One Titanic Micro Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/14/2013
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Use stealth when approaching this cache as houses have sprung up close by.

We place this big micro container on the 101 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, where over 1500 people died in the icy seas of the northern Atlantic after hitting an iceburg at 11:40PM on April 14, 1912. The ship sunk about two hours later. We can thank those 1500 people for many of the safety precautions that we take for granted on ships today, such as enough life vests and life boats for all passengers and deck drills.

And a little trivia: A number of animals, dogs in particular, died on the Titanic as well. All but three of the dogs died in the sinking. One dog that perished was a brindle champion French Bulldog named Gamin de Pycombe, owned by Robert W. Daniel, who had bought him in England for the very high price of £150 (about £12,500 or $19,200 today). The dogs were mostly kept in kennels on F deck and walked daily on the poop deck, but it seems Gamin was lucky enough to stay with his owner. In 1966, survivor Edith Russel said in an interview that on the night of the sinking, she was walking by Mr. Daniel's cabin to go on deck after the accident when she heard Gamin whimpering, and went in to check on him. She said, “The dog was scared so I petted him and laid him down in his bed. He was very obedient and sat there and looked at me sweetly as I closed the door. I did not know then that we were in any great danger or else I would have taken him with me.” Later, Gamin was last seen swimming for his life after the ship went down. Anyone that knows anything about French Bulldogs knows this would have been a pretty pathetic attempt indeed. Robert Daniel made an insurance claim for Gamin in the amount of £750 (about £60,700 or $93,150 today)!

The French Bulldog National Specialty was due to be held in New York at the Woldorf-Astoria on April 20, 1912. One of the three judges, Samuel Goldenburg, was on board the Titanic on its fateful voyage. He was listed as a casualty of the sinking. He actually survived, however, reaching New York City on April 18 aboard the Carpathia which carried most of the Titanic survivors. To everyone's surprise, he showed up to judge the French Bulldog National Specialty, and the winner was a brindle dog named Gamin's Riquet. It's quite likely that Gamin's Requit was related to Gamin de Pycombe.

For those of you that don't know it, Kodi950 and I frequently geocache with Ember, the geocaching French Bulldog.

Mr. Robert Daniels and Gamin de Pycombe:

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