Titanic Coal Remnant and Signed Ephemera W/COAs

Titanic Coal Remnant and Signed Ephemera W/COAs - This is a fascinating historical collection of ephemera giving a chilling account of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. The story of the tragedy is told through a series of sixteen telegrams copied from the Titanic Signals Archive. They detail the many (disregarded) ice warnings from other ships in the area, urgent cries for help from Titanic Captain Edward Smith, instructions from Bruce Ismay, White Star Line's President, and a fateful message from Captain Arthur Rostron of the rescue ship "Carpathia". Rostron telegraphs the Associated Press in New York to report the incident, "Titanic struck iceberg sank Monday 3 am 41.46N 50.14W Carpathia picked up many passengers am proceeding to New York". The "unsinkable" Titanic sank in the North Atlantic four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at that time, she had an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew onboard, of which more than 1500 lost their lives in the disaster. The collection also includes signed documents from three of the survivors, Edith Haisman, Millvina Dean and Margaret Haisman, all now deceased, and a remnant of coal recovered from the ship in 1994 by The Titanic Research and Recovery Expedition. Two COA's included. A riveting glimpse at what remains as one of the world's greatest maritime disasters.