What are some of the strangest things you heard happened that really sank the titanic?

Question

Have you ever heard of anything other than the ice burg being the cause of sinking the great vessel?

Answer 1

Of all tales of the supernatural, this one is perhaps the best documented, the most disturbing and the most difficult to explain.

The Princess of Amen-Ra lived some 1,500 years before Christ. When she died, she was laid in an ornate wooden coffin and buried deep in a vault at Luxor, on the banks of the Nile. In the late 1890s, four rich, young, Englishmen visiting the excavations at Luxor were invited to buy an exquisitely fashioned mummy case containing the remains of Princess of Amen-Ra.

They drew lots. The man who won paid several thousand pounds and had the coffin taken to his hotel. A few hours later, he was seen walking out towards the desert. He never returned. The next day, one of the remaining three men was shot by an Egyptian servant accidentally. His arm was so severely wounded it had to be amputated. The third man in the foursome found on his return home that the bank holding his entire savings had failed. The fourth man suffered a severe illness, lost his job and was reduced to selling matches in the street.

Nevertheless, the coffin reached England (causing other misfortunes along the way), where it was bought by a London businessman . After three of his family members had been injured in a road accident and his house damaged by fire, the businessman donated it to the British Museum . As the coffin was being unloaded from a truck in the museum courtyard, the truck suddenly went into reverse and trapped a passer-by . Then as the casket was being lifted up the stairs by two workmen, one fell and broke his leg . The other, apparently in perfect health, died unaccountably two days later . Once the Princess was installed in the Egyptian Room, trouble really started . Museum's night watchmen frequently heard frantic hammering and sobbing from the coffin . Other exhibits in the room were also often hurled about at night . One watchman died on duty; causing the other watchmen wanting to quit. Cleaners refused to go near the Princess too . When a visitor derisively flicked a dust cloth at the face painted on the coffin, his child died of measles soon afterwards. Finally, the authorities had the mummy carried down to the basement . Figuring it could not do any harm down there. Within a week, one of the helpers was seriously ill, and the supervisor of the move was found dead on his desk.

By now, the papers had heard of it. A journalist photographer took a picture of the mummy case and when he developed it, the painting on the coffin was of a horrifying, human face. The photographer went home then, locked his bedroom door and shot himself

Soon afterwards, the museum sold the mummy to a private collector. After continual misfortune (and deaths), the owner banished it to the attic. A well known authority on the occult, Madame Helena Blavatsky, visited the premises. Upon entry, she was seized with a shivering fit and searched the house for the source of "an evil influence of incredible intensity". She finally came to the attic and found the mummy case. "Can you exorcise this evil spirit ?" asked the owner . "There is no such thing as exorcism. Evil remains evil forever . Nothing can be done about it. I implore you to get rid of this evil as soon as possible". But no British museum would take the mummy; the fact that almost 20 people had met with misfortune, disaster or death from handling the casket, in barely 10 yrs, was now well known.

Eventually, a hard-headed American archaeologist (who dismissed the happenings as quirks of circumstance), paid a handsome price for the mummy and arranged for its removal to New York . In April of 1912, the new owner escorted its treasure aboard a sparkling, new White Star liner about to make its maiden voyage to New York.

On the night of April 14, amid scenes of unprecedented horror, the Princess of Amen-Ra accompanied 1,500 passengers to their deaths at the bottom of the Atlantic. The name of the ship was Titanic.

OTHER STRANGE STORIES ABOUT THE TITANIC

There was a story going round that the number on the hull of the Titanic was 390904 which, if you turned round (and maybe stood on your head?), spelled out the message "NO POPE". This of course is untrue - The real hull no. of the Titanic was 131,428.

Two seamen said that they'd seen six men shot down like dogs.

A second-class survivor "Emilio Portualuppi" told a story upon his return to New York of spending hours riding a large block of ice.

A seaman on the Carpathia told of how a Newfoundland dog called "Rigel" had jumped from the sinking ship and somehow miraculously escorted a lifeboat to the Carpathia. The dog barked as it approached the Carpathia letting everyone know it was coming.

Another weird story that appeared in the newspapers was about six Chinese survivors who had apparently hidden beneath the seats of one of the Titanic's lifeboats. No one knew they were there until the lifeboats had been take on board the Carpathia. It was also reported that two others who were hidden got crushed by some fat ladies who were sitting above them. The other 6 Chinese survived due to the fact that lighter ladies were sitting on top of them.

Marie Young told of how she'd seen the iceberg and hour before the collision.

A banker from Philadelphia was under the impression that he'd managed to take over the Carpathia's wireless during the trip back.

One first class passenger "George Brayton" told a newspaper of his impression:

Of course it is probley not true but it is interesting none-the-less...

Answer 2

There are several factors which could have contributed. One of her sister ships was found to have iron rivets that were defective. That meant that when Titanic struck the iceberg, when it dragged along the side it may have popped the rivets out, when they might have held if they had been made of a better quality steel.

The most recent theory I've heard explains a lot. An engineer looked over the original plans and found that there was an expansion joint right down the center of Titanic. This was something very new at that time, and the joint was, as he described it, "very primitive." Most ships of the time only had to straddle waves one crest at a time, while Titanic was so big it had to straddle two. This expansion joint would allow the Titanic to straddle two waves at once. It's possible, though, that when Titanic struck the iceberg, the jolt caused the expansion joint to buckle. Some eyewitnesses said they saw Titanic break up at the center. This would have been where the expansion joint was. Then it would have gone down in a "V" shape, which would also explain why Titanic was found in two large pieces.

Answer 3

Well, believe approximately this. The large is likely one of the such a lot popular tragedies and an excessively relocating movie used to be manufactured from it, however used to be it even virtually probably the most horrible tragedy? Presumably your pal feels that they're tortured ghosts or psychic impressions left via the tragedy. 1490 would possibly look like plenty however just about no person died at the send. They died within the water and feature been lengthy on account that scattered via currents and eaten via fish. The civil struggle of the US had a minimum of 10 battles with dying tolls 10 instances as enormous. Battle of Gettysburg used to be fifty one,000, 30 instances higher. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima had approximately one hundred thirty,000 terrible deaths. People talk over with and reside via those locations however for probably the most facet not ever pay attention or see some thing unnatural. If your pal is touring via boat there can be many unusual noises from the groaning steel and far away echoing voices. He can also be experiencing excessive boredom that places folks in an excessively suggestible and ingenious state of brain. Some folks may also be gambling a funny story on him. All of those look extra fair to me.

Answer 4

No, but i could make a few up so you can tell others that you have:

A herd of elephants came aboard from off the iceburg (or maybe polar bears would be more realistic)

The sharks got hungry and decided to bite big chunks of th boat off.