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The violin that was played by the bandmaster, Wallace Hartley as Titanic sank has been found according to a British auction house. They have put it up for sale. Hartley’s violin was believed lost in the 1912 disaster, but auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son say an instrument unearthed in 2006 and has undergone rigorous testing and proven to be Hartley’s. “It’s ... Read More »

It has been 100 years since the Titanic that famously got the attention of media world-wide and dubbed as the “Unsinkable Ship”, “The ship even God can’t sink”, “God himself couldn’t sink this ship” etc., suffered a fatal collision with an ice-berg and sank within 4 days into sea on it’s maiden voyage. Here is the story of Titanic, one ... Read More »

Cruise Ship Captain Francesco Schettino who abandoned the sinking ship was arrested today with charges of man slaughtering against his name. Three people including two French tourists and a Peruvian crew member were confirmed to have died and 41 were still unaccounted for after the 114,000-tonne Costa Concordia smashed into rocks near the island of Giglio. Authorities said that Francesco ... Read More »