Piece of coal from Titanic stolen

November 10, 2009 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea 

Coal_anthracitePolice: Piece of coal from Titanic stolen

A thief stole a piece of maritime history along with cash and other valuables Tuesday from a home on the 1000 block of Buck Street.

According to a police report Thursday, a piece of coal salvaged from the wreck of the R.M.S. Titantic was stolen during the burglary. The coal was authenticated and packaged in a box. No value was estimated.


The owner returned home at 3:38 p.m. to find one door open. A safe had been opened and $2,500 taken. About $100 in change in various spots was taken.

Other items missing were multiple pieces of gold jewelry valued at about $4,000, a Hewlitt Packard desktop computer, with its keyboard and monitor, and a Toshiba Satellite M305-S4910 laptop computer.

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3 Responses to “Piece of coal from Titanic stolen”

  1. CAPT. D. Peter Boucher, MN (Ret.) on November 10th, 2009 7:10 pm

    While one is sorry for the owners break-in the theft of the piece of coal, in a sense, is stealing a stolen item. The RMS “Titanic” is a British Merchant Navy gravesite. Unfortunately it does not therefore receive the protection of a military gravesite. None the less as a gravesite the removal of any object could be perceived as grave robbing. There is a company that has done just that and displays their items around the country at a profit.
    Good Watch.

  2. Andy on November 11th, 2009 10:58 am

    IIRC these pieces of coal were sold at $25 or thereabouts, for a small chip. They sold thousands of them, and (even to a collector), the monetary value is likely negligible.

    But then, “cash, laptop stolen in local burglary” doesn’t make for much of a headline.

  3. CAPT. D. Peter Boucher, MN (Ret.) on November 11th, 2009 6:11 pm

    This being Remberence/Veterens Day one honours the Officers lost in “Titanic” as we do the passengers. British Merchant Navy personnel were finally recognised as veterns some years ago. I wonder if people collected items from say Arlington National Cemetery and sold them to collectors in Europe how it would be felt in America by Americans.
    Good Watch

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