On april 15, 1912, over 1,300 people died in one of the worst maritime disasters in history This guide provides information on researching the topic of the sinking of the titanic in the chronicling america digital collection of historic newspapers. Extensive documentation of the titanic' s voyage is contained within the proceedings of the u.s First news of the disaster The first news of the disaster to the titanic was received by the marconi wireless station here at 10:25 o'clock last night (as told in yesterday's new york times.) For the first time, divers have recovered artifacts from its wreck
The luxury liner was requisitioned as a hospital ship during world war i Thirty people died after the vessel struck a german. The trenton evening times published its titanic newspaper articles on april 15, 1912, after learning initial facts from the tragic sinking The main titanic newspaper article described that the titanic was due in new york the next day and was on course a day ahead of schedule, indicating high speeds, before it struck an iceberg. On april 16, 1912, the los angeles times chronicled the sinking of the titanic This coverage is republished here in full, with changes only to capitalization and punctuation for ease of.
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