30 years ago the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. What went down with him?
On September 1, 1985, the wreckage of the ocean liner Titanic, which sank in April 1912, was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. Over 30 years, over 5,000 objects were raised to the surface: from the personal belongings of passengers to a 17-ton piece of sheathing. Many treasures and artifacts still remain at the bottom. In honor of the anniversary, we decided to recall the most unusual and interesting cargoes of the infamous ship.
Lost masterpiece
What was carried on board the Titanic is known largely through claims and lawsuits filed by surviving passengers after the shipwreck. The most expensive loss was the painting by the French artist Merry-Joseph Blondel, “La Circassienne au bain,” painted in 1814. Its owner, Swedish businessman Moritz Håkan Björnstöm-Steffansson, valued the masterpiece at $100,000 (in modern terms, that’s about $2.4 million). This became a record among claims addressed to the White Star Line shipping company: none of the Titanic passengers demanded such a significant amount for a single lost piece of luggage.
Most expensive luggage
The list of the largest losses also includes the luggage of the American millionaire Charlotte Drake Cardeza, the daughter of a textile manufacturer. She sailed on the Titanic with her son, returning to Pennsylvania after a long hunt: a safari in Africa and visiting hunting grounds in Hungary. She occupied the most expensive cabin on the ship and carried 14 chests of luggage, not counting four suitcases and three boxes. After the safe rescue, Charlotte Cardeza filed a claim for $177,352 (about $4 million in today's dollars) - in a 21-page list of lost property she listed 841 items, including a nearly seven-carat pink diamond ring valued at $20,000.
Marmalade machine
While some surviving passengers demanded millions of dollars in compensation, others estimated their losses more than modestly. For example, second class passenger Edwina Truitt asked for a refund of only 8s 5d. She valued a marmalade machine, a device for cleaning and slicing fruits, similar to a meat grinder, at that amount. A 27-year-old English woman was traveling to visit her pregnant sister in America to help her care for her newborn. Feeling the Titanic collide with an iceberg, she went up to the deck, saw how the lifeboats were being prepared, and hurriedly returned to the cabin to warn her fellow passengers. One of them was trying to tie a corset at that time, and Truett, putting on a warm coat, tore off the corset and threw it into the aisle, saying that there was no time for this. Along the way, she warned two friends from the next cabin about the disaster. When Edwina boarded the boat, an unfamiliar Lebanese passenger asked her to take her five-month-old child with her, which she did. At the time of departure from the Titanic, she had only a toothbrush and a prayer book with her. In a hurry, she clearly had no time for the marmalade machine, but after a while she remembered about the loss and filed a claim. It is noteworthy that the woman lived to be 100 years old. She crossed the Atlantic Ocean several times, and her last such voyage across the Atlantic occurred on her 99th birthday.
"Precious" book
The Titanic carried about 90 containers of books. The most valuable copy was the collection of sayings of Omar Khayyam “Rubai”, decorated with 1050 precious stones, each of which was framed in gold. This rare book was bought by an American in March 1912 at an auction for $1900, which can be equated to 15 annual salaries of a junior member of the Titanic crew.
By the way, the Titanic had the prefix RMS (Royal Mail Ship) in its name and was officially responsible for the transportation of British mail. Along with the books, 3,364 bags of mail went to the bottom, as well as about 800 parcels with unknown contents. One of the postal packages contained the manuscript of Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim: the writer sent it to collector John Quinn under the title Karain: A Memoir. Fortunately, the writer still had his own version of the manuscript and the book reached readers.
Opium for the people
In addition to passenger belongings and mail, the Titanic carried a huge amount of goods totaling $420,000 ($10 million in 2015). Information about the cargo is known thanks to a surviving copy of the 1912 manifest, which is a detailed list of items taken on board. This document was sent to America on the Mauritania liner and appeared in New York newspapers on April 20, 1912, six days after the sinking of the Titanic. From it you can learn, in particular, about the transport of drugs to the United States: on board the largest passenger ship in the world, hidden among cheeses, wines and furs, were four containers of opium for the American people. Three years earlier, the US Congress had banned the import and use of opium for non-medical purposes. In some states it was already banned even for medical purposes. There were two years left before opium was completely banned in America.
