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Was this message in a bottle thrown from the Titanic hours before it sank? Note from French passenger washes up in Canada 105 years after tragedy
A message in a bottle purports to have been thrown from the deck of the Titanic on April 13, 1912
The note appears to have been written by a French schoolgirl who was travelling to New York to visit family
She drowned alongside 1,500 others after liner hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton
The bottle washed up on a beach in Canada 105 years, with scientists now probing its authenticity
It is hard to say whether there is any such thing as good or bad luck. Such things are beyond our ability to accurately measure to any meaningful degree, but most people can agree that there seem to definitely be those people who seem to be luckier or unluckier than most. These are the people who seem to defy all odds, bearing the brunt of all manner of things that can only be attributed to coincidence or luck. One person from history who seems to have been touched by fate to some degree is a woman who managed to be aboard several high seas disasters, which she survived and were notable enough that she has earned herself the title of “The Unsinkable Woman.”
Gibson in Saved from the Titanic.
Eclair Film Company
American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson was one of the approximately 700 survivors of the tragedy.
Upon arriving in New York City unscathed, she immediately began filming Saved From the Titanic, the first film to depict the events of the sinking. It was released in May 1912, a month after the crash. She is famous for wearing the same clothes and shoes in the movie as she had worn during the actual sinking.
While the film was successful, it exists only in memories now. The only known print of the film was destroyed in a fire.