This is the conclusion to a long standing mystery that has been slowly unraveling on my channel since, well, actually before I started this channel. I have covered the story of the wreck of the SS Atlantic in 1873 extensively. This is not a retelling of that. If you want that, check out my documentary from 2023 that tells the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4U4vwCS8o

Lauriston Davidson (Umphelby) and her daughter, Lillian, were lost in the sinking of the SS Atlantic in 1873. For the past 6 and a half years, I have been trying to track down the location of their grave, even having traveled across the continent to Telegraph City, California - their intended destination. We searched Lower Prospect, Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, and everywhere in between, following the story of the wreck and hunting down clues to see if we could find these lost graves.

In the early hours of April 1st, 1873, the SS Atlantic was steaming toward Halifax in order to re-coal, after having diverted from its schedule route to Jersey City, USA. The ship is 12 miles off course and instead of sailing toward the harbor, Atlantic was heading straight for the rocky coast of Nova Scotia. The wreck of the Atlantic was the worst maritime disaster in the North Atlantic until 1898 and the worst disaster for the White Star Line until the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Around 550 were lost, including every woman and all but one or two children.

This video is meant to supplement my full documentary on the wreck of the Atlantic, so watch that if you have not already.

It's been a while since I posted a real-time sinking animation, but I've been sitting on a few in the past few months. Since working with Alex, these animations have really come to life and his work takes these projects to a new level.

April Fool's Day, 1873 - The grand steamer Atlantic of the White Star Line crashes hard onto the rocks of Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia (not too far from Halifax), with almost 1,000 people on board. The ship is rapidly tearing apart as the waves batter it against the rocky coastline. The lifeboats wreck before they can escape and the stern sinks rapidly. It seems hopeless for everyone aboard Atlantic, but rescue is on its way in the form of a small group of local fishermen.

At that time, the SS Atlantic was the worst disaster in the North Atlantic to date, and the worst disaster for the White Star Line until the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. April 1st, 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the wreck, and even though it's a wreck I've covered thoroughly on my channel in the past, including with a detailed full length documentary, new research and a better understanding of the disaster make it worth revisiting this story.

For five years, I've wondered about the location of the graves of Lauriston and Lilian Davidson, lost in the sinking of the SS Atlantic in 1873 off of Halifax, Nova Scotia. They were on their way to visit their uncle, John Umphelby, in the small ranch town of Telegraph City, California. In the hopes of finding the site of their graves, I've traveled across the country to explore the ruins of the ghost town of Telegraph City.

The White Star Line is arguably the most famous shipping line in history, but it gets a bad reputation for its high profile sinkings, such as the Titanic, Atlantic, and Britannic, but is this fair? There's so much more to the story of this company than what's commonly known. Let's take an in-depth tour of it, from its inception in 1845 to its merger with Cunard in 1934, to what is left today.

A companion video will follow shortly profiling each ship in the White Star Line's fleet from 1870 - 1934. Stay tuned on this channel, and I'll add it to the description when it's posted.

Special thanks to Levi Rourke for animating various ships of the fleet, and Lucas Gustaffson for providing several of the models.

Immediately after the wreck of the White Star Line's SS Atlantic, fundraisers were created for the survivors, and inquiries were held to investigate who might be at fault. Was it the Captain? The crew? The White Star Line? Or was it simply an unavoidable act of God?

On April 1, 1873, the steamship Atlantic was lost on the rocks near Halifax, Nova Scotia. This disaster is almost completely forgotten today, even by locals. A small museum stands near the site, but it does not get the attention it deserves.

This house was the home of the Norris Family for who knows how many generations and in the early hours of April 1st, 1873, it gave refuge to some of those rescued from the wreck of the White Star Line steamer SS Atlantic, but over the summer of 2020, the decrepit and abandoned house was torn down. Shot in 2018 before its destruction, we take a brief look inside the collapsing walls of this old fisherman's shack and shine light on its unique history, saving its memory before it's forgotten.

Sitting at the mass grave of some of the SS Atlantic's dead, I reflect on how forgotten the wreck is, and a mysterious grave that embodies the buried stories of this disaster.

Applying the same techniques that went into cataloging the artifacts from the RMS Titanic, we document and photograph (and in some cases, we identify!) the artifacts from the wreck of the SS Atlantic, a White Star Liner that wrecked in Nova Scotia in 1873.

Historian and author Bob Chaulk takes us out on his boat through the islands of Lower Prospect and out to the wreck site of the steamship Atlantic.

We've been learning about the wreck of the White Star Liner "Atlantic" in 1873. The Atlantic was the second of the Oceanic Class ships, a class that consisted of six different vessels. What was it like to travel on one of the Oceanic Class liners, aside from the disaster of the Atlantic? What was the protocol? What was the bill of fare? What facilities did these revolutionary liners offer? Where did they make harbor?Huge thanks to J. Kent Layton for helping with researching some of the details on this video!

The SS Atlantic wrecked on the rocks of Lower Prospect in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1873. The story is nearly forgotten. We do our best to tell the story of the sinking, the worst disaster on the North Atlantic in the 1800's, and the first disaster for the White Star Line.

This was made in cooperation with the SS Atlantic Heritage Park Society and the Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada.