exhibition on the 1912 disaster.
It was sent by ship owners White Star Line to steward Alexander Littlejohn and shows the crew were discharged to save paying thousands in wages to the survivors.
The letter says survivor Alexander “disembarked on the high seas” on April 15 — the day the ship hit an iceberg and sank with 1,500 people.
It has been...
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Steward's lucky Titanic escape by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 26 Jul 07:17
AMAZING events surrounding the tragic sinking of the Titanic have been brought vividly to life through the experiences of two South Devon men.
Torquay Museum is hosting an extensive exhibition about the world's most-famous ship, which struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people.
The sinking is one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters, inspiring numerous historians, authors and filmmakers during the past century.
Perhaps the best-known recreation of those events is James Cameron's blockbuster film Titanic,...
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Titanic touches by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:15
Cocktail in hand, I paused to admire the striking staircase in my upscale digs in Newfoundland's harbour capital.
If you're a fan of the blockbuster movie Titanic, the elegant staircase at the Ryan Mansion Inn might deliver a sense of deja vu.
The ship, which sank of the coast of Newfoundland in 1912, was luxuriously furnished to capture the growing transatlantic traffic of the era. Its grand staircase to the first-class quarters was a hallmark of the liner's opulence.
Tradition has it that the staircase and wood panelling in Ryan Mansion wa...
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Titanic opens tonight by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:13
Wilmington College-Community Theatre’s presentation of “Titanic, the Musical” begins its six-show run tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.
Pictured is a boisterous Rhonda Wheasler as Charlotte Cardoza barging into the men’s smoking lounge, which represented a last remnant of Victorian society.
But, as the great Titanic represented the crown jewel of a limitless industrial revolution, Cardoza’s reply to millionaire John Jacob Astor’s initial indignation at her presence was, “It’s a new world, Mr. Astor.”
With...
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£20m Titanic tale to tell by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:11
A multi-million-pound tourist attraction telling the story of Southampton's legendary passenger liners is being planned for the city, the Echo can reveal.
The £20m Titanic and Ocean Liner Experience', the only one of its kind in the country, would attract many thousands of people to Southampton every year.
The ambitious project is scheduled to open in spring of 2012, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic.
The brainchild of two local businessmen, the scheme would see the development of a purpose-built waterfron...
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Steamer's place in history secure by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:09
The Belfast yard of Harland and Wolff Ltd ceased shipbuilding following the completion of a 22,996gt Ro/Ro (roll-on roll-off) vessel in March 2003.
Currently the oldest vessel built there and still in service is the now 16,531gt, Portuguese-owned Princess Danae. Handed over from the builders in July 1955, the ship was originally the Port Line's twin-screw refrigerated cargo liner, Port Melbourne.
On September 29, 1955, the ship visited Port Chalmers on its maiden voyage.
It later made a further three calls to the lower harbour and then t...
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Titanic author visits Branson by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:08
History happens a moment at a time and is perhaps remembered most accurately that way. In terms of what happened to the Titanic at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the memory of a mother, shared eight years later with the nine week old baby she carried into the lifeboat that fateful night just before the mighty behemoth slipped to her watery grave, might not add much to determining the cause of the tragic event.
But, in terms of lessons to be learned about a man’s devotion to his family, the honor of the times, the price that innocent people pa...
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Titanic luncheon by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Jul 19:06
THE final meal on the Titanic is to be recreated at a special event hosted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool on Monday (14 July).
Representatives from cities connected with the Titanic's tragic maiden voyage are gathering to discuss how one of the worst maritime disasters ever should be commemorated in the run up to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship in 2012.
To mark the first gathering of the 'Titanic Cities', which includes Liverpool. Southampton, Belfast and Cherbourg, they will be served the menu offered to first class passenge...
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RMS Titanic Teams Up With Major Financial Co. for New Tour... by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 8 Jul 22:05
RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRXI), has entered into an agreement to present a new Titanic exhibition and tour sponsored by a major financial services provider. The mobile version of the Company's blockbuster Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will feature objects from a vast collection of 5,500 artifacts recovered from Titanic's debris field and will travel to major cities throughout the United States.
Additional details on the exhibition and its sponsorship will be announced shortly.
RMS...
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Sale of rare account of Titanic sinking by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 8 Jul 10:24
A RARE account of the night the Titanic sank is being sold alongside the hero's medal given to the seaman who wrote it.
The Carpathia bronze medal presented to Liverpool able-seaman George Gardner is being auctioned today with his handwritten account of that fateful night in 1912.
Mr Gardner was one of the crew of Cunard’s RMS Carpathia, which became famous for rescuing 705 survivors of the Titanic.
For the rescue, the 140 crew were awarded bronze medals, 14 officers were awarded silver and Captain Arthur Roston received a gold medal, alon...
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New Exclusive Nomadic Book by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 7 Jul 22:22
The NOMADIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY is proud to announce the publication of the first ever English language book dedicated entirely to SS Nomadic ‘The Belfast Child – SS Nomadic’. Written by Committee Member Mervyn Pritchard during his term as the ship’s Maintenance Officer.
SS Nomadic is the last of the mighty White Star fleet, she is also the only floating link to R.M.S. Titanic left in existence today. Built in Belfast as a Tender to carry the wealthiest of passengers out to the mighty Olympic Class liners, she is a time capsule of E...
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Norfolk couple's love for Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Jul 20:53
It is a tragedy that has captured imaginations for almost a hundred years, and for one Norfolk couple the sinking of the Titanic has become a fascination.
Robin and Sue Burrows, from Little Plumstead, are avid collectors of memorabilia and items connected to the vessel which at 882ft long and more than 46tonnes was the world's largest passenger steamship.
Over the years the couple have collated hundreds of pieces, including portholes and propellers which are replicas of those from the “unsinkable ship” which sank in April 1912 after hitti...
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Titanic Exhibition - Event details by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Jul 20:51
Venue: XL Centre
The Exhibition has been designed with a focus on the legendary RMS Titanic's compelling human stories as best told through nearly 300 authentic artifacts and extensive room re-creations. Visitors are quickly drawn back in time to 1912, as each receives a replica boarding pass of an actual passenger upon entrance. The Exhibition will then takes guests on a chronological journey through life on the Titanic. Attendees will marvel at authentically recreated first and third class cabins, view the Ship's Boiler Room, feel the temper...
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Titanic memorabilia auction floats their boat by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Jul 20:47
After Christie's got $119,000 for a Titanic life jacket at an auction in London last year, Gregg Dietrich was not surprised that his phone kept ringing with offers of other items from the ill-fated ship. "When we sell one ... more seem to come out of the woodwork," said Dietrich, who heads the maritime (or "ocean liner") division of the auction house here. "We're been inundated with Titanic offers."
The problem was, many of the calls came from people like the man who was certain he had all sorts of valuable Titani...
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SOS: the signal that has saved thousands turns 100 by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 1 Jul 13:44
“Send SOS,” one of the Titanic’s radio operators supposedly said to another after the famous ship struck that infamous iceberg. “It’s the new call and besides this may be your last chance to send it.”
That “new call” is 100 years old today, and people around the world who owe their lives to that piece of Morse code may reflect this morning on its importance.
In the past century, “SOS” has become a firm part of popular culture used in everything from DIY programme titles to Abba hits. But it began life in a far more serio...
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Titanic telegram on auction site by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 27 Jun 18:35
AN EXCEPTIONAL piece of Titanic history which has stayed in the same family for decades is being sold by a Bridlington man.
The item is a rare surviving telegram transmitted from the old Horsea Naval Station on April 15, 1912, chronicling the last hours of the doomed vessel.
It reads: "From Flag to General 15/4/12 4.15 Horsea to all ships. Nothing further from Titanic, her last signals came at 12.27 this morning, the operator on Virginian says that signals were blurred and ended abruptly, the liner Baltic reported herself within 200 miles...
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Titanic Life Jacket Sells for $68,500 in New York by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 26 Jun 18:01
A bloodstained life preserver, a macabre souvenir from the 1912 Titanic sinking, fetched $68,500 today at Christie's International in New York.
The canvas and cork-filled relic, one of six known vests associated with the liner, was estimated to sell for $60,000 to $80,000.
The life jacket was sold to a woman in the salesroom who declined to identify herself and bid on a number of objects at the Christie's Ocean Liner auction.
``The Titanic stuff is really overpriced because we're getting near the 100th anniversary'' of the sinking of the ...
