SANK IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
♦ ■ THE TITANIC DISASTER. OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED LIVES LOST. SURVIVORS' STIRRING STATEMENTS. INSUFFICIENCY OF BOATS. DEATH OF CAPTAIN AND CHIEF ENGINEER.
There were 2340 persons on board the White Star liner Titanic ' (which struck an iceberg off Cape Race at 11:40 p.m. last Sunday and sank three hours later), of whom 745 were saved and 1595 were lost. The totals were made up as follows :—: —
The members of the crew who were Bayed were made up as follows:—
Officers . Seamen Stewards Firemen ... 3i ... 91 ... 7:
'assengers — Ist class 2nd class 3rd class Irew 4 ., caved 210 125 200 210 4. Lost. 120 195 550 730 Total. 330 • 320 750 940 '745 1595 2340
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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