Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bridge Officer William Murdoch's Personal Effects Recovered from Titanic

From the April 9th Bulletin "Titanic artifacts" by Peter Prengaman,AP.

William Murdoch was the bridge officer aboard the Titanic and his personal effects are on exhibit in Atlanta.  Salvagers made a remarkable recovery from the darkness two and a half miles below the surface of the North Atlantic when they located the toiletry kit with his belongings. 

He was on duty when the ship had its iceberg encounter and tried in vain to prevent it.  The artifacts include a shoe brush, straight razor and pipe.  The kit had the initials R.M. which proved it to be his.

Recovered From the Ages.  --DaCoot

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