Three thousand to 4,000 cases and bundles were loaded on Titanic by dockworkers, cargo loaders, and porters at the Southampton docks.
Claims for lost property covered a wide spectrum of what people considered valuable:
Lieutenant Mauritz Hakan Bjornstrom-Steffanson: An oil painting by Blondel at $100,000.
William Carter: A 35-horsepower Renault automobile at $5,000.
Emilio Portaluppi: An autographed photo of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi at $3,000.
Robert Daniel: A champion French bulldog at $750.
Hersh Siebald: Seven parcels of the Hebrew holy scrolls at $250.
Ella Holmes White: Four roosters and hens at $207.87.
Eugene Daly: A set of bagpipes at $50.
Stuart Collett: College lecture notes at $50.
The U.S. Postal Service: Lost mail at $41.04.
The Cargo List is a list of goods registered aboard the Titanic -- goods of all sorts that went down with the mighty liner to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Their value at the time: about $420,000. Today, that's nearly $7 million.
This original list, saved from the sinking and reprinted in many newspapers, includes some company names you might recognize: Marshall Field & Co., American Express Co., Tiffany & Co., Wells Fargo. These and other companies registered some pretty interesting cargo - from the fancy (lace, silk, wine) to the frivolous (anchovies, ostrich feathers and a speedometer). See for yourself.
MANIFEST LIST
The manifest of the Titanic follows, the name of the consignee coming first, and the nature and amount of the goods consigned following:
The cargo consisted of high-class freight, which had to be taken quickly on board and which could be just as quickly discharged. The articles were such as fine laces, ostrich feathers, wines, liquors and fancy food commodities.
