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Michael Havis & Danya Bazaraa

New Titanic evidence may reveal true story behind 'message in bottle thrown from ship'

New evidence could help reveal the true story behind a message in a bottle apparently thrown from the deck of the Titanic hours before its sinking.

The note, dated April 13, 1912, was found on a Canadian beach is signed by 12-year-old Mathilde Lefebvre, a third-class French passenger on the ship - but new evidence has questioned its authenticity.

Translated, the note reads: "I am throwing this bottle into the sea in the middle of the Atlantic. We are due to arrive in New York in a few days.

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