Dragon's Blood
The Titanic's cargo list includes 76 containers of dragon's blood. This is the name of the resin from trees of the genus Dracaena, which grow in the Canary Islands, Morocco, and Socotra. Since ancient times, dragon's blood has been used in medicine by the Romans, Greeks, Arabs and residents of Socotra: with its help they treated respiratory, skin, gastrointestinal diseases, healed wounds, and stopped bleeding. In India, dragon tree resin was used for special ceremonies, and voodoo priests in New Orleans used it to drive out negative entities, attracting money and love. Now this natural substance is used to polish furniture, marble and create varnish.
It is not clear what the purpose of the dragon's blood on board the Titanic was, it is only known that it belonged to the joint-stock company Brown Brothers and Company. By the way, the demonic name for this substance and tree was given by an ancient Indian legend: a long time ago in the Arabian Sea on the island of Socotra there lived a bloodthirsty dragon, he attacked elephants and drank their blood. But one day there was an old and strong elephant who fell on the dragon and crushed it. The blood of the two creatures gushed onto the ground, irrigating it like water, after which dracaena trees grew in the same place, which translated from ancient Greek means “female dragon.”
Movies
Among the items carried on board the Titanic was one box containing a film for The New York Motion Picture Company, one of the smaller film studios that later merged with Paramount Pictures. What was on the tape remained a mystery; the film never appeared in theaters. Also irretrievably lost were 33.5 km of film that belonged to William Harbeck. It is known that he was a successful filmmaker and was returning from a creative trip to Europe, where he visited London, Brussels, Paris and Berlin, in order to show his work in American cinemas and begin filming in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon Territory. It is assumed that he was also involved in the creation of newsreels of the Titanic, but this footage has not survived. William Harbeck died along with his young mistress, a model from Paris, his body was identified and buried by his wife, who was not immediately allowed to be identified, since it was recorded that Mr. and Mrs. Harbeck had died. As compensation, the wife of the deceased demanded $50,000 from the shipowners. Harbeck's films were valued at $41,000, equipment - at $11,000, such amounts were indicated in the claim by the business partner of the deceased, Katherine George.
Automobile
One of the hottest love scenes in James Cameron's Titanic takes place in a Renault car. Indeed, such a machine was on board. True, they transported it rather disassembled: the cargo manifest indicated that the car was being transported in a container. The brand new Renault Type CB Coupe de Ville, purchased in Europe, was the first to suffer from the impact, as it was located in the bow of the ship, and was broken into pieces when it collided with an iceberg. Her owner was playing cards in the smoking room at that time. After the collision, he put his family on the boat: his wife, 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter - and he himself escaped in one of the last boats with women and children, where, besides him, only one man was able to get into - White Star Line manager Joseph Ismay. Reunited with his family, Carter demanded compensation for the car - $5,000 and for two more dead dogs - $300. The couple soon divorced: the wife considered her husband’s behavior during the disaster inappropriate. Along with the Titanic, not only the dogs, but also the Carters' servant and driver drowned. Condemnation also befell Ismay: he was forced to leave his post, earning a reputation as a coward.
Perfume
Today, things from the Titanic are exhibited in museums and sold at auctions. One of the popular exhibits is a perfume that has lain at the bottom for 88 years.
65 bottles with different scents were carried by one of the first class passengers - 47-year-old German Adolf Saalfeld, chairman of the perfume company Sparks, White and Co. Ltd. At that time, perfumes were in great demand in America, and the businessman brought samples for demonstration in New York boutiques. At the time of the collision with the iceberg, Saalfeld was in the smoking room: after seeing what happened, he immediately went to the boats, which helped save his life. The leather bag with perfume samples remained in the cabin. The spirits lay on the ocean floor until 2000 and were discovered during another search expedition. When the researchers opened the bottles, they were amazed by the rich aromas: lavender, rose and other flowers. Some samples lost their scent, but most remained unchanged. Modern perfumers were able to recreate 62 of the 65 scents and released them in 2012 to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.
Violin - a gift from the bride
The Titanic had an orchestra led by 33-year-old conductor Wallace Hartley. As the surviving passengers said, even at the moment of general panic, the musicians did not abandon their instruments and continued to play until the ship sank. One of the last songs performed on the Titanic was the English Christian hymn “Nearer My God to Thee.”