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Mother ship for exploration of Titanic in town for a refit... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 25 Jun 17:31
Standing in the wheelhouse of the mightily built ship, you can close your eyes and imagine the hoots and hollers of Bob Ballard and his crew as the Alvin sub repeatedly cruises over the Titanic.
Standing on the stern, you can glance out toward the ocean, smell the salty air and once again imagine the crew's excitement as the Alvin is launched for another 12,400-foot trip into the Atlantic.
The world-famous research vessel that it was all done from 22 years ago, the Atlantis II, has been sitting in a Jacksonville boat yard since October underg...
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Fort Wayne Summer Theatre presents Titanic - The Musical... by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 24 Jun 19:36
Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre presents its 10th annual production, Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Titanic...the Musical. The show will be performed at the historic North Side High School Auditorium, July 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday July 13 at 2. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. The production is an official Three Rivers Festival event and you will receive $2 off your ticket price by presenting your TRF Button. You may purchase tickets at the door or you may call 260-467-2717 for reservations or for furt...
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Thank You Lord for a Titanic lesson by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 22 Jun 18:24
This week the Ole Seagull had the opportunity to go through Branson’s exciting and educational “Titanic-Worlds Largest Museum Attraction.” He also had the opportunity to interview Robert Stack, the author of “The Millvina Dean Story,” the story of the oldest living survivor of the Titanic disaster. As he read the book and toured the museum one thing jumped out at him, “The cumulative beliefs, actions, passion, enthusiasm, hopes, and dreams of today are the foundation of tomorrow, if it comes, and our legacy if it doesn’t.”
At ...
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Famous White Star line was founded in Liverpool in 1869... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 21 Jun 12:35
Known also as the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, White Star eventually led the way in building prestigious luxury liners such as Titanic and her almost identical sisters Olympic and Britannic.
When Ismay died in 1899 – his elaborate tomb can still be seen in Thurstaston churchyard, Wirral – White Star was the most successful transatlantic passenger line.
In 1902 White Star was bought by the huge American firm, the International Mercantile Marine Company.
Ismay’s son, Bruce, became the first president and managing director of the new c...
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Odyssey launch rival to Titanic scheme by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 20 Jun 07:09
A rival scheme has been launched to commemorate the Titanic in Belfast.
The public body owning the Odyssey has launched a rival scheme to compete against developers Titanic Quarter, whose plan was unveiled last year.
The Titanic Quarter project ran into funding difficulties after it was denied Big Lottery cash.
The Odyssey wants to extend the rear of its building to conjure up an image of the famous ship.
If the Odyssey trust is successful in its bid visitors coming to Belfast Lough will be treated to an extraordinary site, an enormous...
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Titanic life-size replica planned by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 19 Jun 22:09
A life-size replica of parts of the Titanic could be added to Belfast's Odyssey Arena if a US-backed development plan is accepted.
Suspended behind glass, the £64m scale model of the boat would incorporate a five-star hotel, an exhibition area and conference rooms.
The Odyssey Trust and Florida-based exhibition firm WLM Inc are seeking more than £39m in government funding.
The 100th anniversary of the tragedy in 2012 is expected to attract tourists.
The proposal by American Titanic enthusiast Michael Harris includes a large scale mode...
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A Titanic achievement by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 17 Jun 11:56
Three prestigious AIMS awards for Ballinrobe in Killarney
“THE awards are so coveted that to be nominated is fantastic, but to win is absolutely amazing,” said Pat McGovern, chairman of the Ballinrobe Musical Society that scooped three major awards at the annual ‘Oscars’ of the Irish musical world.
Over 60 members of the society travelled to Killarney last weekend for the gala awards dinner where their sell-out production of ‘Titanic – A New Musical’ was honoured with three prestigious awards.
Ballinrobe were nominated for six ...
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Titanic exhibition sends chills down the spine by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 16 Jun 07:45
April 10, 1912. Tonight our new ship sails on its maiden voyage to New York City. As one of the people responsible for her construction, I am proud of this beautiful lady! She certainly lives up to her reputation as the most luxurious ship afloat. I will sleep well, though I am troubled by one thing. I danced with a lovely woman named Edith Russell; while waltzing to "Ciribiribin," she told me that she had a feeling "so strong" that she "would never reach America" on the ship. I must ask her what she meant ...
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Focus On The Titanic Life Jacket by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 15 Jun 07:58
More than 250 lots feature in an Ocean Liner Sale this month. It celebrates the golden age of ocean-going, featuring fittings, fixtures and items from some of the grandest liners. The most poignant relic is from the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic.
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The highlight of the sale is unquestionably a rare cork-filled life-preserver from the Titanic which has never been seen in public before. It is one of only six known to be still in existence and has been in the safe keeping of a family from Nova Scotia in Canada since being retrieved imme...
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Titanic made of powerful stuff by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 15 Jun 07:57
Turning the story of the world’s greatest maritime disaster into a musical certainly had to have been a tricky proposition. For one thing, how do you tell a story in a compelling way when it has an ending that everyone knows? And how do you tell the story as a stage play without trivializing the tragedy?
Peter Stone and Maury Yeston’s Tony Award-winning “Titanic” went about it the right way. And the Croswell Opera House’s production of the show, directed by Mark DiPietro, is powerful stuff.
Actually, knowing how the story is going t...
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Titanic sails to the Croswell for season opener by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 11 Jun 15:27
It’s a story that playwright Peter Stone himself said was something that would seem unbelievable if it weren’t true: the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, and the events surrounding the tragedy.
After all, the historical facts seem like something straight out of a novel. The maiden voyage of the world’s greatest luxury liner. A passenger list featuring everyone from the glitterati of American society to immigrants trying to make a new start in a new country. An “unsinkable” ship hitting an iceberg and doing exactly what it wa...
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Mariners' Museum archivist pleads guilty to theft charges... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 11 Jun 07:39
A former archivist with The Mariners' Museum in Newport News pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felonies related to the theft and sale of museum property on eBay.
Lester F. Weber, 46, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mail fraud, theft and filing a false tax return. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7.
Weber and his wife, Lori E. Childs, 49, were arrested in February and charged with more than two dozen counts. According to the indictment, the couple sold nearly 1,500 museum items, receiving $162,959 from buyers across the country.
We...
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Titanic embodies majesty of legendary ship by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 10 Jun 22:17
The opening number of ''Titanic: The Musical,'' now playing at Civic Theatre of Allentown, sets the tone for a spectacular evening of theatricality.
The challenge of this Tony Award-winning musical is how to convey the majesty of this gigantic ship within the limitations of a stage. Civic director William Sanders has resisted the tendency to simulate the ship. Instead he spreads simple props over the entire stage area -- a gangway, an elevated ''captain's bridge,'' a crow's nest, tables and chairs. They're enhanced by projections of period pho...
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Croswell alumnus returns as Titanic set designer by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 10 Jun 08:57
When the curtain rises on the Croswell Opera House’s production of “Titanic” on Friday, a large part of what people will see onstage will be thanks to a Croswell alumnus whose career has taken him to Broadway and beyond.
Tobin Ost, one of the many people who honed their craft at the Croswell and went on to professional theatrical careers, is the set designer for this production of the Tony Award-winning musical. Ost, who grew up in Adrian and was involved in the design of many shows produced on the Croswell stage, has spent the last seve...
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Weekend goes to the dogs by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 9 Jun 07:43
Legend has it that when the Titanic sank into the icy water, a large black Newfoundland dog named Rigel swam around for hours looking for his master.
Although the occupants of the doomed vessel were too cold and weak to shout for help, the dog's frantic barking saved one lifeboat from being crushed by another ship.
Rigel's life was spared after he was taken aboard the Carpathia.
He continued in vain to search for his master but never saw him again.
However, a member of the Carpathia crew was so impressed with the dog that he adopted him.
&...
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Titanic: The Latest Chapters at Court House Library... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 7 Jun 20:59
Despite the passage of the more than ninety-five years, the Titanic’s story continues to add new chapters. Charles Haas, President of the Titanic International Society will be sharing the past and present of the Titanic at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 7 at the Main Branch of the Cape May County Library, 30 Mechanic St., Cape May Court House.
This program brings Titanic’s story from its 1985 discovery right up to the present day. Briefly recalling Titanic’s maiden voyage, learn up-to-date information on Titanic’s discovery, artifact reco...
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Titanic The Musical by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 7 Jun 12:43
Initially this may seem an odd topic for musical theatre to attempt, but in fact it fits neatly into the series of works Stephen Sondheim created.
