Metallurgists blame Titanic disaster on rivets

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:54:46 GMT

Slashdot has it here, I'll quote just a little to pad out my content:

The team collected clues from 48 Titanic rivets and found many riddled with high concentrations of slag, a glassy residue of smelting that can make iron brittle [...] With the right slag content they should have held up [...] Even a few failures because of flawed metal would have been sufficient to unzip entire seams

Read more. I haven't checked out slashdot.org for a while, I don't think they have Titanic related stories very often...

James Moore Clarke

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:10:39 GMT

Got an email from someone in the USA trying to trace Clarke ancestors from the UK. I don't think we have any Clarkes in the USA, and said that by email, but thought I'd republish some info here in case anyone else can help. Jim Clarke says:

It is possible that the James Moore Clarke (b.1852) a carpenter who emigrated from England was from Hampshire,UK.

When he went back home for a visit and "disappeared" (1888 or later) he may have resettled there as it was known he wasn't very happy here.

The fact that he was from Hampshire doesn't appear on Jim's page for some reason, but some more background does:

James Moore Clarke(1852) who emigrated here from England, he was a carpenter. He married Louisa Miller(Oct,1861). Louisa was born here and they were married here. They had a son named John (Dec,1879)& lived on Harrison Street in Brooklyn. They then had four more children. Their names are as follows: My Great Grandfather Frank Clarke(Aug,1888), Eva Clarke(Nov,1883), Annie Clarke(May,1885) & Lucy Clarke(Birthdate not known).

CLARKE FAMILY PAGE

Any information is helpful.

Maybe someone will stumble across this page in years to come and have an answer!

Aha, I've posted this before!

Clarke Family Tree

Metallurgists blame Titanic disaster on rivets

James Moore Clarke