Ten days after the tragedy, Hartley’s body and his violin, which the conductor managed to tie to himself, were found. Perhaps in this way he hoped to stay afloat, but more likely, he did not want to part with his bride’s gift. Shortly after the shipwreck, the violin, slightly damaged by the cold salt water, was returned to the inconsolable Hartley girl. Her own dedicatory inscription, made shortly before the departure of the Titanic, was still visible inside the case. Later, after the death of the owner, the violin was lost among relatives and was considered lost for a long time, until it was accidentally discovered in the attic of the house among old things in 2006. It took researchers and forensic experts more than seven years and thousands of pounds to confirm its authenticity, after which it was sold at auction for a record sum: $1.5 million.
The tragic story of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank at the bottom of the North Atlantic more than 100 years ago, has been the subject of countless books and documentaries. More than 1,500 people died on the night of April 14-15, 1912, few know that along with those unfortunate people at the bottom of the ocean they also disappeared strange things.
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In the early 1900s, electric health baths were all the rage. In fact they were so popular that even on board Titanic in 1912 there was one such device. Women were allowed to use electric baths in the morning, and men in the afternoon or evening. Passengers on board Titanic who wanted the privilege of dousing their body with powerful ultraviolet radiation had to buy a ticket for $1.
On board Titanic Four cases of opium use were recorded. In 1912, opium was already banned in the United States but was still a popular ingredient in medicine. However, pharmaceutical companies are required to label all medications containing opium. Opium use has decreased due to new regulations and it has become more difficult to import.
Oil painting
One of the most expensive items on board the Titanic was not a piece of jewelry or a diamond, but an oil painting by the French artist Merry-Joseph Blondel entitled “La Circassienne au bain” (La Circassienne au bain), painted in 1814, the owner of the painting Swedish businessman Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson, survived the crash Titanic, and then filed insurance claims for the painting, which he valued at $100,000; today the painting is worth more than $2.4 million.
Many people who made marmalade in the early 1900s. We used a special machine to precisely cut the fruit. Owner of the marmalade machine on board Titanic There was 27-year-old Edwina Celia Troutt, she survived. In the mad scramble to get to the lifeboat, Edwina was forced to leave her marmalade-making device behind on the ship. She later filed insurance claims for her lost car.
The Titanic was one of the most luxurious ships built at the time, so it was only natural that there would be a luxurious Turkish bath available to first class passengers.
Many ships of that time, whether ships or luxury passenger liners, kept cats so that the “whiskered” ones would exterminate mice and rats. Jenny the cat was the official mascot of the Titanic.
(This photo is not of Jenny, but of another similar cat on board the ship.)
Electric horse trainer
A gym on board a luxury ship doesn't seem strange. An interesting simulator “electric horse” was also on the liner, which models and simulates what it’s like to ride a horse.
Titanic transported almost 7 million pieces of various correspondence from England to the United States. One of these mailings was the manuscript of "Karain: A Memoir" by the famous Victorian author Joseph Conrad. The manuscript, complete with notes, was intended for New York Magazine by corporate lawyer John Quinn, who was a collector of original literary manuscripts.
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105 years ago, the Titanic's only voyage began. We offer interesting real stories of the passengers of the liner.
On April 10, 1912, the British liner Titanic left the port of Southampton on its first and last voyage. Four days later, after colliding with an iceberg, the now legendary liner crashed. There were 2,208 people on board the ship, and only 712 passengers and crew members managed to escape. 3rd class passengers buried alive at the bottom of the ocean, and millionaires choosing the best seats in half-empty lifeboats, an orchestra playing until the last moment and heroes saving their loved ones at the cost of their own lives... All this is not only footage from a Hollywood film, but also real stories of passengers from the Titanic.
The real cream of society gathered on the passenger deck of the Titanic: millionaires, actors and writers. Not everyone could afford to buy a first class ticket - the price was $60,000 at current prices.
3rd class passengers bought tickets for only $35 ($650 today), so they were not allowed to go above the third deck. On the fateful night, the division into classes turned out to be more noticeable than ever...
One of the first to jump into the lifeboat was Bruce Ismay, the general director of the White Star Line, which owned the Titanic. The boat, designed for 40 people, set sail with only twelve.
After the disaster, Ismay was accused of boarding a rescue boat, bypassing women and children, and also of instructing the captain of the Titanic to increase speed, which led to the tragedy. The court acquitted him.
William Ernest Carter boarded the Titanic at Southampton with his wife Lucy and two children Lucy and William, as well as two dogs.
On the night of the disaster, he was at a party in the restaurant of a first-class ship, and after the collision, he and his comrades went out onto the deck, where the boats were already being prepared. William first put his daughter on boat No. 4, but when it was his son's turn, problems awaited them.
