Titanic Disaster: As Reported in the British National Press, April-July 1912 (American)

Dave Bryceson,

ISBN 10: 0393041085 / ISBN 13: 9780393041088

Published by W. W. Norton & Company April 1997, 1997

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The Titanic Disaster, based on a major collection of contemporary newspaper cuttings, gives a rare insight into the tragedy in which more than 1500 passengers and crew died, from the moment when the news first broke right through to the findings of both the American and British Inquiries several months later. The reports, primarily from Britain's Daily Sketch and The Times, have an immediacy, pathos, and wealth of human interest that still fascinate more than 80 years later. We read for example that J.C. Middleton, Vice President of the Akron-Canton Railway of Ohio, had cancelled his passage following two warning dreams - verified on oath - in which he saw the liner sinking. Not so lucky were Mr. and Mrs. Sage and their nine children who were travelling third class to Jacksonville, Florida, to buy a fruit farm: they all perished. Many column inches were devoted to Colonel J.J. Astor's fortune. Would it go to his beautiful young widow Madeleine or to the family he left to make this new liaison which had been much frowned upon in wealthy New York circles? And so the coverage continues, in absorbing detail. The newspaper headlines of Tuesday, April 16, 1912, shook the whole of Britain, and indeed the world, with the news that tragedy had befallen the largest ship afloat. Bryceson recounts the dramatic reports of the sinking of the 'Titanic' in this compelling book, as the story unfolded in the British press, from the first headlines to the end of the first inquiry. Photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Titanic Disaster: As Reported in the British National Press, April-July 1912 (American)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company April 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393041085
• ISBN 13: 9780393041088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation - Ships & Boats

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Synopsis

At 46,328 tons, the RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat in 1912 and also the largest moving object ever made by man. It was also the most luxurious, boasting many features unheard of in oceangoing liners. It was considered "unsinkable." On the morning of Wednesday, April 10, 1912, the pride of the White Star Line slowly began its journey into infamy. On the evening of Monday the 15th, strange, unbelievable rumors began their spread, chiefly around Belfast, Liverpool, Southampton, and London, cities having links to the new, great, and powerful Atlantic liner. How could anything have gone wrong? Surely it was impossible.

The newspaper headlines the following morning were to shake the whole of Britain, and indeed the world, with the news that tragedy had befallen the Titanic. With many, often conflicting, reports over the next months, the full story of the disaster slowly unfolded in subsequent editions of the press. The dramatic reports from the British press are presented here in full: accounts from the first headlines to the end of the first inquiry, followed by eager readers around the world. These stories and photographs combine in a book that will appeal to general readers and Titanic followers alike.