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Show 2A Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday November 2, 2004 Titanic abounded. The Titanic wns as long as three football fields and its construction bill wras $12 million. Continued from PAGE 1A. The Titanic stopped how realistic the movie was in comparison with the real life Titanic. Lach said the movie measured up pretty well except the love story portion of the movie w hich is Hollywood and the company in the movie recovering the Titanic artifacts was more of a treasure digging operation. In real life the effort to recover Titanic artifacts doesnt have anything to do with a treasure hunt for valuables. But, a recovery effort aimed only at recovering items from what Lach described as the debris field around the wreckage. I have become completely caught up in the experience, said Lach. Initially Lach wasnt going to take the job offered him to design the traveling Titanic exhibits, but decided to say yes if they called back which they did. Five exhibitions are currently touring the world. The Utah exhibit is housed in the ZCMI center and the host is the Utah Museum of Natural History. It contains a collection of 300 artifacts from the ship. Lach has been touring the world with the exhibit and has visited London and Shanghai recently. Of the 2,228 passengers on the Titanic the night of April 14, 1912, those dying numbered 1,523. The recovering of artifacts left behind by those people of the Titanic are treated with dignity, honor and respect. On April 10, 1912, the Titanic left South Hampton with many numbered among the rich and famous aboard. Anyone wanting to be seen wanted to be on board the Titanic, it was viewed as the safest ship of its day, practically unsinkable. The interior of the ship was spacious and luxurious. Even the steering passengers in third class enjoyed accommodations much nicer than other ships of the day. The passengers wrere eager, many traveled with everything they owned in a suitcase and were bound for America the land of opportunity to begin a new life. The industrial age was in The Atlantic Ocean wras smooth that night and there was no moon to see icebergs. Crewman Fredrick Lee was in the crows nest on the mast watch- - progress and opportunity VOICE OF EMERY COUNTY SINCE 1900 Editorial Administration Publisher Ken Larson Linda Thayn Darla Lee at Cherbourg, France to pick up mail and then to Queenstown, Ireland where more passengers boarded the ship. People w ere excited about the voyage. On the night of April 14, Jack Thayer had been to the captain's party. Upon leaving he stood upon the deck and observed, It was the most beautiful night of the voyage, the stars stood out of the sky like diamonds, it was a night to be glad to be alive. There was enough coal onboard the Titanic to power it for two trips from South Hampton to New York City. There was a coal strike going on in England at the time and some other ships were not able to secure coal for fuel, so a lot of passengers had been rescheduled to sail aboard the Titanic. After the captains party, Capt. Smith talked to his officers and they told him there were ice warning's and unusually high floes of ice in the surroundingwater. Radio messages at this time were mainly used for personal messages between ships. Although some messages of ice in the water were heard by the Titanic crew. Capt. Smith was the most experienced captain on the seas. He was referred to as the millionaires captain and was often recruited to sail the ships of the wealthy. He had told his wife and the White Star Line the company w'hich owned the Titanic, that this would be his last voyage before retirement and ironically it was his last voyage. Capt. Smith had led an uneventful life on the sea until the fateful night of the Titanic. Capt. Smith had full confidence in the Titanic. The ship was built in sections and water tight compartments were designed to seal off if the ship were to sustain a hole in it. The water would be isolated in these compartments and stay afloat. The water could come into just that level and the water tight doors would shut. Office Manager Circulation Editor Patsy Stoddard Sharree Jensen Designer Staff Writer Corey Blueme! Advertising Cheri Murdoch Corey Bluemel OFFICE Display Classified Corey Bluemel Receptionist Subscription Rates: 50 cents per copy; $22 per year delivered by carrier in Carbon and Emery counties; $27 in Utah; $30 out of Utah per year by mail. Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 410 East Main, Castle Dale, Utah. Classifieds Deadline: Monday at 10:00 a.m. for Tuesdays publica- tion. ingfor iceberg's and reached for the binoculars to aid his watch and discovered the binoculars were not there. Lee found it hard to distinguish the sea from the sky, it was hard to look out and see iceberg's. The ship was traveling at 22 knots or 24 m.p.h.. The ship was traveling fast due to a request by the White Star Line in order to promote their company so two additional boilers were started to increase the speed of the ship. So, Capt. Smith made the decision to travel faster. With a flat ocean, no waves and difficulty in seeing, at 1 1:38 p.m. Lee spotted something' ahead that looked like a black mask. An iceberg' was straight ahead, Lee rang the bell three times and then three more times. The phone rangand they asked him if there was a problem and he said there is an iceberg' right ahead and directed them to try to turn. They would try this by reversing the engines and turning the ship to the left to avoid the iceberg, but with dio on. The California would have had time to come and res- cue the Titanic, but the California moved away. A ship, the Carpathia heard the distress signals of the Titanic on the radio and came as quickly as it e hours was able. It took for the Carpathia to arrive and it took the Titanic two and one half hours to sink. The people were told to put on their lifejackets and the lifeboats were prepared and lowered into the water. The ship wasnt showing any signs of distress and many people did not see the need to board the lifeboats and decided to take their chances with the ship, consequently many of the lifeboats left the ship only half full. Women and children were put in first. With the 300 foot gash in the front of the ship, the front begun going' down and the stern up. With the bow down and the stern up, the propellers were lifted up out of the water. The great ship broke in half with the bow down. four-fiv- bur- ied in Halifax, Nova Scotia cem- eteries. Lach said he has heard so many of the human stories in the last six years since joining the exhibit. lie said not many events can compare to the sinking of the Titanic. Each shared his experiences on the ocean floor at the site of the shipwreck. He traveled in a submersible for two and it half hours to reach 1 porthole, $10 bill, coin purse and a handle from a tool are on display. A only a small rudder at the back of the ship, turning was a slow procedure, the ship kept moving straight ahead and started to turn left. People saw the iceberg move and felt a slight shaking on the ship. The iceberg moved alongthe starboard side and the engines w ere turned off. The of- ficers assessed the damage and reported to Capt. Smith. The men shoveling coal into the boilers were in the area where the scrape from the iceberg caused damage and water rushed in immediately and covered their ankles. Some of the iceberg was above the waterline but the majority of it was below, the iceberg' cut a hole and the rivets began to pop along the ship's exterior and the water came in. It, began to fill the water tight compartments and passed the level where the ship could stay afloat. The ships designer, Thomas Andrews said nothing could be d me and the ship would sink, "It is a mathematical cer- The boilers began to explode and it was a beautiful and tragic moment as the explosions from the boilers lit up the night sky amid the cries and screams of 1,500 people. The people tumbled into the frigid waters of the Atlantic where they froze to death in approximately 30 minutes. Some of the lifeboats went back, but very few people were picked up out of the water. When the Carpathia arrived, it began picking up the people in the lifeboats and then returned to pluck the frozen dead from the water. Of the 13 chil1 dren on board, 53 were lost. Most of the deaths were among the third class passengers. Many of tainty. The Titanic only carried 20 lifeboats with lit) person capacity. A ship called the California was near enough to see the lights from the Titanic and saw the flares the Titanic sent up, but did not come to the aid of the Titanic. The captain of the California said they saw the flares but quite honestly thought it was the rich and famous having the time of their lives. The California also did not have its ra- - Mark Lachs helper displays the coin purse found in the wreckage. 