13-year-old John Rison boarded the boat directly in front of them, after which the officer in charge of boarding ordered that no teenage boys be taken on board. Lucy Carter resourcefully threw her hat on her 11-year-old son and sat down with him.
When the landing process was completed and the boat began to descend into the water, Carter himself quickly boarded it along with another passenger. It was he who turned out to be the already mentioned Bruce Ismay.
21-year-old Roberta Maoney worked as a maid for the Countess and sailed on the Titanic with her mistress in first class.
On board she met a brave young steward from the ship's crew, and soon the young people fell in love with each other. When the Titanic began to sink, the steward rushed to Roberta's cabin, took her to the boat deck and put her on the boat, giving her his life jacket.
He himself died, like many other crew members, and Roberta was picked up by the ship Carpathia, on which she sailed to New York. Only there, in her coat pocket, did she find a badge with a star, which at the moment of parting the steward put in her pocket as a souvenir of himself.
Emily Richards was sailing with her two young sons, mother, brother and sister to her husband. At the time of the disaster, the woman was sleeping in the cabin with her children. They were awakened by the screams of their mother, who ran into the cabin after the collision.
The Richards were miraculously able to climb into the descending lifeboat No. 4 through the window. When the Titanic completely sank, the passengers of her boat managed to pull seven more people out of the icy water, two of whom, unfortunately, soon died of frostbite.
The famous American businessman Isidor Strauss and his wife Ida traveled in first class. The Strauss had been married for 40 years and had never been separated.
When the ship's officer invited the family to board the boat, Isidore refused, deciding to give way to women and children, but Ida also followed him
Instead of themselves, the Strauss put their maid in the boat. Isidore's body was identified by a wedding ring; Ida's body was not found.
The Titanic featured two orchestras: a quintet led by 33-year-old British violinist Wallace Hartley and an additional trio of musicians hired to give Café Parisien a continental flair.
Usually, two members of the Titanic orchestra worked in different parts of the liner and at different times, but on the night of the ship's sinking, all of them united into one orchestra.
One of the rescued Titanic passengers would write later: “Many heroic deeds were performed that night, but none of them could compare with the feat of these few musicians, who played hour after hour, although the ship sank deeper and deeper and the sea got closer to the place where they stood. The music they performed entitled them to be included in the list of heroes of eternal glory."
Hartley's body was found two weeks after the sinking of the Titanic and sent to England. A violin was tied to his chest - a gift from the bride. There were no survivors among the other orchestra members...
Four-year-old Michel and two-year-old Edmond traveled with their father, who died in the sinking, and were considered "orphans of the Titanic" until their mother was found in France.
Michel died in 2001, the last male survivor of the Titanic.
Winnie Coates was heading to New York with her two children. On the night of the disaster, she woke up from a strange noise, but decided to wait for orders from the crew members. Her patience ran out, she rushed for a long time along the endless corridors of the ship, getting lost.
She was suddenly directed by a crew member towards the lifeboats. She ran into a broken closed gate, but it was at that moment that another officer appeared, who saved Winnie and her children by giving them his life jacket.
As a result, Vinnie ended up on the deck, where she was boarding boat No. 2, which, literally by miracle, she managed to dive into..
Seven-year-old Eve Hart escaped the sinking Titanic with her mother, but her father died during the crash.
Helen Walker believes that she was conceived on the Titanic before it hit an iceberg. “This means a lot to me,” she admitted in an interview.
Her parents were 39-year-old Samuel Morley, the owner of a jewelry store in England, and 19-year-old Kate Phillips, one of his workers, who fled to America from the man's first wife, seeking to start a new life.
Kate got into the lifeboat, Samuel jumped into the water after her, but did not know how to swim and drowned. “Mom spent 8 hours in the lifeboat,” said Helen. “She was in only a nightgown, but one of the sailors gave her his jumper.”
Violet Constance Jessop. Until the last moment, the stewardess did not want to be hired on the Titanic, but her friends convinced her because they believed that it would be a “wonderful experience.”
Before this, on October 20, 1910, Violet became a stewardess of the transatlantic liner Olympic, which a year later collided with a cruiser due to unsuccessful maneuvering, but the girl managed to escape.
And Violet escaped from the Titanic on a lifeboat. During the First World War, the girl went to work as a nurse, and in 1916 she got on board the Britannic, which... also sank! Two boats with a crew were pulled under the propeller of a sinking ship. 21 people died.
