Encyclopedia Titanica

Superstition

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Evening Bulletin17th April 1912
Nurse in Home of Mrs. J. B. Earnshaw Distrusted Early Despatches of Safety of Passengers
Belfast Newsletter19th April 1912
Before sailing Harris visited some friends, of whom one lady practises palmistry. After looking at Harris's hand she declined to say what she had read, merely remarking that she did not like it...
STEAD'S HAND The hand of first class passenger W. T. Stead as illustrated in the book of palmistry Cheiro´s Language of the Hand (1900).
New York Times7th April 1923
Legend claims the cursed mummy of Amen-Ra caused the Titanic’s sinking, but a British Museum curator debunks the myth, clarifying it never left the museum.