GREAT SEA DISASTER
SINKING OF THE TITANIC TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY A great marine disaster which shocked the world, and in which 1635 lives were lost, occurred 24 years ago to-day, when the Titanic, a White Star liner of 45,000 tons, collided with an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast while on her maiden voyage fjrom Southampton to New York, with a total of 2310 people on board. One of the most tragic circumstances of the disaster was the confident attitude of many passengers who remained on board to the last, believing that the Titanic would not sink on account of the extremely elaborate safety devices with which she had been equipped. A feature of the tragedy was the magnificent heroism displayed by the officers of the vessel. The Titanic shared with her sister ship, the Olympic, the distinction of being the largest vessel afloat at that time.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22393, 14 April 1936, Page 10
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