SINKING OF TITANIC
OBJECTION TO BROADCAST PLAY. "SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN." Protesting against the proposal to broadcast a play dealing with the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, when 1517 lives were lost through the Atlantic liner striking an iceberg, Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, who commanded the Carpathia, which rescued survivors, said:—
"The whole thing should be forgotten. There is no excuse for reminding the survivors of the horrors of this disaster, which will certainly haunt me for ever."
He said that the proposal was inopportune, when trans-Atlantic shipping was suffering severe depression. Mr. Filson Young, the author, declares that the play does not dwell on horrors. The scenes are set in various parts of the vessel, showing the bridge, where the officers knew of the disaster, and the cabinet and staterooms, where there was no knowledge of the danger.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3446, 22 March 1932, Page 6
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