MYSTERY OF TITANIC
                     MYSTERY OF TITANIC
INTRODUCTION
• One hundred and eight years ago, one of the most famous — and deadliest — disasters took 
place.
• On April 15, 1912 the most luxurious and safe ships ever built, hit an iceberg and sank off the 
coast of Newfoundland, taking more than 1,500 lives. 
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WHY WAS THE CAPTAIN SPEEDING?
• People believed that Captain Smith was speeding through the iceberg-heavy waters of the North 
Atlantic because he wanted the Titanic to cross the Atlantic faster than her sister ship, the 
Olympic. 
• The real reason the Titanic’s captain was speeding was to burn coal as quickly as possible in order 
to control the coal fire. 
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WHAT CAUSED THE SHIP TO BREAK INTO 
TWO PIECES?
• It was thought that the ship sank intact after colliding with an iceberg while speeding recklessly 
through icy waters near the coast of Newfoundland. 
• Ballard’s discovered that the ship’s splitting into two pieces, was the result of design flaws and 
the skimping on quality materials by the owners or builders. 
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WAS THERE EVEN AN ICEBERG?
• Some professionals believe that If the Titanic had hit an iceberg, it would have gone down in 
mere minutes. 
• Others believe that the Titanic must have hit a hidden floe of “pack ice” (multi-year-old sheets of 
ice floating near the ocean surface) that had made its way into the Atlantic from the Arctic 
Ocean.
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THE “THIRD” SHIP
• The Californian may not have been the only ship that ignored the Titanic’s distress signals. A 
Norwegian ship, the Samson, may have been nearby as well. 
• In fact, some believe that the Samson was closer to the Titanic than the Californian but ignored 
her distress signals in order to avoid prosecution for illegal seal-hunting. 
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700 THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS HAD TO 
SHARE TWO BATHTUBS
• The third-class accommodations on the Titanic were much better than those on an average ship, 
they were still pretty rough. 
• The total number of third-class passengers ranged from 700 to 1,000, and they all had to share 
two bathtubs.
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ONE OF THE SHIP'S MUSICIANS WASN'T OFFICIALLY 
DECLARED DEAD UNTIL 2000
• Roger Bricoux was the Titanic's cello player and 
just 21 years old when he perished during the 
ship's sinking.
• But Bricoux wasn't officially declared dead until 
2000, though all of the musicians died on April 
15, 1912. 
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SHIP'S BINOCULARS WERE LOCKED
• The ship's lookouts, Frederick Fleet and Reginald 
Lee, didn't have access to binoculars during the 
journey, and therefore couldn't see very far.
• The key resurfaced at auction in 2010, where it 
was sold for over $130,000.
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TRAGEDY FROM THE START
• Eight men died during the construction of the 
ship, but only five of the names are known. A 
plaque memorializing the eight men in Belfast 
was unveiled in 2012.
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SAVED FROM THE TITANIC
• American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson was 
one of the approximately 700 survivors of the 
collision.
• Upon arriving in New York City unscathed, she 
immediately began filming "Saved From the 
Titanic," the first film to depict the events of the 
sinking. 
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
• Beesley was on the set of "A Night to Remember," 
which is considered the most accurate of all Titanic 
films. 
• He allegedly tried to jump into the scene depicting 
the ship's sinking, in order to symbolically go down 
with the ship.
• Beesley was a survivor from the second class, and 
wrote a memoir about his experience entitled "The 
Loss of the SS Titanic."
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