These are Pacific Overtures (about the opening up of Japan to the Western nations in the 1850s and the following rapid industrialisation) and Assassins (exploring every assassination or attempted assassination of American presidents).
There are also occasional echoes of John Adams’ opera, Nixon In China, both in some the music – urgent minimalist, repeated figures – and in the beautiful ordi...
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Fantastic voyager by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 6 Jun 12:59
It was over a decade ago, in 1997, that Gary Kohs began an amazing journey aboard the RMS Titanic.
"The phone rings and a British guy on the other end said he's aware of my company and wants to know if I'm interested in building a special model," said Kohs, a resident of Birmingham and owner of Fine Art Models.
"I told him we don't accept commissions and he said, 'We don't want to pay you, we just want to give you the opportunity. It's the RMS Titanic ...' and I just fell off my chair. That's the greatest honor in the world for...
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Tragic Titanic takes to stage by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 2 Jun 16:38
The ill-fated Titanic sails again at The Hexagon in a musical which local amateurs perform from Wednesday to Saturday.
Shakespeare’s King Lear has an open-air staging by Reading University Drama Society from Wednesday to Saturday – not on the Whiteknights campus but on the former site in London Road.
Three of Alan Benett’s Talking Heads monologues are performed at Bracknell’s Wilde Theatre until Thursday.
Joseph puts on his Technicolor Dreamcoat at Oxford’s New Theatre until Saturday.
Patricia Routledge stars in the abdication-cri...
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Brush with Titanic grave sites a most sobering experience... by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 2 Jun 10:29
Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, attracts visitors from all over the world. They come for one reason. Fairview Lawn is home to 121 victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
I arrived on a bright May afternoon, drawn by a half-century of reading about the disaster, starting with Walter Lord's best seller "A Night To Remember" published when I was 10.
Most of the headstones are of simple granite, paid for by the owner of the vessel, the White Star Line. In a few cases, family or friends commissioned much larger, more ela...
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Bob Ballard takes us on two deep sea adventures June 2 and 3... by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 2 Jun 06:07
Explorer Bob Ballard loves the sea and all its secrets and history. He was the man who first gave us intimate glimpses of the Titanic years ago, working in tandem with filmmaker James Cameron.
Now, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Ballard premieres Secret Cold War Missions in Titanic: The Final Secret, on Monday, June 2, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
The next night, another second world premiere awaits us, as Ballard Uncovers the Ghost Ships of the Black Sea, Tuesday, June 3, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
Ballard solved one of the greatest nautical m...
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Titanic life preserver to be auctioned in NYC by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 1 Jun 17:08
A life preserver from the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic is going on the auction block next month in Manhattan. It is one of about six believed to have survived to this day.
Christie's auction house says it is the first one to be offered at auction in the United States. It is expected to fetch $60,000 to $80,000 at the June 25 sale.
According to Christie's catalog, the vest contains water, oil and possibly blood stains.
The vest was found during the initial recovery effort following the April 14, 1912, disaster.
Another Titanic life preserver was...
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Nomadic restoration surfs the web by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 1 Jun 17:07
The restoration of the SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, is to be charted on a new website.
The ship was transported to Belfast in 2006 after being bought by the government.
It saw out the end of the last century as a floating restaurant beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The Nomadic, which was built in Belfast, once ferried first class passengers to the doomed Titanic liner.
The Nomadic's return to Belfast came almost a century after it was built by Harland and Wolff, the company which also built the Titanic.
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First model of the Titanic built from ship's original plans... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 1 Jun 17:03
The world's first model of the Titanic to be built from the ship's original plans has been revealed - but if you want to lay your hands on it it will cost you a whopping £1.3m.
The stunning 1:48 model is a precise replica of the White Star liner which famously hit an iceberg and sank in 1912, costing the lives of more than 1,500 passengers.
Made from brass, wood and fibreglass, the model took seven years to build using the original plans, drawings and measurements from the liner.
It is the first time the Titanic's plans have been released ...
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Dedication on a grand scale by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 26 May 08:18
PEOPLE attending Armidale Musical Society’s production of Titanic will be greeted by the grand old ship herself.Titanic will be sitting in the foyer of Lazenby Hall for each of the performances of the musical drama (opening night was Saturday).
This ‘Titanic’ is a scale model of its historic namesake which hit an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, during her maiden voyage, with the loss of 1517 lives.
The m...
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Titanic more than just spectacle by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 26 May 08:15
The roles are ‘perfectly cast,’ making the characters more believable.
Sometimes bigger is indeed better. With a cast of 65 featured performers, a 24-piece orchestra and more set changes and glitzy period costumes than most community theaters see in an entire season, “Titanic” is as much of a blockbuster as any of the summer movies currently barnstorming area multiplexes. If there was any doubt that audiences were indeed ready to “go back to Titanic,” the capacity crowd at the Youngstown Playhouse on Friday night quickly dispelled ...
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Halifax and the ocean are inextricably linked by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 25 May 18:06
Halifax has been celebrated in the news lately as the venue of international teams vying for hockey's world championship, our Canadian squad comprising volunteer athletes not involved in pursuing Lord Stanley's vaunted trophy. I discovered that winter is not the best time to enjoy Halifax. Attending a conference in January, the coldest month, produced painful clues as to why Nova Scotians are referred to as Bluenosers. (It was freezing!) Others, more romantic in their inventions, claim that the term derives from sailors' mittens, coloured blue,...
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Titanic search was cover for secret Cold War subs mission... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 24 May 07:11
The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines.
When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of finding out what happened to USS Thresher and USS Scorpion.
Both of the United States Navy vessels sank during the 1960s, killing more than 200 men and giving rise to fears that at least one of them, Scorpion, had been sunk by the USSR.
D...
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Titanic Sails into the Carnegie Science Center by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 23 May 07:22
The most lavish suite aboard the RMS Titanic belonged to Pittsburgh steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick, but he ironically never boarded the ship. He canceled his booking after his wife sprained her ankle in Italy. Another notable Pittsburgher, A.V. Davis, then president of Alcoa, had also booked passage but decided to lenghten his European vacation.
It's stories like these that bring the "ship of dreams" to life in Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, opening this Saturday at the Carnegie Science Center. The exhibition, hosted in a speciall...
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Titanic Exhibit To Open At Science Center by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 22 May 07:48
An incredible piece of history goes on display this weekend in Pittsburgh.
Titanic - the Artifact Exhibition opens Saturday at the Carnegie Science Center.
The exhibit offers visitors a chronological journey by recreating parts of the legendary ship that sank on its maiden voyage on April 15th, 1912.
The traveling exhibition features more than 260 artifacts like spoons, china, personal effects, coins and jewelry.
The exhibit has been touring for 18 years and is extremely popular.
It runs through the September 1.
Tickets to only the ...
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Titanic sails at Playhouse by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 20 May 06:19
Are you ready to go back to Titanic?
That’s the question everyone down at the Youngstown Playhouse is asking themselves these days as they prepare to open their last, and arguably most ambitious show of the 2007-08 season.
Although Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s Tony-winning 1997 musical “Titanic” set sail on Broadway a full eight months before James Cameron’s same-named Oscar-winning movie, many folks still confuse the two.
Not that you can blame them. With the recent glut of musicals based on successful non-musical films (“Lega...
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Titanic: Relative Fate by V.C. King by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 18 May 06:44
Nearly one hundred years after the catastrophe, people around the world are still intrigued by the events leading up to the ultimate destruction and sinking of the historic ship, Titanic. Wanting to engage readers in a present-day story fabricated from the legendary ship, author V.C. King put her research skills, interest in the topic and natural story-telling abilities together to create her second published book, Titanic: Relative Fate.
Set in Florida on a cruise ship, Titanic: Relative Fate introduces Titan’s Sister, the sister of the doo...
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Galesburg man led a charmed but harrowing life by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 17 May 18:35
On Sunday evening, April 14, 1913, a wall caved in at the historic Lindell House Hotel on Depot Street near the Knox College campus. Originally known as the American Hotel it was a stopover for Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their Galesburg visits, being situated next door to the original Burlington Railroad Depot. Miraculously no one was hurt; however, a nearby shoe shop was demolished and it caused great panic among its boarders. Most of the residents were foreigners employed at the Burlington Tie Plant.
The manager of the hotel/...
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Titanic DNA Fountain Pens by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 17 May 18:30
Following up the success of their exclusive Titanic-DNA watches, Swiss luxury watchmaker Romain Jerome has introduced an extremely fine series of writing instruments whose design is inspired by numerous elements from the ill-fated RMS Titanic.
