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Thomas Raddall and the Titanic


The Dal Libraries’ impressive Thomas Head Raddall collection includes a unique window into the sinking of the Titanic.

In response to a telephone request for information about the role of the cableship “Mackay-Bennett” in the Titanic rescue operation, Raddall sent Bill Harper of CBC Television (Halifax) four photographs and a newspaper clipping, related stories he had heard from members of the “Mackay-Bennett” crew when he served on it in 1920, and offered leads on how to contact surviving “Mackay-Bennett” crew members.

View the original letter, photographs and clipping here.

PRINT SOURCE: Thomas Raddall Fonds, Correspondence. From Thomas Raddall to Bill Harper (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), 27 June 1972. MS-2-202 S-103

Comments

  1. Interesting Thomas was wireless operation on the funeral ship Mackay Bennett out picking up bodies from the titanic, any one know where most of the crew members where from on the Mackay Bennett?

    • Hello Joe,

      I’ve sent your question to my colleagues in the Archives in the hope that they can find you an answer.

      Thanks for getting in touch,
      Marlo MacKay
      Communications Coordinator,
      Dalhousie Libraries