April 14, 1912 – 11:40 pm.
Mr and Mrs Sturges are arguing about whether or not Mrs Sturges will return to Europe with her husband after the boat docks in New York. In the heat of the moment, Julia Sturges reveals to her husband Richard, that Norman, their son is not his but but rather the result of a one-night stand after one of their many bitter arguments
Meanwhile in another part of the ship, Jack and Rose witness the horrific events of the evening after Jack had sketched Rose in the nude, wearing only the Heart of the Ocean, an engagement present from Cal (afterwards, they entered William Carter’s Renault and engage in sexual congress) …but that’s another story.
The Unsinkable Titantic struck an iceberg, causing damage to six of her 16 ‘water tight‘ compartments. (Lat. 41° 46′ N. and Long. 50° 14′ W.)
Originally, a lifeboat drill was scheduled to take place on board the Titanic on earlier on this date. However, for an unknown reason, Captain Smith canceled the drill. Many believe that had the drill taken place, more lives could have been saved.
April 15, 1912: 12:50 a.m. EST –
A junior wireless operator at Cape Race, Newfoundland, received a report from the Virginian that they were trying to reach the Titanic ocean liner, but had lost communication. Titanic’s last signals at 12:27 a.m. were “blurred and ended abruptly.“
The ‘unsinkable‘ ship Titanic sank after being torn by iceberg, with a loss of 1493 passengers on this date.
From the moment it struck the iceberg, the Titanic remained afloat for approximately 160 minute – the first lifeboat was not deployed from the ship for almost 60 minutes after the initial collision.
There were 212 staff members among the 711 survivors. Nearly all of the first-class women passengers survived, except for Ida Straus, Bessie Waldo Allison and Loraine Allison, Edith Corse Evans, and Elizabeth Ann Isham.
The last remaining survivor of the disaster, Millvina Dean, died on May 31, 2009, aged 97. She was two months old at the time.
In the race to publish a headline about the disaster, numerous newspapers gave families and loved ones false hope about the sinking of the Titanic. The World reported no fatalities, the Daily Mail declared “no lives lost,” and the Belfast Telegraph claimed “no danger of loss of life.” American newspapers were able to take advantage of the time difference, and their headlines were more accurate.
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