I read the news today

THE TITANIC SUNK.

LOSS FEARED OF OVER 1,500 LIVES.

A WIRELESS CALL FOR AID.

LINERS TO THE RESCUE.

SHIP GOES DOWN IN FOURS HOURS.

PASSENGERS AND CREW TAKE TO BOATS.

The maiden voyage of the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship ever launched, has ended in disaster.

The Titianic started her trip from Southampton for New York on Wednesday. Late on Sunday night she struck an iceburg off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. By wireless telegraphy she sent out signals of distress, and several liners were nears enough to catch and respond to the call.

Conflicting new, alarming and reassuring, was current yesterday. Even after midnight it was said all the passengers were safe. All reports, of course, depended on wireless telegrams over great distances.

Late last night the White Star officials in New York announced that a message had been received stating that the Titanic sand at 2.20 yesterday morning after all her passengers and crew had been transferred to another vessel. Later they admitted that many lives had been lost.

An unofficial message from Cape Race, Newfoundland, stated that only 675 have been saved out of 2,200 to 2,400 person on board...


The Manchester Guardian. April 16, 1912. Page 9