Presented in a variety of materials, including palladium, brass, PVD, stainless steel or gold, each Romain Jerome Titanic-DNA shows off a charming array of elements that are taken from the constructive features of ships, including rivets, a propeller, and a wheelhouse steering gear, which operates a prop...
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Halifax's hottest real estate offer: Fairview Cemetery... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 15 May 10:52
One of the hottest real estate offers in Halifax is slightly larger than a closet and six feet below ground. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, home to 121 victims of the Titanic disaster, is offering more than a thousand plots.
The sale begins Saturday, but potential buyers like 76-year-old Steven Metledge have already spent time scouting the best locations.
"When you're young, you never think about it," he told CTV Atlantic. "But when you get old, you start to think about the last house you can buy."
Metledge said he has always...
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Carnegie Science Center seeks local Titanic connections... by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 13 May 07:55
The Carnegie Science Center today put out a call seeking local connections to the doomed RMS Titanic.
On May 24, the North Shore Science Center will open Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, featuring a recovered piece of the ship's hull and more than 260 artifacts. Western Pennsylvania RMS Titanic descendants are asked to tell their family histories by sending an e-mail.
The Science Center's Historic Exhibits Coordinator Patty Rogers became the first to share.
"There were always stories in our family about the Titanic and a great aunt t...
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Students re-create meal served on Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 12 May 08:47
Justin Herman has a funny sort of dream.
He loves the Titanic. He wants to know what it was like to be on board, to experience the best the Edwardian Age had to offer.
The Charlotte Observer reports that Herman, 48, got a taste of his dream last month. He got to be the maitre d' for dinner on the Titanic.
Well, sort of. Instead of an ornate dining room on a doomed ship, it was on the fifth floor of Johnson & Wales University.
And this was a shared dream, a senior project where Herman, Tyler Eason, 22, and Cory Hitson, 29, had to command...
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Titanic to the Rescue by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 11 May 09:29
Next time when sailing at sea you see a large ship and they are difficult to avoid and more difficult to contact, and you are about to curse all the large ships in the world, spare a thought for the Titanic.
A voluntary organisation of world wide ships which had its genesis with the sinking of the Titanic was last month responsible for yet another rescue of sailors in distress. The organisation – AMVER - rescued of the crew of a drifting trimaran 80 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, as the photo to the left dramatically shows. The 'Amver p...
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A Titanic dream: Branson exhibit celebrates film by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 9 May 12:19
BRANSON, Mo. — Open since 2006, Titanic Branson has welcomed almost 1 million visitors across the museum’s gangway to relive the short life of the ship and its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Now, almost 100 years after the “unsinkable” ship struck an iceberg in the mid-Atlantic and sent more than 1,500 souls to the ocean floor, owners Jim Joslyn and his wife, Mary Kellogg, have given Titanic buffs a new reason to set sail for Branson again: “Titanic: the Movie Exhibit.”
Joslyn said that he and his wife were trying to figure out last yea...
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Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 8 May 14:37
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the XL Center draws visitors back in time to 1912, with each receiving a replica boarding pass of an actual passenger on the ship upon entrance.
Guests will take a chronological journey through life on the Titanic; from the ship’s construction to life on board, the fated sinking, and modern day recovery efforts. View the Ship’s Boiler Room and authentically re-created first and third class cabins, feel the temperature drop as you press your palms against the iceberg and learn of the passengers and their ...
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Tremont chef serves up Titanic-themed dinner by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 7 May 18:28
A dinner of historic proportion adds a special note to next week’s Galveston Uncorked! food and wine celebration. Tremont House executive chef Kelly Wilson researched the menus from the ill-fated maiden sailing of the Titanic to create a Titanic-themed meal that won’t leave diners with a sinking feeling.
“We looked at the menu from the last evening on the Titanic, which was April 14, 1912,” Wilson said. “First-class passengers were served a 10-course meal. I edited that down to four courses in order to keep it to what people will lik...
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The Titanic connection by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 3 May 12:19
CONTINUING the series of articles by diver Bill Woolford on the shipwrecks off Bridlington's coast ...
HMS Falcon
Position: 54 01.000 N
000 19.888 E
Depth: 60 metres
Location: 30 miles east of Bridlington
HMS Falcon was sister ship to HMS Fairy, which we have previously featured in this column, a three-funnel destroyer of 375 tons.
It was also a C-Class that measured 67 metres long with a beam of 6.5 metres and was built by Fairfield shipbuilding Co in 1899.
Her armourment was fitted out the same as HMS Fairy with one 12lb gun, five si...
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Museum untangles history of wireless technology by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 2 May 18:55
Today such things as cell phones, high definition television and e-mail are commonplace and most of us probably take those things for granted. But back in the late 1800s and early 1900s just the ability to communicate over vast distances was brand new and amazing.
The fascinating and unique story of the development of wireless communication is on display at the Antique Wireless Association Museum in the small and picturesque town of Bloomfield, New York. The museum features some of the most unusual and rare exhibits of wireless, telegraph, rad...
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Sailing with Titanic role by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 1 May 16:43
TORONTO’S THEATRE RUSTICLE is excited to bring its Titanic play right to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
"I’m entranced right now watching the ferry and the gulls and the fog," says Toronto actor Lucy Rupert, sitting in the lobby of Dartmouth’s Alderney Landing Theatre.
She plays the ship in April 14, 1912, a play inspired by the true story of Harold Bride, Second Marconi Officer of the RMS Titanic.
Director Allyson McMackon was struck by Bride’s account and used it as a springboard for a company that she named after the ru...
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A new take on Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 30 Apr 16:28
They’ve performed the play a number of times before, but doing it in Halifax, the final resting place of some Titanic victims, will change things.
“I think the information from being here will be so important to how the piece evolves,” says Lucy Rupert.
“We have a scene at a grave, and there is something about the names of the dead,” added director Allyson McMackon. “We don’t know who these people are, but they were children, wives and brothers.”
McMackon and Rupert are at the helm of April 14, 1912, one of the plays being p...
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Unsinkable spirit by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 28 Apr 17:01
Fine dining, vibrant night-life and a thriving arts scene - a renewed Belfast is making up for lost time, finds Conor Smyth.
Business in Belfast is booming and our taxi tour guide Billy is only too happy to talk about it. "We're the fastest-growing economic region in Europe," he enthuses, as he takes us through the Titanic Quarter ("the biggest dockside development in Europe").
Billy's ebullience is symptomatic of the city in general, which is beginning to find its feet after its troubled recent history. Once only talked a...
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Arthur Moore by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 26 Apr 08:33
IT was in the early hours of April 15, 1912 that Arthur ‘Artie’ Moore, sat in his homemade wireless studio near Blackwood received the world’s first SOS call, from the Titanic.
It had previously been thought that wireless could travel just a fraction of the 3,000 miles between South Wales and the Titanic’s last known position. Artie’s discovery brought him to the attention of Guglielmo Marconi, who had sent the first- ever wireless communication over water from Lavernock Point, near Cardiff. Artie joined the Marconi Company and worke...
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New home for memorial to Titanic’s postal staff by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 25 Apr 11:46
A MEMORIAL to the five postal workers who drowned in the Titanic disaster is to be given a new home in Southampton's Civic Centre.
The future of the monument had been in doubt amidst the relocation of Southampton's flagship High Street Post Office to WH Smith in Above Bar.
The Titanic Postal Workers' Memorial is part of the city's heritage trail and there were fears it could fall into the hands of collectors willing to pay tens of thousands of pounds.
City council bosses hatched a plan to keep the memorial in the city by making it a permanen...
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Big bucks put family honor in tight spot by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 24 Apr 13:29
If a distant relative died and left you more than $200,000, would you take it?
Of course you would.
What if that amount came in the form of valuable memorabilia? Would you sell it?
Probably.
But what if you knew that the relative would have objected to the sale?
Now it gets trickier.
When the last American survivor of the Titanic died in 2006, it was assumed that she had taken memories of the tragedy to her grave. Lillian Asplund of Shrewsbury never spoke of the disaster that claimed her father and three brothers and over the years re...
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Waterloo's Titanic link is marked at new home development... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 24 Apr 13:27
A NEW building development marks Waterloo’s historical link to the Titanic.
The former coach house in Murat Street, which was once the property of Titanic owner Thomas Henry Ismay, has been transformed into a new housing development.
It has been named White Star Court, after his company White Star Line which ran the disaster-striken liner.
