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Titanic History Friday, April 10, 2026 |
| 1854 - 1st class survivor Mrs Charlotte Wardle Cardeza was born to Thomas Drake and Matilda McChesney Drake in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1986 - 2nd class survivor Miss Annie Jessie "Nina" Harper died at the age of 80. 1891 - 3rd class passenger Miss Hannah Naughton was born. 1893 - 3rd class passenger Mr Karl Gideon Gustafsson was born to Stina Greta Andersdotter Johansson. 1968 - 3rd class survivor Master Harold Theodor Johnson died of pancreatitis at the age of 60. 1885 - 3rd class survivor Mr Borak ("Hannah Assi Borah") Hannah was born to Coula Hannah and his wife. 1885 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Hanna Youssef Touma was born to the Razi family in Assyria (now Lebanon). 1912 - 7:00 AM: Wearing a bowler hat and a long overcoat, Master Captain Edward John Smith took a taxi from his home to Southampton docks and came aboard the Titanic to prepare for the board of Trade muster at 8:00 am. He immediately went to his cabin to get the sailing report from Chief Officer Henry Wilde. 1912 - 7:30 AM: Master Captain Edward John Smith went through the paperwork to declare the RMS Titanic an Emigrant ship. 1912 - 8:00 AM: Blue Ensign Warrant flag, and a White Star Flag were hoisted. Lifeboats 11 & 15 were lowered, rowed around the dock, and hoisted back onto the ship. Coal Bunker #10 was noted as to having a fire in it, although this was not reported to the Board of Trade. 1912 - 8:00 PM: The tenders were away and the anchor was being raised in Cherbourg, France. Ten minutes later she was outward bound, her next stop Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland. 1912 - 6:30 PM: Dropped anchor at Cherbourg, France and awaited the tenders, Nomadic and Traffic. 1912 - Assistant Surgeon Dr John Edward Simpson and Dr O'Loughlin examined the crew muster sheets with Captain Maurice Harvey Clarke, the Board of Trade immigration officer, to ensure a healthy crew was aboard. Just one of the many formalities which had to be completed before the maiden voyage could begin. 1880 - Fireman / Stoker and survivor Mr Frank Archibald Robert Mason was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. 1912 - Purser Mr Hugh Walter Mcelroy delivered a canary to Cherbourg from Southampton for Mr. Meanwell, a man living in France. According to testimonies, he was glad to have the bird in his office. |
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The Flub Report
| In learning more about the making of Titanic, I've come upon scads of claims that there are flubs throughout. Since I now have the DVD, and therefore the capability to watch the movie frame-by-frame, I used the list I had accumulated and looked for myself. My motivation in writing the Flub Report is my growing fascination with film making and the creating of the illusion that seems so flawless on screen. With so much money at their disposal, and under James Cameron's perfectionistic eye, many flubs remained in the final cut. Of course there are the commonly known ones, like the glob of spit on Jack's chin that isn't there from one angle, but appears in the next shot. We won't be delving into those, just the ones that are new discoveries I hadn't heard terribly much about. I'll also be debunking some so-called flubs that turned out not to be true flubs and pointing out things that weren't necessarily mistakes but that you may not have caught. Along the way, I will share pictures, showing what I'm describing so you can see comparisons and understand the context. | |
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