Titanic’s Forgotten Love Letter Hints at Hidden Threats Just Before Tragedy Struck
Four days before the Titanic’s tragic plunge into the icy Atlantic, a ship steward named Richard Geddes penned a letter to his wife that’s equal parts tender love note and historic eye-witness account. Picture this: the mighty Titanic, just minutes out of Southampton, nearly sideswiped by a smaller vessel thanks to the eerie suction from its own propellers. Geddes, with a mix of admiration and sympathy, mused about the Captain’s “trying time” as visions of Belfast danced in his head. It’s a letter that’s not only dripping with the everyday hopes of a seaman far from home but also captures a near disaster that could’ve rewritten history itself — talk about adding a little “what-if” spice to the Titanic saga! And guess what? This fascinating piece of the past is heading for auction, complete with original White Star Line stationary and Geddes’ poignant words. Ever wonder what it felt like to watch history’s most infamous ship almost collide before its fateful iceberg encounter? Well, buckle up — here’s a glimpse from the heart of the doomed voyage. LEARN MORE
“I could see visions of Belfast it must have been a trying time for the Captain,” Richard Geddes wrote to his wife, four days before the Titanic sank.
Cliff/FlickrA love letter written by Titanic steward Richard Geddes to his wife retells the ship’s close mishap with a smaller boat right after undocking.
Richard Geddes, like many other ship stewards that left their families to work at sea, wrote endearing letters to his wife. Geddes, however, was one of the 1,500 passengers aboard the RMS Titanic before it sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.
The newly discovered letter details a close-call collision the Titanic had with a smaller ship right after its departure from the Southampton port in England and will be up for auction.
Post Comment