| Associated Press | BRITANNIC DIVER DIES Carl Spencer, 37, was rushed to the Athens Naval Hospital in the afternoon after diving to film the wreckage of the Britannic... |
25th May 2009 | |||
| Associated Press | TITANIC SHOULD BE ?MARITIME MEMORIAL,' U.S. SAYS Washington - The United States, Canada, Britain and France will work together to increase protection for the Titanic and its wreck site under legislation the U.S. administration sent to Congress Friday.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said concerted action by the four countries most closely associated with the Titanic would effectively foreclose financing for and the technical ability to conduct unregulated salvage and other potentially harmful activities.Much of what remains of the Titanic rests underwater, about 560 kilometres from Newfoundland, where the British liner sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. A total of 1,522 passengers and crew were killed in the wreck. More than 700 survived.... |
10th June 2006 | |||
| Associated Press | PROFOUND GRIEF FELT OVER PARIS - LADY DUFF GORDON AND HER HUSBAND PROBABLY AMONG THE DEAD By Associated Press. Paris, April 16. - The American colony in Paris was plunged into profound grief by definite news of the stupendous loss of life caused by the wreck of the Titanic. Hundreds of prominent American residents and Ameri... |
16th April 1912 | |||