1912 - 1st class survivor Mrs Leila Meyer received a cable message that her father, Andrew Saks, the well-known New York merchant, had died. She and her husband, Edgar Joseph Meyer, would book their passage to New York on Titanic in order to attend the funeral.

1912 - In his rush to depart the ship, Second Officer Mr David Blair took the key to the crow's nest telephone with him and apparently stowed the lookout's binoculars in his cabin. Lightoller was unaware of this when he took over and Frederick Fleet mentioned to the American Inquiry that they had been unable to find them.

1912 - One of the few photographs of Captain E. J. Smith on the Titanic was taken.