Posts Tagged ‘Titanic’

1912: Captain, the New York City Feline Mascot of the RMS Carpathia

Posted: 3rd February 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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On April 11, 1912, the RMS Carpathia departed from Chelsea Piers in New York City for Fiume (present-day Rijeka, Croatia), carrying about 740 passengers. The ship never reached its destination on this particular departure. Just after midnight on April 15, 1912, Carpathia‘s wireless operator, Harold Cottam, received some messages from Cape Cod stating they had private traffic for the Titanic. […]

1912: The French Chickens Who Went Down With the Titanic

Posted: 22nd June 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland. Of the 2,228 passengers and crew members who had set sail across the Atlantic Ocean to New York, we know that only 705 survived.

What many may not know is that several roosters, hens, and chicks were also making the journey on the ship’s maiden voyage. They never reached their new home in Briarcliff Manor, New York.

Early 1900s: When the Waldorf-Astoria Went to the Dogs

Posted: 16th March 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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A True Story of Pampered Pets and Titanic Survivors In the late 19th century and early 1900s, New York City’s acclaimed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was the site of numerous pedigree dog shows. The first French Bulldog show took place at the luxury hotel in 1898, which, according to the French Bulldog Club of America, secured the […]