Friday, April 23, 2010

A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny

A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny, and
another ship that almost followed
Morgan Robertson, in 1898, wrote "Futility". It described the
maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan.
Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceberg and
sinks with much loss of life. In 1912 the Titanic, a transatlantic luxury
liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an iceberg and sinks with
great loss of life on her maiden voyage. In the Book, the Month of the
Wreck was April, same as in the real event. There were 3,000
passengers on the book; in reality, 2,207. In the Book, there were 24
Lifeboats; in reality, 20.
Months after the Titanic sank, a tramp steamer was traveling through
the foggy Atlantic with only a young boy on watch. It came into his
head that it had been thereabouts that the Titanic had sunk, and he
was suddenly terrified by the thought of the name of his ship - the
Titanian. Panic-stricken, he sounded the warning. The ship stopped,
just in time: a huge iceberg loomed out of the fog directly in their
path. The Titanian was saved.

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