White Star Court consists of eight apartments, a penthouse with a balcony and three coach houses, situated in the former Titanic Buildings.
Estate agents Michael Moon has started advertising the homes, ...
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Exhibit uses artifacts to bring Titanic to life by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 24 Apr 13:25
A collection of about 300 artifacts recovered from the wreck of the Titanic are on display at the XL Center in Hartford in "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," a traveling show organized by the Atlanta-based RMS Titanic Inc.
The artifacts - an officer's megaphone, a leather shoe, a woman's bracelet, a man's spectacles, china etched with the elite White Star Line logo, the ship's whistles, a lifeboat support arm among them - are displayed around a 25,000-square-foot space designed to look like the cabins, promenades, third-class passe...
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Titanic expert dismisses theories by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 24 Apr 13:18
A Belfast Titanic expert has poured ice-cold Atlantic water on a proliferation of old theories about the disaster, following the recent 96th anniversary of its sinking.
Last week saw the publication of various theories that the ship sank because ice-spotting binoculars were locked away, that rivets were of inferior quality, that a report of ice ahead never made it to the bridge and that there was an out of control fADVERTISEMENTire in the engine room.
But Una Reilly, chair and co-founder of the Belfast Titanic Society, is annoyed at what she ...
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Titanic exhibit at Fairfield Museum by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 22 Apr 16:46
This past April 14 marked the 96th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. On that fateful night in 1912, hundreds of men, women and children lost their lives in the waters of the North Atlantic, and those who survived went on with lives that were forever altered.
As a nation, we are fascinated with Titanic for a variety of reasons. Titanic’s legendary opulence, famous victims and infamous claim to be ‘unsinkable’ create a glamorous backdrop to the story of one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The discovery of Tit...
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Adventure on the Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 21 Apr 15:50
Ellen "Nellie" Hocking was in love. That's why she decided to leave her home in Penzance, Cornwall in England during the spring of 1912.
Two great adventures were in her future. The first was a trip on the gigantic luxury ship "Titanic;" the second was a move to Schenectady and marriage to fiance Charles Hambly.
People know how Nellie's first adventure turned out. The invincible "Titanic" struck an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic on Sunday, April 14, and disappeared into the cold ocean waters. More than 1,500 pe...
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Churchgoers prayed in 1912 for victims of Titanic sinking... by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 21 Apr 13:08
The men and women at Schenectady’s Union Presbyterian Church sang “Nearer My God to Thee” on Sunday, April 21, 1912.
The hymn’s verses, always solemn, seemed sadder this day: “Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God to Thee . . .”
People in the pews were crying. A week earlier, the magnificent RMS Titanic had struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank into cold water that claimed 1,517 lives. The band on board the giant passenger ship pla...
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Titanic - the ship, the people, the show by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 21 Apr 08:29
TODAY we continue our news snippets on Titanic - the ‘unsinkable’ cruise liner - which is the subject of this year’s Armidale Drama and Musical Society’s production.
The Armidale version of Titanic will feature Waine Grafton as Smith, Brad Crook as Ismay, and Greg Balcombe as Andrews. Opening night is May 24 at Lazenby Hall.
Among the legendary stories of the Titanic sinking is that of the ship’s band. In the early hours of April 15 1912, Titanic’s eight-member band led by Wallace Hartley had assembled in the first-class lounge in...
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Titanic ticket sold for 33,000 pounds by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 20 Apr 20:05
Ninety-six years after Titanic sank, a third-class passenger ticket of the doomed ship which sank on its maiden voyage, on Sunday sell for 33,000 pounds at an auction in south west England.
The ticket was part of a collection of Lillian Asplund, one of the few survivors of the ship, who as a five-year-old, was on-board Titanic along with her parents and four brothers.
The ticket was sold by auction house of Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire. Also in the collection, a pocket watch that stopped at the exact moment the Titanic sank ...
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In the wake of the RMS Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 20 Apr 20:04
Among the list of movers and shakers who perished during the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic's maiden voyage was filmmaker William Harbek, who filmed the 1911 Round-Up and reportedly had the original copy with him on the ship.
As it turned out, 1911 was a controversial year after two rodeo cowboys, George Fletcher and Jackson Sundown - one black and one Indian - lost out to a white cowboy John Spain for the championship saddle. Harbek's film of the controversial rodeo likely ended up in the sea.
"His business partner claimed it went down wit...
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Titanic shoe box treasures for sale by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 20 Apr 14:47
A treasure store of Titanic memorabilia, kept in a shoe box by a woman who survived the 1912 disaster, has sold at auction for £100,000.
Among Lillian Asplund's shoe box treasures was one of the last four remaining tickets for the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage.
It was sold for £33,000 by auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, at the weekend.
Titanic sank when she hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on 15 April 1912 with the loss of 1,522 lives.
The liner was built at Harland & Wolff...
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Students enjoy tea on Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 20 Apr 08:54
For the ninth time in as many years, the legendary ocean liner Titanic broke up and sunk in the library of Robinson Park Elementary School Thursday.
But not before the 23 third-graders in Deborah S. Buzzee's class recited the doomed ship's history, sang to its memory, and prepared to take formal "Tea on the Titanic."
At the captain's table, ship Captain Brandon P. Smith, 9, and co-captains Brittany M. Fountain, 9, and Vincent Pirro, 10, discussed the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage with First Mate Michael C. Basile, 9.
Smith, who...
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Titanic ticket belonging to last US survivor auctioned... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 20 Apr 08:51
A ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated voyage that belonged to the last survivor with memories of the disaster sold to a collector from the United States at a British auction Saturday.
Lillian Asplund, who died in 2006 at the age of 99, was 5 years old when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among the 1,500 people who died.
She was the last American survivor of the disaster and the last with memories of it. Others had been too young at the time of the sinking...
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Titanic memory by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 19 Apr 12:31
A Titanic survivor who spent her long life trying to avoid publicity about the 1912 disaster that killed her father and three brothers will have that privacy breached today.
A collection of 37 items from the Shrewsbury home of Lillian G. Asplund will be on the auction block today in England.
Ms. Asplund, who died two years ago at 99, was the last American Titanic survivor. The family items, which were in the 39 Fairlawn Circle, Shrewsbury, house she lived in for years, were put up for auction by cousins who inherited the house and its conte...
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What really sank the Titanic? by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 19 Apr 08:42
Scientists have discovered that the builder of the Titanic struggled for years to obtain enough rivets and skilled riveters and ultimately settled on faulty materials that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago today. More than 1,500 people died.
The builder's own archive, the two scientists say, harbors evidence of a deadly mix of low-quality rivets and lofty ambition as the builder labored to construct the world's three biggest ships at once -- the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.
For a decade, scientists have argued that t...
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Devizes attracts global attention as Titanic items auctioned... by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 18 Apr 14:41
Devizes will attract global attention tomorrow when Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers put 364 Titanic related items on auction.
The auctioneers have appeared on the TV show Good Morning America and the story has been in the Wall Street Journal, such is the international interest in the auction.
The most sought after items come from the collection of the last remaining American Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund who died in 2006 aged 99.
Andrew Aldridge said: "Little old Devizes has been put well and truly on the map. We've had interest...
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Bay City Players cast tackles sea of challenges in next show... by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 18 Apr 08:03
Directing a cast of about 40 in the tragic tale of the Titanic has proven to be a challenge, even for veteran director Tina Sills.
''It's probably the biggest musical challenge I've had as a director,'' said Sills, of Essexville, who's guiding a Bay City Players cast and crew putting the finishing touches on ''Titanic the Musical.''
Sills said it's the number of scenes and the configurations of people in those scenes, coupled with the lights and the orchestra, that have made the project such a challenge. Simply put, the show has a lot going...
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Memories of the Titanic at New York auction by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 17 Apr 18:02
On Thursday, May 22, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction devoted to Ocean Liner Memorabilia from the Frank O. Braynard Collection. The collection features ocean liner photographs, brochures, posters, and ship models from nearly all shipping lines; these items truly bring back the glamour and romance that was the epitome of cruising in the early 20th century.
The sale’s most significant highlights are items related to the “Titanic” disaster, including a group of nine letters from the White Star Line concerning the tragedy, which inclu...
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Titanic Exhibition Coming To Milw. Public Museum by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 17:45
One of the most popular exhibits in the world is coming to Milwaukee.
"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" shows hundreds of relics from the sunken ship. There will also be information about people from Milwaukee who were on board.
This exhibit could mean an end to the museum's financial problems.
