DAILY MAIL : MESSAGE BOTTLE TITANIC WASHED UP IN CANADA by Jack Wright for MailonLine
Very interesting article. Apparently there have been other messages in bottle supposed to have been thrown from the Titanic before it sunk but some were hoaxes. In this article the scientist go about authenticated the paper, the cork, the glass, and verified that the French school girl, Matilde Lefebvre. did exist and did drown. Lots of good photographs in this article!
EXCERPT : The mold and tool marks on the bottle and the chemical composition of the glass are consistent with the technologies used in making this kind of bottle in the early 20th century,' he said
'The cord stopper and a piece of paper stuffed in the bottle's ore yielded radiocarbon dates consistent with the date on the letter - we didn't date the letter itself, since the method is destructive.
'So we haven't caught a prankster red-handed yet, but this still doesn't exclude a recent hoax....
