{
  "id": 17788011,
  "title": "Titanic passenger's 1912 letter calls ship a 'magnificent floating town'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/titanic-passengers-1912-letter-calls-ship-a-magnificent-floating-town",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:25:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/on-april-10-1912-a-titanic-passenger-mailed-a-letter-to-berlin-from-the-ships-onboard-post-office-he-described-it-as-a-magnificent-floating-town-and-hoped-to-meet-the-recipient-again-the-following-year/articleshow/135452402.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A letter written by Titanic passenger George Graham on April 10, 1912, shortly before the ship left Southampton, revealed his hope of meeting a business colleague in Berlin the following year. Graham died when the Titanic sank five days later. The letter survived and was eventually sold for $16,100 at an auction in New York, setting a world record.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}