A century ago a massive ocean liner set sail on a
trans-Atlantic journey with a population on board
rivalling the size of a village to high acclaim for
what technology and modern design could accomplish.
Like a village there was a wealthy contingent
alongside the presence of a more populous modestly
financially endowed group and a governing body to
oversee the voyage and give service to its passengers.
Among children in steerage 54 died of exposure
when their ship capsized whereas one child perished
out of first class accommodation. One privileged
child of six beheld the stars and marvelled at the
absence of a fabled elf in the frozen northern waters.
A child whose adventurous life ended three years
after his salvation when he ran out onto a road after
a ball and became the first lethal casualty of the
newfangled vehicles starting to appear on the
roads and byways of North America in 1914.
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