Jack Dawson {Art imitating Life}

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Actually, this is not a question. It's more of a Trivia....

Days after when the Titanic sank, they found a body floating along the coast of Nova Scottia (not sure of the spelling). The body was identified to be a "J. Dawson." James Cameron was asked if he knew about this. Actually, he knew about it.He even visited the gravesite of J. Dawson. However, he already conceptualized the script even before he got hold of the news..

-- Joshua Macalagay (warren.macalagay@unisys.com), March 05, 1998

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Response to Jack Dawson

The body of James Dawson was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett, a cable-laying ship chartered by White Star to recover bodies from the wreck site. Mr. Dawson was a crewman, working as a Trimmer in the coal bunkers and boiler rooms. His job was to ferry coal from the bunkers to the boiler rooms, and to keep the coal in the bunkers level to maintain the ship's trim (i.e. to keep the ship from developing a list from uneven loading of the port/starboard coal bunkers).

His body was identified and his family notified of the recovery. However, Mr. Dawson's family reportedly did not have the funds to pay to have his body returned to England (and of course, White Star wouldn't pay to do it), and so, he is buried in one of the cemetaries in Halifax.

Cheers!

-- Kip Henry (kip-henry@ouhsc.edu), March 05, 1998.


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