Eric Farley was correct when he said that John Jacob Astor IV was on the Titanic. John Jacob Astor was one of the richest men at the time and he was the richest man on the ship. He carried his pregnant wife through a window and placed her in the last lifeboat to leave. He also helped a mother and daughter on to that boat and gave the mother his hip flask. He was last seen alive smoking a cigarette with Jacques Futrelle, an author, standing on the starboard bridge. An half hour later the ship had completely disappeared under the water.
The story from the book from 1898 written by Morgan Robertson entitled "Futility: The Wreck of the Titan" eerily predicts the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Both ships sank in April in the North Atlantic; neither ship had enough lifeboats or other lifesaving equipment; they were of similar sizes (Titan 800 feet long, Titanic 882 feet long); and the ships had very similar tonnage. Experts have analyzed Robertson's story and compared it in detail to the fate of the RMS Titanic and they determined that Robertson was not a clairvoyant, but was merely well versed in ship-building and the maritime trends at the time.
This episode takes place in April 1912.
The hymn book that Gavin Gordon as Reverend Morgan showed it was from a Methodist Church in Winnipeg (Manitoba) Canada.