"It certainly says we're back! The problems are in the past, of the museum. We're here to serve the community and bring the world's great stories to Milwaukee and Titanic is exactly one of those stories,” Milwaukee Public Museum P...
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Belfast pays a sad tribute to Titanic's dead by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 17:43
The men, women and children who lost their lives when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank were remembered yesterday.
Belfast marked the 96th anniversary of the disaster with a quiet ceremony at the City Hall.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast and ancestors of victims laid wreaths at the Titanic memorial before standing with heads bowed for a moment of silence.
Councillor Jim Rodgers stressed the importance of remembering those who died on the night of 15 April 1912.
"It is very important because more than 1,500 people sadly lost their ...
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Ceremony honours Titanic victims by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 17:42
A decades-old ceremony held to remember the Titanic disaster came to Halifax on Tuesday, 96 years to the day after the luxury liner hit an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic.
With bagpipers and priests present, 18 members of the United States Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol saluted the 1,500 people who died on April 15, 1912.
"It is an honour to be here," Cmdr. Scott Rogerson said in opening the brief ceremony in front of dozens of Titanic graves at Fairview Lawn Cemetery at 6 p.m.
The ice patrol started operation...
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Titanic Day: The Movie to See and the Movie to Miss... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 08:55
I have written two plays for my kids to perform based on the sinking of the Titanic, surely a strange parenting technique, and have been interested in the doomed liner most of my life. One of the plays will be performed this weekend, so if you are near Biola University in Los Angeles, you can get my take on what the sinking of Titanic meant.
For the rest of the cosmos, including the better looking, better educated, and more socially aware that will not condescend to see me cling to my outmoded religion due to economic bitterness by writing a p...
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'Titanic' tickets go on sale soon by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 08:33
Want to see the world's most famous sunken ship resurface in Milwaukee?
Tickets will go on sale July 19 for "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit," a major touring exhibit opening Oct. 10 at the Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St.
Advance tickets will be $21 for adults, $13 for children and $18 for seniors, available at the museum and at www.mpm.edu, the museum announced Tuesday, the 96th anniversary of the ship's sinking. The exhibit runs through May 25, 2009.
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Science Center gets set for Titanic summer by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 08:30
The Carnegie Science Center will open a special summer exhibit on the Titanic, the ship that struck an iceberg 96 years ago on the night of April 14th, and sank into the Atlantic Ocean early the next morning.
"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" -- which opens on May 24 and runs through Sept. 1 -- features more than 260 artifacts retrieved from the ship's grave, such as spoons, china, passengers' personal items, coins and jewelry. Each visitor, upon entering the exhibit, will receive a replica of a boarding pass of an actual passenger...
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Wireless messages unanswered from Cape Cod to Titanic... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 08:28
Shortly after midnight on this day in 1912, on the 13,600-ton Cunard liner Carpathia approximately 1,100 miles east of Cape Cod, wireless operator H.T. Cottam was preparing for bed after a long night of sending and receiving messages.
Three hours earlier, the Carpathia's captain, Arthur H. Rostrom, alarmed by warnings from other ships of ice in the vicinity, asked Cottam what other vessels were within range of the wireless.
The Mesaba, the Baltic, the Caronia, the Frankfurt, Mount Temple, Virginian, Birma, and the Olympic, Cottam answered, an...
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Ghostship Titanic Memorial Project by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 16 Apr 08:26
GHOSTSHIP / THE TITANIC PROJECT is a monumental installation piece recreating the ill-fated ocean liner TITANIC as a floating deck plan (in its original size — 882 feet long; 92 feet wide), projected in light onto the surface of the Hudson River at Pier 59 (due west of West 18th Street), the ship's intended destination in 1912. The project could be viewed from the Chelsea Piers Sports Complex, now at the site.
This solar-powered nocturnal installation (the light projection turns on at sundown and off at dawn) would be the ultimate memorial ...
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Titanic from the archives by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 21:37
Here dailyecho.co.uk republishes one of the first reports carried in Southern Evening Echo about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
GLOOM IN SOUTHAMPTON
In Southampton people to the last moment clung to the hope that better news of the Titanic would be received, but on Tuesday afternoon the whole town was overcome with gloom.
Flags were at half-mast on the public buildings and in the docks, and a meeting of the Harbour Board called for the afternoon was abandoned as a mark of sympathy with he sufferers. A letter was read from Colonel Philip...
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Titanic artifacts coming to Milwaukee by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 17:47
President of the Milwaukee Public Museum Dan Finley said Monday another traveling exhibit will come to the city later this year, this one showcasing artifacts recovered from the Titanic.
Entitled Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, the show features items as small as dishes from the famous sunken liner to a porthole on the vessel and also a 5-ton section of the ship’s hull. The international exhibit is currently on display in Hartford, Conn., and Finley said it is scheduled to be featured at the Milwaukee Public Museum from mid-October throug...
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Titanic sails into Liverpool by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 13:28
Over 1,500 lives were lost on April 14, 1912 when the ill-fated RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Ninety-six years later, the cast and creative team of the Winds of Change will bring the legendary story of the RMS Titanic and its passengers back to life, beginning on April 18, 2008.
Titanic: Tragedy and Trial dramatized by Pat Cook, is based on a compilation of historical facts, newspaper articles and survivor interviews. In the first act, “Voices From the Titanic” the audience experiences the chilling series of events ...
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Inferior rivets may have spelled doom for Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 08:14
Scientists have discovered that the builder of the Titanic struggled for years to obtain enough rivets and riveters and ultimately settled on faulty materials that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday.
The builder's own archive, the two scientists say, harbors evidence of a deadly mix of low-quality rivets and lofty ambition as the builder labored to construct the world's three biggest ships at once — the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.
For a decade, scientists have argued that the storied liner went down fast af...
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Attempts to ban 1947 Titanic play by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 08:13
Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.
The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.
Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website.
This release of the material is to mark the anniversary of the sinking in 1912.
The ship sank on 15 April after it hit an iceberg, killing 1,522 peopl...
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Students relive Titanic voyage by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 15 Apr 08:12
Faith Christian School's annual Titanic week left Jonathan Thomas wondering whether he would survive or perish before the end of the school day.
Thomas -- and the school's 41 other sixth-grade students -- last week took on the role of individuals from different social classes who had boarded the Titanic on its ill-fated voyage in April 1912. Students were not told until the end of the day whether their character survived the disaster.
"The first day I was a little baby; yesterday I was a 34-year-old man; and today I am 17 years old,"...
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Scientists May Have Found Titanic’s Weak Link by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 14 Apr 22:07
For a decade, metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic have argued that the storied liner went down fast after hitting the iceberg because the ship’s builder used substandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of icy seawater rush in. More than 1,500 people died.
Now, a team of scientists has moved into deeper waters, uncovering evidence in the builder’s own archives of a deadly mix of great ambition and low quality iron that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday. Historians say the riddle of the disaster has fina...
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N.S. Archives updates records on Titanic sinking by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 14 Apr 19:35
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is updating its Titanic file by digitizing the content of two British newsmagazines published in April and May 1912.
Officials say it will allow Nova Scotians the opportunity to experience online the media blitz that shook the world after the huge passenger liner sank.
Several issues of The Sphere and The Daily Graphic have been given to the Archives by private donors in the past year.
Provincial archivist Brian Speirs describes coverage of the disaster in the magazines as outstanding.
He says the...
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Titanic disaster remembered by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 14 Apr 09:16
About 100 people assembled to commemorate one of the darkest days of Southampton's maritime history.
They gathered at Holyrood Church for a service remembering the victims of the Titanic which sank in the North Atlantic 96 years ago tomorrow.
In his address, the sheriff Councillor Brian Parnell said the liner's sinking was a stark reminder of the dangers inherent to all those who plied their trade at sea.
"The safety of passengers and crews is still a primary concern for those who run and operate the mighty ships that leave our shores, ...
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Last known Titanic survivor has KC connection by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 14 Apr 08:38
Did the cold Atlantic air wake her before the lifeboat swung away?
Before being popped into a sack, did she sense the confusion and fear on the sloping deck where her doomed father stood?
Surely, her tiny ears picked up the distress blasts from the settling Titanic, the fading cries of those in the black water’s freezing clutch, the moans and gasps from shocked fellow survivors in the rocking boat. Did she even cry?
We will never know. Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when the Titanic went down, and all of her memories are hand-me-downs...
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Titanic treasures displayed in Hartford by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 14 Apr 08:35
It'll be 96 years ago, this week, that the HMS (sic) Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. The Hartford's XL Center will now be displaying parts of the ship in a captivating exhibit.
