In any event, in 1912 Morgan paid £80,000 for the Coptic manuscript that had first been offered to the British Museum. The sum paid tells us that Mr Morgan was well aware of both the intrinsic and political value of the old scroll.
Appendix 4
The Quitzrau affidavit
‘DOMINION OF CANADA
Province of Ontario
City of Toronto
Dr F. C. Quitzrau, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he was a passenger, travelling second class, on the steamer Mount Temple, which left Antwerp April 3, 1912; that about midnight Sunday, April 14, New York time, he was awakened by the sudden stopping of the engines; that he immediately went to the cabin, where already were gathered several of the stewards and passengers, who informed him that word had already been received by wireless from the Titanic that the Titanic had struck an iceberg and was calling for help.
Orders were immediately given and the Mount Temple course changed, heading straight for the Titanic. About 3 o’clock New York time, 2 o’clock ship’s time, the Titanic was sighted by some of the officers and crew; that as soon as the Titanic was seen all lights on the Mount Temple were put out and the engines stopped and the boat lay dead for about two hours; that as soon as day broke the engines were started and the Mount Temple circled the Titanic’s position, the officers insisting that this be done, although the captain had given orders that the boat proceed on its journey. While encircling the Titanic’s position we sighted the Frankfurt to the north-west of us, the Birma to the south, speaking to both of these by wireless, the latter asking if we were in distress; that about 6 o’clock we saw the Carpathia, from which we had previously received a message that the Titanic had gone down; that about 8.30 the Carpathia wirelessed that it had picked up 20 lifeboats and about 720 passengers all told, and that there was no need for the Mount Temple to stand by, as the remainder of those on board were drowned.
Dr F. C. QUITZRAU
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 29th day of April, 1912.
(SEAL)
WILLIAM JAMES ELLIOTT
Notary Public for the Province of Ontario.’
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Videos
Secrets of The Titanic (National Geographic, 1986)
Titanic (W.H. Smith, 1993)
Titanic (The Way We Were)
Lusitania (Network First)
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