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    1. Re: [IRELAND] Belfast-built "Titanic" key sold at auction - UAS website - news/research
    2. Steven Smyrl
    3. This sounds to me like a story guaranteed only to push up the price of the key. I wonder how well the story can be authenticated? Steven Smyrl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean R. Sent: 12 October 2007 20:17 To: [email protected] Subject: [IRELAND] Belfast-built "Titanic" key sold at auction - UAS website - news/research SNIPPET: A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction. The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. It was in the pocket of an officer transferred off the vessel days before its maiden voyage. He forgot to hand it to his replacement as he left. As a result lookouts had to rely on the naked eye ... read more on this (BBC) story at the UAS website. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    10/12/2007 02:58:48