a life saver from the titanic

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Prometheus Bound (c1640-1645). Greek mythology. Prometheus, one of the Titans, stole fire from Haephaestus for benefit of mankind. Chained by Zeus (principal god) to Mount Caucasus, by day Eagle pecked his liver which regenerated overnight. Released by Hercules (Heracles/Herakles). Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) Flemish painter. Oil on canvas.

Heroic wireless operators: top, sending SOS signals from the wireless room of the Titanic as the water rises: bot, the last minutes of the wireless operators during the Fez massacre. From Le Petit Journal Supplement Illustre , Paris, 5 May 1912. Colour

William Thomas Stead (1849-1912) English author and journalist, c1890. Editor Northern Echo (1871-1880) and Pall Mall Gazette (1883-1890). He exposed the scandal of child prostitution in London. Drowned in sinking of SS Titanic, 14 April 1912. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery . (London, 1890-1894). Photograph. Woodburytype.

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