The Titanic Murders

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From the beginning, mystery and controversy have been stow-aways on the Titanic’s crossing into history. The world’s largest, most luxurious steamship-with a First-Class passenger list that was a Who’s Who of its day-the R.M.S. Titanic began her maiden voyage midday April 10, 1912, and ended it prematurely in the midnight hours bridging April 14 and 15, after brushing an iceberg designed by God or fate to challenge the naively arrogant men who had deemed the ship unsinkable.

But no one is certain how many died on that clear starry night in icy Atlantic waters. The American inquiry into the disaster came up with 1,517 dead, the British tallied 1,490, while the British board of trade said 1,503, and various respected authorities today cite figures that range as low as 1,502 and as high as 1,523. What none of these authorities, past or present, cites are the two deaths aboard the Titanic that preceded the sinking.

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