381-543- done this before. People who had already been down on the dives tried to assure mo as to its safety. One other guy said 'there is no reason to have anxiety, the submersible is the cutting edge of technology.' When you start the descent the ocean is bright blue and it fades to black, total darkness. It is hot to start with and at the ocean floor the temperature drops to 38 degrees, said Lach. The first thing Lach saw w as the bow of the ship. The ship is in two pieces and a mile and a half apart on the ocean floor. The bow is recognizable as part of a ship, it landed upright. looked out into the blackness and the bow was towering with the anchors still hanging'. I was very excited. We moved portside. by 1 (apt. Smith's cabin and the ex- terior wall has fallen and we looked inside the cabin, the bath- tub is still there and part of the bed and hallway. I had some very human moments. This is the site of a great tragedy and that came through to me and it comes through in the exhibition. We do not dig into the ship or destruct in anyway to get the artifacts," said Lach. Lach show ed the audience the items he had borrowed from the exhibit to bring' for display, lie showed the porthole from a third class deck, much smaller than the other portholes on the upper decks. no showed a leather coin purse in remarkably good condition. Lach explained that the ingredients used to tan leather act as a repellant for the microorganisms which eat away at everything and destroy items. Any items which were encased in leather bag's such as clothing, shoes, letters, money and other thing's are in remarkable con- dition for having been submersed for 92 years. He also displayed a 810 bill from a bank in Colorado. The other item w as a wooden handle from a tool. Lach also brought some of the coal from theTitanic gathered from the ocean floor. Lach encouraged the audience to visit the exhibit at the ZCMI Center in Salt Lake which is runningthrough Jan. S, 2005. Lach told the story of loward En in whose trunk was aboard the Titanic, but he was not. is partner lenry Sutehall, was to meet En in at the dock the morning' the Titanic was to sail, and En in never arrived so Sutehall 0747-212- $ ,M.D. Obstetrics the bodies recovered were bill was very exthe wreckage. cited and did suffer from a bit of anxiety because I had never Fax (435) Telephone: (435) editorrti ecprogress.com, publisher ecprogress.com. issued once a week at Castle Dale, Publication No: (USPS Utah. Periodical postage paid at Castle Dale, Utah. Postmaster: Send change of address to PO. Box 589, Castle Dale, UT 84513. All right reserved by the Emery County Progress. All is property of Emery County Progress. No part herein may be reproduced without prior written consent. 381-243- Mark Lach displays the $10 & Gynecology 1 1 Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1995. ' ! ; ?' ' Dr. Hollingsworth specializes in low and high risk pregnancy care, family planning, female surgical services and gynecology.He also has a special interest in the evaluation and treatment of female urinary incontinence and hormone replacement therapy. Y AV. A V f 4 AhU '' ' LfifW b. j 637-067- 5. in Colorado. Photos by Patsy Stoddard boarded the ship and carried on the trunk belonging to Ervin. Enin missed the sailing of the Titanic and Sutehall met his death onboard. Ervin went on to lead a full life. Lach was filled with such tales of the people aboard the ship. c said a leather satchel had boon found and it was rolled up, upon unrolling it revealed (55 small glass vials w ith corks and paper labels containing fragrance perfume samples. Ado Sawfel was a perfume manufae-ture- r and intended to sell his perfumes to the shops in New York, lie survived. "The stories oflhesc people are the same as von and I," said Lach. "There areonlv two survivors left from the Titanic. mot one lady, 1 Melvina Dean who is 92 years old and lives in England. She was 7 weeks old aboard the Titanic. lor father placed 7 week old Melvina in a canv as bagand handed her to her mother and I old brother onboard the lifeboat and then he stepped back. Her father perished. Melvinas mother told her the story and through her whole life she was always known as the little girl aboard theTitanic. Lach explained how safety measures for sailing ships have changed since theTitanic disaster. Safety flares now mean something and are dear signs of distress. Ships are required to have enough lifeboats for pas- sengers. Radios must always be working and turned on so distress signals will be heard. The Coastal Guard has been established to watch for ice floes and to render aid to ships in distress. People have been concerned with whether any artifacts should be picked up at all from the site. Lach explained that all artifacts are treated with dignity and respect, recognizing that many people lost their lives onboard the ship. Most of the people dying on the Titanic were on the surface of tin water. Very few in fact, went down with the ship. The crewmen working the boilers shoveling the coal to keep the electric lights lit were the only oii(s actually goingdown inside tin ship. The stern is unrecognizable d as it went through twisting, the explosions, but one propeller is visible and is 23.5 turn-itigan- feet tall. The story of the Titanic will told and retold throughout time. The fascination people hnv e w it It the story can never be In satisfied. There is no answer for the profound tragedy too many things that just went wrong. 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