From the first moment, the exhibit takes you back to 1912, and the dock, where more than 2,200 people boarded Titanic. Visitors start their tour of the ship in first class. "It's a recreation of how it would feel walking down the hallway of the first class quarters," Tracy Shirer, of the XL Center, said.
The traveling exhibition re-creat...
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A local man's story of Titanic heroism amid disaster... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 13 Apr 22:04
In 1912, the loss of the Titanic, the "ship of dreams," on its maiden voyage between Southampton, England, and New York City, mesmerized the nation and the world and immortalized the ship and its passengers.
One of those aboard was August Henry Weikman, the only American in the crew. He was the ship's commodore barber, who personally attended to the grooming of the great financier J.P. Morgan during previous transatlantic crossings. Originally from Philadelphia, Weikman moved to Palmyra in the 1890s and became that town's claim to the...
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Bloomington family recalls surviving Titanic sinking... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 13 Apr 22:02
“I will never forget the shrieks of those people in the water,” remembered Albert Caldwell, a Bloomington resident who survived the sinking of the Titanic. “We supposed at the time that there were 40 or 50, never dreaming that over 1,500 would lose their lives that night.” | From Our Past page
Albert, his wife, Sylvia, and their 10-month-old son, Alden, were passengers on the Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912. The Caldwells were in the fortunate minority of about 700 passengers and crewmen w...
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Titanic doomed by fire raging below decks,says new theory... by Andrew Clarkson at Sun 13 Apr 22:00
A new theory that a fire in a coal bunker on the liner RMS Titanic contributed to its sinking has been put forward, as the fate of the liner remains a subject of debate ahead of the 96th anniversary of the disaster later this week.
Ray Boston, who has devoted 20 years to researching the subject, said the reason Titanic was travelling so quickly through dangerous waters was because of an "uncontrollable" coal fire on board which began during speed trials in Belfast 10 days before it left Southampton.
The fire was still burning when t...
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Titanic's secrets of the deep by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 12 Apr 16:57
SHE lies in cold, still waters deep beneath the Atlantic, the once proud and pristine Ship of Dreams is now slowly but surely crumbling away as time, inexorably, takes its corrosive toll.
It was 96 years ago that Titanic, then hailed as the greatest and most luxurious passenger liner of her time, began her ill-fated maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, a destination the ship was never to see.
Now in a race against time and using the latest technology, a brand new series of amazing images has been published capturing the graveyard wreck...
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Titanic memories by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 12 Apr 12:45
A STARCHED white apron bears silent witness to the terrible night when the luxury White Star liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
It is among exhibits in the Merseyside Maritime Museum’s exhibition Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress which looks at three great shipping tragedies. The Empress was the Empress of Ireland, the loss of which was overshadowed by the others.
The full-length cotton apron, with lace-trimmed top, was worn by survivor Laura Francatelli on the night of the disaster. It ...
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Titanic Survivor's Asian Adventure at Angkor Wat Resurfaces... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 12 Apr 12:43
"The tale of it is incredible; the wonder which is Angkor is unmatched in Asia." So begins Helen Churchill Candee's 1924 tale of Asian adventure. Today, visitors can again experience the mystery of Cambodia's vast jungle temples through her eyes in a modern expanded edition of Angkor the Magnificent (ISBN: 978-1-934431-00-1).
April 15th marks the 96th anniversary of history's most infamous maritime disaster, the sinking of the RMS Titanic. But for Helen Candee, surviving the Titanic was a minor event compared to her other life creden...
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Travel Back In Time To Night Titanic Sank by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 12 Apr 12:40
The story of the Titanic has fascinated historians and Hollywood for decades. An exhibit opening Saturday at the XL Center in Hartford will give people a chance to take a walk back in time and learn about one of the most famous ships in history.
The RMS Titanic sunk in April 1912 on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg. More than 1,500 people died, according to some reports.
Visitors to the exhibit will get a replica of a boarding pass of an actual passenger on the ship and then go on a chronological journey through life on the Titanic....
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Titanic passenger's letters fetch £19,000 by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 17:50
LETTERS which tell the story of a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic fetched £19,129 when they went under the hammer today.
Businessman Charles Jones, who worked for Colgate toothpaste company in New York, was returning to the United States after a trip to Britain to buy sheep when he died on the Southampton liner's maiden voyage in 1912.
The letters went for nearly double their £10,000 estimate when they were sold at Duke's auction house in Dorchester, Dorset, to an American telephone bidder. The price included the buyer's premium.
Mr Jon...
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Titanic convention held in Liverpool by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 11:43
THE annual convention of the British Titanic Society begins today in Liverpool.
More than 100 delegates from the UK, Europe and the United States will meet in the city for a weekend of events marking the 96th anniversary of the tragedy.
Yesterday, members of the society met ahead of the start of the conference to lay a commemorative wreath at the engineers’ memorial at the Pier Head to remember those who died in the tragedy.
They laid the wreath at 12.05pm – the exact time to the day the Titanic set sail from Southampton in 1912.
The co...
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Nephew of Titanic survivor tells uncle's harrowing tale... by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 10:47
Pat Dwyer can't shake the thought of his uncle struggling to survive in near-freezing water after leaping from the deck of the Titanic 96 years ago this month.
The emotions conjured by the Titanic exhibit at Moody Gardens in Galveston are so strong that Dwyer, 66, of League City, declined to take the tour Thursday.
"It just engulfed me with emotion," said Dwyer, who toured the exhibit two weeks ago but returned to Moody Gardens to tell his uncle's story, 96 years to the day that the luxury liner steamed out of Southampton, U.K., on ...
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Titanic Exhibit Set To Open In Hartford by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 10:44
An exhibit detailing the Titanic is scheduled to open in Hartford 96 years after the ship set off on its fateful maiden voyage.
This weekend, "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition" opens for a limited engagement at the XL Center in Hartford.
Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Dan Kain reported that the exhibit begins with the building of the ship in a Belfast shipyard, and ends with the ship resting on the ocean floor.
The exhibit combines recreations of the interior of the vessel with personal items carried by passengers and artifa...
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Local connections to the Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 10:42
Since she sank back in 1912, only a few scientists have actually seen the Titanic where it sits on the bottom of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Millions saw the recent movie, but experts say that was largely fiction.
You can learn the real-life story of Philadelphia's connection to the ill-fated ship this weekend. Widener University folklorist Joseph Edgette hosts a program Saturday.
Philadelphia financier Peter Widener was a board member of White Star Lines, which owned Titanic. Widener's son and grandson went down with the ship. The Wideners...
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Program explores Titanic, Bradley by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 11 Apr 10:40
The Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve will hold a shipwreck presentation Saturday focusing on the Titanic and its connection to the Great Lakes and the sinking of, and recovery of artifacts from, the Carl D. Bradley.
Speakers will include Frank Mays, author of the book "Sole Survivor" and surviving crew member of the Bradley, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1958, and divers John Scoles and John Janzen who dove to the Bradley multiple times, recovering artifacts.
Cris Kohl, a shipwreck author, will speak on the Titanic's West Mic...
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Prestige Yacht Charters Commemorates Sinking of Titanic... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 10 Apr 10:32
Prestige Yacht Charters, a premier luxury-yacht charter company serving the New York metro area, today announced it has commemorated the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912 by creating a special resource page on its website including an exact replica of the first-class menu for the passengers' last meal.
The resource page is available at http://prestigeyachtcharters.com/titanic.asp until May 15 and includes links to related s...
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Life Snatched from the Jaws of Death by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 10 Apr 10:31
For Trinity Western University student ‘Tori' (Victoria) Thompson, the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 is more than a sensational event from the dim past or a touring display recently seen by university staff at the Royal Museum in Victoria. She knows that if strange events had not taken place as the ship was going down in those fatal early-morning hours, she wouldn't even exist today. Thompson, a student in the TWU Department of Theatre, has been reminded of these things as her peers are rehearsing Scotland Road, dramatist Jeffr...
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Titanic watch to go under hammer by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 10 Apr 10:28
A WILTSHIRE auctioneer will be selling a collection of the last American Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund later this month.
Devizes-based Henry Aldridge and Son will put items belonging to Miss Asplund on April 19 at 1pm.
She passed away in 2006 at the age of 99 and the archive is being sold by direct descent and has never been published or on public display in its entirety before.
The artefacts were kept together in Miss Asplund's home and kept in a box where they remained until after her passing.
The collection comprises of a number of s...
