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News and Views
Titanic exhibit sets sail for the Huron County Museum
Sunday night, April 14,.
1912 was a clear, starlit night
in the North Atlantic. The
luxury liner Titanic, .on its
maiden voyage, with more
than 2,200 passengers and
crew, struck an iceberg that
towered more than 60 feet
out of the dark water.
The Titanic was thought
"unsinkable" and carried life
boats for only . I ,178. With
the low capacity of the life
boats and the mistaken belief
that the ship would never
sink, few of the passengers
took the threat that loomed
very seriously. Life boat after
life boat was launched under •
. capacity: Monday morning,
April 15, J. Bruce Ismay,
Chairman of the White Star
line wired his New York
office with the following
message. "Deeply regret
advising you.Titanic sank
this morning after collision
with iceberg., resulting in
serious loss of life. Full
particulars later." Those full
particulars included a death
toll of 1,522 persons with
only 705 survivors.. •
The exhibition "Titanic...
Voyage Through Time",
organized by the
director/curator of • the
collection, Mr. Steve Santini
opened Monday at Huron
County . MuseumrI� in
Goderich.It cossislR of a
large number of artifacts
recovered from- the ship.
There are objects such as 'a
first-class deck chair, one of
only threetin e*istence,
personal effects, china and
porcelain, the collection also
includes a Targe number of
archival documents relating
to the events of that fateful
4vening.
With all the attention
cueently being paid to this
disaster and that ill-fated
ship, this exhibition is as
current as the day the Titanic
went to .the bottom of the
ocean. Questions raised by
the relatives of the survivors
and the many descendants of
the victims of this great
disaster centre on the need,
or in deed the desirability of
disturbing the final resting
place of their loved ones.
Should we make the effort
to salvage what has, for over
80 years, rested peacefully on
the sea bed, in more than
12,400 feet? This question is,
by the.very nature of this.
exhibition, one of the central
issues that will be raised in
the mind of the viewer. A
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programme focusing on this
issue and centred on the
exhibit at the Huron County
Museum will attempt to give
the visitor the information
needed to develop the answer
to this and many other
questions surrounding the
sinking of the "unsinkable",
Titanic.'
The exhibition is on view at.
the Goderich•• museum
through to the end of next
May r -
Tuckersmith
against rural -
urban split
Tuckersmith is not in
favour.of a rural -urban split
for Huron County.
At its October 15 council
meeting the township passed
a motion that states it "docs
not support the concept of the
county meeting as suggested
.by the Town of.Goderich
with regards to the urban
rural split for amalgamation
for the County of Huron."
Tuckersmith also passed -a
motion to not participate in
the hiring of a consultant to
"prepare a.. restructuring g(an.
for the oliipicipality with'd')
Town of Seaforth, Clint
and others." -
Tuckersmith council recent-
ly approved a motion to con-
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have the shoulders removed
on the Harpurhey Road.
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