Among them could have been Violet, who was sailing in one of the broken boats, but again luck was on her side: she managed to jump out of the boat and survived.
Fireman Arthur John Priest also survived a shipwreck not only on the Titanic, but also on the Olympic and Britannic (by the way, all three ships were the brainchild of the same company). Priest has 5 shipwrecks to his name.
On April 21, 1912, the New York Times published the story of Edward and Ethel Bean, who sailed in second class on the Titanic. After the crash, Edward helped his wife into the boat. But when the boat had already sailed, he saw that it was half empty and rushed into the water. Ethel pulled her husband into the boat.
Among the Titanic's passengers were the famous tennis player Carl Behr and his lover Helen Newsom. After the disaster, the athlete ran to the cabin and took the women to the boat deck.
The lovers were ready to say goodbye forever when the head of the White Star Line company, Bruce Ismay, personally offered Behr a place on the boat. A year later, Carl and Helen got married and later became the parents of three children.
Edward John Smith - captain of the Titanic, who was very popular among both crew members and passengers. At 2.13 a.m., just 10 minutes before the ship's final dive, Smith returned to the captain's bridge, where he decided to meet his death.
Second Mate Charles Herbert Lightoller was one of the last to jump from the ship, miraculously avoiding being sucked into the ventilation shaft. He swam to collapsible boat B, which was floating upside down: the Titanic's pipe, which came off and fell into the sea next to him, drove the boat further from the sinking ship and allowed it to remain afloat.
American businessman Benjamin Guggenheim helped women and children into lifeboats during the crash. When asked to save himself, he replied: “We are dressed in our best clothes and are ready to die like gentlemen.”
Benjamin died at the age of 46, his body was never found.
Thomas Andrews - first class passenger, Irish businessman and shipbuilder, was the designer of the Titanic...
During the evacuation, Thomas helped passengers board lifeboats. He was last seen in the first class smoking room near the fireplace, where he was looking at a painting of Port Plymouth. His body was never found after the crash.
John Jacob and Madeleine Astor, a millionaire science fiction writer, and his young wife traveled first class. Madeleine escaped on lifeboat No. 4. John Jacob's body was recovered from the depths of the ocean 22 days after his death.
Colonel Archibald Gracie IV is an American writer and amateur historian who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Returning to New York, Gracie immediately began writing a book about his voyage.
It became a real encyclopedia for historians and researchers of the disaster, thanks to the large number of names of stowaways and 1st class passengers who remained on the Titanic. Gracie's health was severely compromised by hypothermia and injuries, and he died at the end of 1912.
Margaret (Molly) Brown is an American socialite, philanthropist and activist. Survived. When panic arose on the Titanic, Molly put people into lifeboats, but she herself refused to get in.
“If the worst happens, I’ll swim out,” she said, until eventually someone forced her into lifeboat number 6, which made her famous.
After Molly organized the Titanic Survivors Fund.
Millvina Dean was the last surviving passenger of the Titanic: she died on May 31, 2009, aged 97, in a nursing home in Ashurst, Hampshire, on the 98th anniversary of the liner's launch.
Her ashes were scattered on October 24, 2009 at the port of Southampton, where the Titanic began its first and last voyage. At the time of the death of the liner she was two and a half months old
In continuation of the post by blogger LadyWinter, I would like to continue the theme of the Titanic, in particular, talk about the artifacts found
Since the legendary Titanic plunged into the darkness of the Atlantic Ocean, it has forever attracted the attention of historians, archaeologists and collectors. And in connection with the upcoming 100th anniversary of the tragic disaster, interest in the ship has only increased. Presents an overview of the most expensive artifacts from the sunken liner, offered at auctions around the world.
The history of this diamond jewelry is shrouded in mystery. The bracelet has a pendant with the owner's name - Amy. Presumably, it belonged to one of the Titanic passengers, Miss Amanda. The starting price of the product is $200 thousand. It looks surprisingly modern.
During the investigation into the causes of the crash, drawings of the ship were studied, which were sold at auction for $362 thousand in 2011. The 10 m wide plan was made with colored chalk and depicts the moment the ship collided with an iceberg.
Manuscripts from the Titanic have been repeatedly sold at various auctions around the world. A letter written by Adolf Saafeld to his wife, dated April 10, 1912, was sold in 2010 for $90,000. In it, the passenger shares with his wife his impressions of the luxury ship, in particular describing the interior, the elaborate menu and talks about a “wonderful journey.” It is unlikely that Saafeld could have guessed how it would end in just five days.
