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Titanic History Wednesday, April 15, 2026 |
| 1912 - 12:00 AM: Shipbuilder Thomas Andrews was on the bridge and he and Smith took a fast tour of the ship's forward area. They were back on the bridge in 10 minutes.
1912 - 12:10 AM: Captain E. J. Smith asked how long until the ship was submerged and Shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, after some fast calculations, told him, "An hour and a half. Possibly two. Not much longer." Smith ordered the boats uncovered. 1912 - 12:15 AM: Captain Smith walked into the wireless room and tells Phillips to send the call for assistance. He handed him the paper with the position of the ship and returned to the bridge. The order had been given to get the passengers up and into lifebelts. Many, still confused as to why they had been awakened, lined up at the purser's office to get their valuables. Most were still unaware of the urgency and made no preparations to leave the ship. 1912 - 12:25 AM: The order had been passed to load the boats. 1912 - 12:40 AM: Boat number 7 was the first to be lowered with 27 people in a boat designed for 65. The boat rowed away from the ship and its passengers sat for the next 90 minutes watching Titanic sink. 1912 - 12:55 AM: Lifeboat 6 portside was lowered. Margaret Brown was picked up and dropped into the descending boat. The passengers noticed there was only one man present and called for more to aid in rowing. Major Arthur Peuchen was allowed by Lightoller to slide down the falls, the only man Lightoller let into a lifeboat. Boat 6 contained 28 passengers, even though it was made for 65. 1912 - 1:00 AM: Lifeboat 3 was launched from the starboard side with 50 people aboard. Minutes later another lifeboat of the same size, Lifeboat 1, was lowered containing only 12 people. All were designed to hold 65. 1912 - 1:40 AM: Most of the boats forward have gone. Collapsible C has been put in the davits in place of the now departed number 1 and Chief Officer Wilde calls for woman and children, no one responds. wasmay and first class passenger Billy Carter (the owner of the Renault in forward hold #2) get into the boat and it was lowered. By now the lwast was pronounced enough that the boat has to be pushed away from the hull so the rivets will not tear the canvas that makes up it's sides. 1912 - 1:55 AM: Lightoller returned to load boat 4 through the windows of the promenade deck. Again a boat was lowered with too few seamen and Quartermaster Perkins slides down the falls to help. Seven more men were pulled from the water, two die of exposure. 1912 - 2:05 AM: Captain Smith went to the wireless room and released the operators from their duty. Phillips started to gather their papers while Bride kept working the key. Smith returned to his bridge to await his fate. 1912 - 2:10 AM: Collapsible B was washed from the deck while the seamen were attempting to attach the davits. The men working on it including Lightoller found themselves in the water. The boat floated away upside down. 1912 - 2:20 AM: Titanic was completely submerged. 1912 - 3:30 AM: The Titanic survivors adrift in the lifeboats, first saw Carpathia's Rockets. 1912 - 4:10 AM: Carpathia arrived at the site of the sinking, and began to take on survivors. Lifeboat 2 was the first to be picked up. 1912 - 8:10 AM: Lifeboat 12, the last one afloat, was picked up by the Carpathia. 1912 - 8:30 AM: The Californian arrived at the site. 1912 - 8:50 AM: Carpathia left the site for New York, leaving the Californian to pick up the bodies. 1875 - 1st class passenger Mr Edward Pomeroy Colley was born in County Kildare, Ireland. 1914 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Elizabeth "Eliza" Hocking died in a road traffic accident at the age of 56. 1939 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Elizabeth Anne Mellinger and her daughter, Madeleine Violet Mellinger, together with Emma Bliss and Samuel John Collins met for a Titanic reunion dinner at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1975 - 3rd class survivor Master Meier Moor died of natural causes at the age of 70. It was the 63rd anniversary of the sinking. 1961 - 3rd class survivor Miss Bertha Bridget Moran died of natural causes in Michigan, USA at the age of 77. It was the 49th anniversary of the sinking. 1898 - 3rd class survivor Miss Jamila ("Amelia Garrett") Nicola-Yarred was born. 1890 - 3rd class survivor Mr David Vartanian was born to Azadia Vartanian and Sierma Agoien in Turkish Armenia. 1964 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Selma Augusta Emilia Asplund died of an intestinal obstruction at the age of 90. 1868 - Postal Clerk Mr Oscar Scott Woody was born. |
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Columns: Reviews by Jeremy: Titanic on NBC
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Do you ever get the feeling of Christmas when watching a movie? I get this feeling of anticipation of what will come! Picture this: Someone running around a house all day giddy because he gets to see a world premiere of something that meant a whole lot to him in the past. That person is I. NBC did a really good job of promoting the movie these past few weeks. It really got me in the mood to see the movie, especially the commercial with the Indians around a thanksgiving table with the pilgrims singing My Heart Will Go On. That is a classic commercial that will forever stick in my mind.
Six o'clock hits and you hear the wonderful pluck of an instrument and then the ever so lovely voice of Sissel chanting the theme song of Titanic. A flood of emotion comes over me during this one pivotal moment. This scene captures the eyes of viewers forever trapping them in the movie. The descent of the vessels, the pounding of my heart, all in sync with each other. It is times like these that you do not want it to end. The first few lines are said, and then you see what NBC has done to the movie, they have edited it. The Southampton scene is quite touching on its own. I like the part of waving goodbye to an old life, and to a new life, in a sense, death. It totally parallels with what is about to happen to those aboard the ship. Notice though the bright colors during this scene, especially with the clothing. Everyone is wearing dark colors because the scene is one of Rose darker moments in the movie. I did notice something new this time around, Helga and Fabrizio do meet as Jack and him are searching for their cabins. It is just a glance, but something we will never see in its entirety which also leaves a mood of mysteriousness for the catchy viewer out there. I cannot help but praise NBC on the picture quality, the sharpness and tint use was perfect! The colors were even better than the VCR tape. The sound quality is also superb because I can hear things I did not hear before in the VCR or movie theater. It is actually comforting in some scenes. I do not like the part about NBC blurring out Jacks artwork. I feel the artwork is an important part of who Jack Dawson is and it is art in good taste. NBC has also censored instances of the use of God or Jesus in a negative tone, but those uses were used as a humorous part or serious part of the plot, they were pivotal instances in the movie. NBC also cut the middle finger usage. Again, it is part of Rose growth she is starting to break away from her old life. The one thing that still captures me is the art. The artistic element used in the flying scene is superb, the colors are what set the tone of the scene. I always had a love for this scene. It captured me and still does to this day, and tears of admiration come from me during this scene. It is art that just touches your soul. I really like the use of Cameron's music cues. Especially during the Nearer My God to Thee part. I Salonisti does a great job performing it. It is the one scene that makes me cry for sorrow. After viewing the movie it has renewed my love in Titanic the movie and Titanic the ship. It has made me love each passenger on that ship, it has also made me realize that the death those people endured is something no one can ever experience in a sheltered life such as living in the Midwest, like me. It has renewed my eagerness to learn about who each person was and their story on Titanic. I am enchanted by that ship, enchanted by the beauty and enchanted by how society saw it. I really want to help in the saving of the ship, but I also respect the ship as sort of a stopping point, a grave-yard, as the final scene delicately puts it. A ship of dreams, a ship of hope, a ship of fear, and a ship of love. |
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