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Sunday, May 31, 2009 23:08
TIMES READ: 902
Last Titanic survivor dies at 97
AURAPTOR
Three-point, four-hour, should do it.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm
The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has died aged 97.
Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the early hours of 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton.
The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people in the north Atlantic, largely due to a lack of lifeboats.
Miss Dean, who remembered nothing of the fateful journey, died on Sunday at the care home in Hampshire where she lived, two of her friends told the BBC.
Her family had been travelling in third class to America, where they hoped to start a new life and open a tobacconist's shop in Kansas.
Miss Dean's mother, Georgetta, and two-year-old brother, Bert, also survived, but her father, Bertram, was among those who perished when the vessel sank.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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PEULSAR5
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 11:31 |
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I believe I also read that she died on the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's initial launch.
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AURAPTOR
Three-point, four-hour, should do it.
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 13:26 |
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April 12, I think , was the date of departure. Titanic sank on the 14th
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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RIVER6213
Once you unearth the fascists they always run away or commit suicide...
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 15:47 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
April 12, I think , was the date of departure. Titanic sank on the 14th
The T.Rex they call JANE!
Too bad I don't own a time machine because if I did I would transfer your ass back in time aboard the Titanic 1 second before it finally sinks, and NO there won't be any Leonardo Debendover's trying to save you by placing you on a floating door.
-River
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WASHNWEAR
"Who is this Vod K'Nockers of which you speak?"
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 18:13 |
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BUMP if you love french fries!
donttalkbackjustdrivethecarshutyourmouthiknowwhatyouaredontsaynothinkeepyourhandsonthewheeldontturnaroundthisisforreal
Still...what would Rorschach do?
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CHRISISALL
"Over the years you have slurred the meaning of the words, WE...THE...PEOPLE"
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 18:16 |
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I love french fries.
The laughing Chrisisall
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AURAPTOR
Three-point, four-hour, should do it.
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 21:27 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by RiveR6213:
Too bad I don't own a time machine because if I did I would transfer your ass back in time aboard the Titanic 1 second before it finally sinks, and NO there won't be any Leonardo Debendover's trying to save you by placing you on a floating door.
-River
Thanks, troll. Not quite relevant to the thread, but then, you are what you are.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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CHRISISALL
"Over the years you have slurred the meaning of the words, WE...THE...PEOPLE"
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 21:33 |
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She CAN be severe sometimes.
The laughing Chrisisall
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PEULSAR5
We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt
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Monday, June 01, 2009 - 23:28 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
April 12, I think , was the date of departure. Titanic sank on the 14th
The T.Rex they call JANE!
That was the maiden voyage--I'm talking about when the hull was first put in the ocean while still under construction.
From rmstitanic.net:
"On May 31, 1911, her superstructure completed, Titanic slipped gracefully into the River Lagan launched on twenty-two tons of tallow, train oil, and soap, and was towed to the fitting out basin. It was now time for the three thousand carpenters, engineers, electricians, plumbers, painters, master mechanics, and interior designers to fit the Titanic with the latest in marine technology and the most sumptuous fixtures and furniture."
That is one of those coincidences that makes me love history.
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AURAPTOR
Three-point, four-hour, should do it.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 01:20 |
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Quote:
That is one of those coincidences that makes me love history.
Wow. True that. Thanks for that info.
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PEULSAR5
We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 05:40 |
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In the same vein, Titanic hitting the iceberg and sinking coincide with the Lincoln assassination and the Apollo 13 accident.
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AURAPTOR
Three-point, four-hour, should do it.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 10:21 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by Peulsar5:
In the same vein, Titanic hitting the iceberg and sinking coincide with the Lincoln assassination and the Apollo 13 accident.
Now that's just straight out freaky.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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PEULSAR5
We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 10:31 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
Originally posted by Peulsar5:
In the same vein, Titanic hitting the iceberg and sinking coincide with the Lincoln assassination and the Apollo 13 accident.
Now that's just straight out freaky.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
Makes it fun though!!!
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KWICKO
Officially the Angriest Man on the Internet™.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 13:43 |
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Anyone ever heard of Violet Jessop? If not, look her up. Pretty astonishing story, hers - she served on - and survived accidents, sinkings, and near-sinkings - all three of the White Star Line's sister ships: first the Oceanic, which collided with HMS Hawke and was heavily damaged; then Titanic, which sunk; and lastly, the Brittanic, last of the sister ships, which was converted to a hospital ship during WWI and on which Ms. Jessop served as a nurse, when it struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea in 1916.
I don't know if this was the luckiest woman in the world, or the unluckiest, but she managed to survive all three ships...
Mike
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.
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