Titanic Display

Today, air travel in Europe and across the Atlantic has been interrupted by an ash plume from a volcano. The volcano is located under a glacier in Iceland. Over 5,000 flights have been cancelled and the actual total may be closer to 6,000 cancelled flights. A report emailed from a friend in Barry, Wales states that over 300,000 travelers in the United Kingdom alone, have had their travel plans interrupted. The inconvenience, however, may save lives; the ash can cause engine failure.

98 years ago travel across the Atlantic was also interrupted, but by an iceberg rather than a volcano. On April 14, 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, at approximately 2:20 am on April 15th the Titanic sank with many lives lost.

The East Tawas Library currently has 21 different books about the Titanic on display. The library display case contains a foam three dimensional "jigsaw puzzle" model of the Titanic and a Titanic board game.

One favorite book is Polar, The Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Spedden. The original manuscript was written in 1913 as a Christmas present for Daisy's son Douglas. Polar was Douglas' white mohair Steiff bear. A picture of Douglas spinning his toy top on one of the Titanic's deck has been reproduced in many books.

Please stop by the East Tawas Library and view the tribute to those travelers of April 1912, many of whom never reached their intended destination.