Titanic ship ,Colonel Archibald Gracie, a passenger on the Titanic ship, wrote this letter, which was postmarked London on 12th April. This letter was sold for Rs. 3.41 crores which was bought by an unknown person.
Even today, when people talk about the Titanic ship accident, it creates panic in their hearts. It has been 113 years since this accident. A letter written by a Titanic passenger was sold for 3.41 crore rupees during an auction in Britain. This letter was written by Colonel Archibald Gracie. The estimated price of this letter was 60000 pounds but it was sold for more than 3 lakh pounds. This letter was written by Gracie, who survived the Titanic journey, for his great grandfather on 10 April 1912.
I will decide after the voyage is over whether the ship is good or not
Colonel Archibald Gracie, a survivor of the Titanic, wrote a letter to his great-grandfather on April 10, 1912, which was postmarked in London on April 12. He wrote in his letter that the ship is good but I cannot decide on it now. I will take this decision only after the voyage is over.
The letter was bought by a private collector from America
The estimated price of this letter of Titanic survivor Colonel Archibald Gracie was 60,000 pounds, but breaking all records, it was sold for 3 lakh pounds, which was bought by an unknown person from America. This is the most expensive letter ever sold in an auction. This auction was held on Sunday at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire, England.
1500 people died in Titanic
There were 2200 passengers including passengers and crew on the Titanic ship, in which about 1500 passengers were killed. The Titanic accident happened due to an iceberg hitting the Titanic, due to which the Titanic became uncontrolled and water started filling in it rapidly. In this accident some people saved their lives by boarding the lifeboats, but many people were killed. At that time Colonel Gracie was traveling in the first class and he wrote this letter from cabin C51, which was posted on April 11.
Colonel Gracie had also written a book
Colonel Gracie, who survived the accident on the Titanic ship, had also written a book on this accident which was named “The Truth About the Titanic“. In his book, he has written about the terrible accident that happened on the Titanic. He told that after the accident, he found a life boat overturned and by boarding it, he was able to save his life.
There were many other people who were successful in reaching the life boat but they lost their lives due to cold and exhaustion. Although Colonel Gracie had survived after the Titanic accident, his health had deteriorated a lot due to cold, after which he went into coma in the month of December and died 2 days later due to diabetes.
