Only one officer awake that morning had sailed into Halifax before, and even the captain (who was currently asleep) had never been to the city or its harbor. Instead of approaching the safety of Halifax’s harbor, it was approaching the rocky Canadian coast. In the early morning hours of April 1, the SS Atlantic had drifted off-course by nearly 12 miles. Doing so would prove to be a fatal decision. The coal steamer faced a strong headwind on its entire passage across the Atlantic, so the captain, worried about fuel reserves, decided to stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for more coal. Bound for New York, the ship was only the second commissioned by the British White Star Line, which would later go on to commission the much more famous Titanic. On March 20, 1873, the SS Atlantic set sail from Liverpool on her 19th voyage. In each edition, find one more thing from the world of culture that we highly recommend. One Good Thing is Vox’s recommendations feature.
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