The legendary ship was distinguished by exceptional luxury, expensive decoration, as well as an exquisite menu in restaurants. Therefore, the auction will include a lunch menu for first class passengers. The excitement around the auction is created by the fact that lunch was the last for most of the ship's passengers. The menu was printed on April 14, 1912, and the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 2,208 people, occurred on the night of April 15.
The menu did not end up at the bottom of the ocean thanks to Dr. Washington Dodge, a banker from San Francisco who went on a voyage on the Titanic with his wife Ruth and son Washington Jr. Ruth took the menu as a souvenir, placing it in her purse. Since then, it has been kept in their family as a kind of heirloom. The last meal of the ship's passengers consisted of eggs, chicken, beef, grilled lamb cutlets, various desserts and eight types of cheese. The auction organizers expect to earn about $158 thousand for this.
The life jacket, valued at $119,000, was intended to be used in case of a maritime emergency, but judging by its appearance, it was unlikely to be suitable for harsh weather conditions.
The love for cigars of the captain of the fatal ship, John Smith, reached the point that he asked his family to be silent while he smoked them. It is not surprising that the British shipping company White Star Lines gave him a cigar box. It is made of walnut wood and is valued at $40 thousand.
An extremely rare artifact - a passenger ticket for the Titanic.
Other artifacts
The clock stopped time for the ship's passengers...
Necklace. It was stolen from an exhibition in London.
Dishes with branded markings
Handbag
A ring found at the bottom of the ocean unwittingly reminds one of the “Heart of the Ocean” diamond from the James Cameron film.
Cherub that once adorned the main staircase of the Titanic
Porcelain cup for first class passengers
Pair of children's shoes
First class dishes
This ship hides many secrets.
The tragic story of the Titanic, which sank after colliding with an iceberg, has become the subject of countless books and films, one of which even won an Oscar. More than one and a half thousand people died on April 15, 1912, but few people know that along with these unfortunate people many strange and unusual things went to the bottom of the ocean, reports mixstuff
Electric baths
At the beginning of the 20th century, electric baths - the prototype of the modern solarium - were considered the last word in medicine. They were so popular that one of these baths was even placed on board the Titanic. Women could use the bathroom in the morning, and men in the afternoon. Passengers wishing to bathe their bodies in powerful ultraviolet rays had to purchase a $1 ticket.
On board the Titanic there were four boxes of opium - yes, with that same narcotic substance. In 1912, opium was already banned in the United States by decision of Congress, but continued to be included in many medications. Pharmaceutical companies were required to label such drugs as containing opium. Due to the new regulations, the use and import of opium decreased, but did not stop completely.
Dear painting
One of the most expensive things on board the Titanic was not a diamond or a piece of jewelry, but a painting by the French artist Merry-Joseph Blondel, “A Circassian Woman in a Bath.” The owner of the painting, Swedish businessman Moritz Håkan Björnström-Stefansson, survived the disaster and subsequently filed a claim with the insurance company for damages of 100 thousand dollars, which in today's times would be about 2.4 million dollars.
Marmalade making machine
At the beginning of the 20th century, many people used special machines to very carefully peel and cut fruit when making homemade marmalade. The owner of the car that sank with the Titanic was 27-year-old Edwina Celia Trout. During a hasty loading into the boat, she was forced to leave her beloved car. She later filed a claim for damages.
Turkish baths
The Titanic was equipped according to the latest fashions of the time, so it was only natural that there was a luxurious Turkish bath on board, to which only first-class passengers were allowed.
Cat Jenny
Many ships of the time, from cargo ships to luxury passenger liners, carried cats whose job it was to kill mice and rats. Jenny the cat was considered the official mascot of the Titanic.
Electric horse
A gym on a luxury ship looks quite natural. However, some of the equipment in the Titanic's gym was quite unusual. For example, there was an “electric horse” device, which was a horse riding simulator.
Joseph Conrad manuscript
The Titanic carried about seven million pieces of mail from England to the United States. One of these shipments was a manuscript entitled Karain: A Memoir by the popular Victorian writer Joseph Conrad. The manuscript with Conrad's notes was intended for New York lawyer John Quinn, who collected handwritten literary works. http://mixstuff.ru/archives/117655
