I have found a Message Board Archive that reprints a interesting collection of Letters from Captain Smith to his nephew and other related letters. Repost of the Shelley Dziedzic’s post in case of forum changes….[…]
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Captain Smith Really Believed The Titanic Was Unsinkable
(Erie, PA, April 17, 1912). That Captain Smith believed the Titanic and the Olympic to be absolutely unsinkable is recalled by a man who had a conversation with the veteran commander on a recent voyage[…]
Titanic Passenger – Richard Otter
Great-grandson of 2nd class passenger, Richard Otter from Charles M. Otter My father would take us kids to visit my great-grandmother back in the 1960’s and 70’s as she lived until 1972, age 94. One[…]
Titanic Crew Member – Brooke Webb
I believe I am a descendant of a first class smoke room steward by the name of Brooke Webb. Tim Webb ——————————————————————————– Lady Kathleen contacted Dorothy Webb after seeing the brooke Webb name and story[…]
The Night Lives On – A Story
Sea flat calm, no moon, no wind, no swell. On a starlit night of April 14, 1912, the great new White Star liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York had brushed[…]
Titanic Crew Member – Captain Edward John Smith Meville Family Connections
Dear Kathleen, I was browsing through the CHILDREN OF THE TITANIC webpage and saw someone was looking for a Melville surname connection. A Melville family, related to Herman Melville of MOBY DICK fame, settled in[…]