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Millvina Dean to miss Titanic commemorations by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 9 Apr 11:42
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Source: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk
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Disaster Comes to Life at Broadway Elementary by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 9 Apr 11:39
Kristin Borton’s third grade class took a theatrical look at the sinking of the Titanic last week as her students assumed the roles of various passengers on that fatal maiden voyage.
Rather than merely reading about the greatest catastrophe of its day or passively watching the research of others in a documentary, the students took an intellectual leap from the floor of their classroom to the deck of that ill-fated ship.
Rather than the traditional “read a book and write a paper” method, each student was given the name of a passenger w...
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Local chef brings new life to last Titanic supper by Andrew Clarkson at Tue 8 Apr 07:42
They shared a passion for culinary greatness, but Montrose Chef Inge Cheatham differs in one very important way from the chef who served the last first-class meal aboard the ill-fated Titanic.
It would take more than an ice berg to sink the irrepressible Cheatham, who will recreate that luxurious but doomed repast through a Weehawken Creative Arts class in Ridgway on April 12.
Although there were numerous courses to the original meal, Cheatham has narrowed things down to a more simple, but sumptuous presentation. She will not only cook the di...
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Solanco Students to Perform Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 7 Apr 17:04
On April 10, 1912, Titanic set sail on its infamous five-day journey from England across the Atlantic toward New York. Coming up on April 11 and 12, the Solanco Music Department will bring this epic story to the stage in Peter Stone and Maury Yeston's musical, Titanic. Unrelated to the movie, this 1997 Tony Award-winning story is a historical recollection of this journey for the passengers and crew aboard the ill-fated ship.
Among the songs student-actors will sing are "Godspeed Titanic", "The Largest Moving Object", "...
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Exhibition model is a perfect match for doomed Titanic... by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 5 Apr 14:14
A GIANT model of the Titanic made entirely from matches will be launched at a special convention to commemorate the ship next week.
The British Titanic Society convention is being held at Liverpool’s Liner hotel.
The society celebrates its 21st birthday this year.
And at a gala dinner on Saturday evening a special birthday cake will be cut by the society’s founder Bob Pryor.
The model of the ill-fated liner will be a centrepiece of the event.
It was made by member Tim Elkins over 18 years.
He intends to complete the 8ft long model to ...
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'Titanic' task for a high school musical by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Apr 19:39
Sweating under unforgiving stage lights, the Solanco teens imagine a frigid April night, when the North Atlantic's icy waters swallowed 1,500 souls aboard a doomed ship.
Sometimes after a scene, the young actors crack a few jokes backstage, just to keep from crying.
On April 11 — a few days shy of the 96th anniversary of history's most infamous ocean disaster — Solanco High School will stage "Titanic: The Musical," an elaborate, emotionally charged production that requires uncommon talent and dedication.
"Titanic," wh...
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Ghost Ships and Sea Desert Curses by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Apr 16:14
Throughout history, people have always been fascinated and at the same time horrified by records of bizarre testimonies about eerie ship sights, where inexplicable and mysterious events took place.
Clearly people sense odd attraction and their curiosity awakens when they get a mental image of a ship lonely floating in the moon-light, with no signs of life apart from inarticulate and inexplicable noises that come from the ship`s belly.
Proportionally with curiosity, fear awakens as well, but isn`t it fear that yields curiosity and thirst for r...
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Perth's Titanic: The Musical starts by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Apr 16:12
PERTH Amateur Operatic Society’s most exciting and challenging production to date, ‘Titanic: the Musical’, sets sail in Perth Theatre tonight, with a new and exciting production team at the helm.
Wielding the baton as musical director will be local music teacher Allan Kelman, while Ewan Campbell, who is already known to the society as co-owner of Utopia Costumes, takes over as director.
Both Allan and Ewan have brought their own particular skills to the production and, although neither had any real knowledge of the show before undertaki...
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Titanic explorer debuts new science program by Andrew Clarkson at Fri 4 Apr 14:05
With a hearty laugh, Dr. Robert Ballard, world renowned oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic, likes what he's seeing in north Phoenix.
It's Ballard's latest project, and sharing his discoveries has been worth the struggle. "I go to incredible places, but it's hard to take a lot of people with me," Ballard confided.
But now, from this state of the art command center at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale, Ballard's team has developed a real-time, interactive experience that will put hundreds of kids right on board ...
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Witness Night of the Titanic by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 3 Apr 14:00
Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the Titanic – a ship widely heralded as “unsinkable” – struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Over the course of the next few hours, a great tragedy unfolded as weather, ice, the sun and human error all contributed to the sinking of this unsinkable ship. In Night of the Titanic, now playing at the Burke Baker Planetarium, experience the Titanic’s last day to discover what went wrong, and examine the changes in Arctic ice patterns that may help scientists prepare for the future.
“If the Tit...
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Titanic artifacts belonging to last U.S. survivor to be sold... by Andrew Clarkson at Thu 3 Apr 13:58
A collection of artifacts owned by a Titanic survivor — including a ticket for the ill-fated voyage — will be sold at a London auction later this month.
The collection also includes a pocket watch that reportedly stopped at the exact moment the ship sank in April 1912.
The items belonged to Lillian Asplund, the last American survivor of the disaster. She died in 2006 at the age of 99.
Asplund was 5 when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among the 1,50...
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An event of Titanic proportions by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 2 Apr 19:24
Jill Nicolson loves history.
Her penchant for the past is now spilling over into her Torrington business, Cuisine with Jill. As host of many cooking classes and dining events, the chef decided to delve into history for an upcoming special occasion.
Specifically, she decided to recreate the last meal served on the RMS Titanic. On April 13, Nicolson will whip up an elegant, 10-course meal for guests, who will dine to the music played on that fateful night and share the table with actors dressed in period garb.
"History really intrigues me...
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RNLI hosts a Titanic night out by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 2 Apr 17:51
A SPECTACULAR Titanic themed event will be held to raise money for the RNLI.
The night will be hosted at St George’s hotel on Friday, April 18, during the week of the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The famous ship set sail from Belfast on April 2, 1912 and sank 13 days later.
A fantastic gala dinner has been organised and live music will be preformed by a local band.
A charity auction will be held with fantatic prizes including a luxury weekend break.
The chairman of the Belfast Titanic Society will speak in memory of th...
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Titanic artifacts to be sold at auction in England by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 2 Apr 17:50
A collection of artifacts owned by a survivor of the Titanic is to be sold at auction this month.
The collection includes a ticket for the ill-fated voyage and a pocket watch reported to have stopped at the exact time the ship sank.
The items belonged to Lillian Asplund, the last American survivor of the disaster, who died in 2006, aged 99.
Asplund was 5 in April 1912, when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among 1,500 people who died.
The collection will be...
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Locals with Titanic ties call Moody Gardens by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 2 Apr 17:49
Moody Gardens is looking for Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana locals with connections to passengers or crew members who sailed aboard Titanic almost 96 years ago. Approaching the 96th anniversary of the ship’s maiden voyage on April 10, Moody Gardens is collecting local links to the historic liner.
“The sinking of the Titanic was very personal to the port city of Galveston, and there are local people with direct ties to the disaster,” said John Zendt, general manager of Moody Gardens. “The main focus of this exhibit is about the ...
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Radio operators commemorate Titanic anniversary in Branson... by Andrew Clarkson at Wed 2 Apr 17:48
For the second year, ham radio operators around the world will participate in a special-event transmission to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, originating from the Titanic museum in Branson.
Operators will transmit the news of the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic using special event call sign W0S.
The special call sign, WØS, stands for “White Star,” the name of the company that built the Titanic.
This year a group of 16 to 20 high school students, who recently passed their ham license exams, wil...
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Titanic Shipyard Builds Record Tidal Generator by Andrew Clarkson at Mon 31 Mar 16:32
In an endeavour hopefully better fated than that of the “unsinkable ship”, the Harland & Wolff shipyard of Belfast are now building the world’s biggest tidal electricity generation system.
Named SeaGen, the 1.2 megawatt installation will generate power for over 1,000 homes using energy harvested from tides in Strangford Lough, east of Belfast.
Northern Ireland has considerable natural resources and although wind power has been Ireland’s primary source of renewable energy to date, tidal power generates more energy per acre than win...
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Secrets of Titanic survivor revealed by Andrew Clarkson at Sat 29 Mar 22:15
When Lillian Asplund died in 2006 it was thought that she had taken her memories of the sinking of the Titanic with her. But a collection of personal items up for auction next month help piece together the story of a