After this case, stories about people who received an invitation to one of the oceangate expeditions appeared, but gave up. It was similar over a hundred years earlier. People with bated breath followed stories about famous personalities who almost got on Titanic, but at the last minute changed plans.
Here are seven known characters – including some of the richest people in the world – who were to flow with the virgin Titanic cruise, but did not flow. There are also four people who had a place reserved for one of the subsequent cruises of the ship.
- In 1912, Titanic was the peak of luxury. It is no wonder then that the tickets for his virgin cruise also had celebrities
- Among those who were to flow in the legendary liner, there were influence of industrialists, politicians and intellectuals, but not everyone finally found themselves on board
- Among those who miraculously avoided the tragedy, were, among others J. Pierpont Morgan and Milton Hershey
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J. Pierpont Morgan J. Pierpont Morgan.
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J. Pierpont Morgan – yes, this JP Morgan – had his own apartment in Titanic and participated in his solemn launch in 1911. Ultimately, however, he extended the holidays in France and did not get on the deck.
“I have never been able to find a reliable source from 1912, which would explain the exact reason why JP Morgan canceled his Titanik cruise,” said Reuters Agency George Behe in 2021. – It was speculated that he was in poor health or had problems with customs clearance due to his collection of works of art – he adds.
Morgan was a co -founder of General ElectricInternational Harvester and US Steel, as well as the founder of the International Mercantile Marine, owner of the White Star Line line. According to “The Washington Post”, he was present at Titanic in 1911.
– Financial losses mean nothing in life. The loss of life counts. This is a terrifying death, “he told the New York Times reporter after the disaster.
Milton Hershey Milton Hershey.
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The founder of the Chocolate Empire Hershey Together with his wife, Catherine used to spend winter on the Cote d'Azur. In December 1911, the couple went on another long European vacation. When planning a return, Hershey wrote a check for $ 300. From the Hershey Trust Company account for the White Star Line, to reserve the cabin on the virgin cruise of the new ship – Titanica.
According to Lancaster History, sudden professional duties forced Hershey to shorten the vacation. He returned to the States a few days before the departure of Titanic, on board the German liner America, who later sent a warning about a drifting ice.
Hershey's canceled check is today in the archives of the Hershey community and you can watch it online.
Glugielmo Marconi Glugielmo Marconi
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Nobel Prize winner Glugielmo Marconi gained fame as a hero after the sinking of Titanic. It was thanks to his invention, radiotelegraph that other ships could locate drifting lifeguards.
Few people know that Marconi himself almost sailed the ship.
In his book from 1926, “My Father, Marconi” his daughter Digna wrote that Marconi received a free ticket for a virgin cruise of the ship. He refused because his stenographer got sick. Instead, Marconi decided to go to the USA three days earlier aboard Lusitania, whose stenographer he trusted more than that of Titanic.
Henry Clay Frick Henry Clay Frick.
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Visitors to New York can associate the name of FRICKA from FRICK Collection or the residence of Henry Clay Frick House. Chairman Carnegie Steel Company was not only an influential industrialist, but also a patron of art And he was close to the unlucky cruise.
– FRICKS reserved the apartment first, but Mrs. FRICK twisted the ankle during their stay in Europe, where they bought works of art and traveled, so they stayed to get medical help – said historian melanie Melanie Linn Gutowski in an interview with CBS News Pittsburgh in 2012.
– The apartment they reserved was, according to some historians, was a kind of rescue apartment – he adds. Everyone who reserved it, eventually survived it, or because he did not go or jumped into the launch at the last minute.
Ultimately, FRICKI tickets went to J. Bruce Ismay, president and managing director White Star Line. He aroused controversy as one of the few men who got into the launch and survived. He was criticized for this for the rest of his life.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
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As A member of the influential Vanderbilt familyAlfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was a well -known figure in New York company. No wonder the press wrote about his miracle avoided cruise.
Unfortunately, a few years later he boarded the British lusitania liner, who in 1915 was sunk by the German U-Boots. Vanderbilt was among 1200 victims.
Theodore Dreiser Theodore Dreiser
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American journalist and writer Theodore Dreiser described his close meeting with the disaster in the chapter of his autobiography from 1913. According to the magazine “Slate” a fragment dedicated to the Titanik is “one of the most moving chapters of memories.”
Dreiser wrote that he wanted to return to the States on board Titanic to see the life of the richest, but his publisher convinced him to choose a cheaper ship – Kroonland – which sailed two days earlier.
“The horror of the sea reached us suddenly and directly,” wrote Dreiser. “The thought that such a powerful ship, like Titanic, new and shiny, could sink in an endless abyss … and two thousand passengers expelled from koi like rats, drifting helplessly among the ocean, praying and crying!” He added.
John Mott John R. Mott
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John R. Mott, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Longer Leader of the YMCA organizationalso avoided the tragedy about the hair. Professor Gorden R. Doss from Andrews University said that the mott has almost died in his life several times.
First, he gave up Titanic and sailed by Lapland. Three decades later, in 1943, he miraculously avoided a railway disaster.
After sinking, Titanic was to say “God must still have some plans for us.”
JC Penney James Cash Penney, aka JC Penney
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Among the people who had reserved tickets for future Titanic cruises, was also James Cash Penney – known as JC Penney, Founder of the famous department store network.
According to the Smithsonian magazine, Penney was supposed to flow in Titanik during his second Cruise from England to the United States. However, this journey never happened.
Frank Seiberling Frank Seiberling
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Frank Seiberling, co -founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Companyhe had a ticket for the Titanic return cruise to Southampton.
According to “Akron Beacon Journal” Seiberling and his wife were frequent guests in England and their British architecture fascinated. One of their journeys, however, was suddenly canceled when the ship they had to return to Europe sank in the Atlantic.
John Alden Dix John Alden Dix
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As reported by “Smithsonian Magazine”, the list of Titanica's return cruise was also the name of John Alden Dix – New York governor in the years 1911–1913.
Henry Adams Henry Adams
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Henry Adams, A historian and a descendant of two American presidents – John Adams and John Quincy Adams – also planned to return to Europe on board Titanic.
“My ship, Titanic, is already on its way,” wrote Adams in a letter of April 12, 1912. “If he doesn't leave me somewhere along the way, I should reach Cherbourg in two weeks” – he added.
However, as Timothy Noah from “The New Republic” noted, Adams never entered Titanic. He was forced to book a journey by another ship.
The article is a translation with American Business Insider edition.
