The watch that came home

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His watch came home. John Starr March did not. His Titanic watch is now at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum.
Its hands point to 1:27. The Smithsonian says it probably stopped during the sinking; the watch cannot prove when.
March was a sea post clerk. Eyewitnesses reported that Titanic’s postal clerks tried to rescue the mail.
March’s body was recovered. His effects, including this watch, were returned to his two daughters.
The watch links a named worker to the disaster. It cannot tell us his final thoughts or exact time of death.

The watch that came home

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