April 15, 1912: The Titanic
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First class restaurant reception room on the ‘Titanic’, 1912
National Maritime Museum: G10671
First class restaurant reception room on the ‘Titanic’, 1912
National Maritime Museum: G10671
On the night of April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg; it sank less than three hours later, in the wee hours of the 15th of April. 1,517 people perished in the icy North Atlantic waters. Just after 4 a.m., the RMS Carpathia arrived to pick up the 706 survivors from the lifeboats. The White Star Line chartered the cable ship Mackay-Bennett to retrieve the bodies from the sea. Many were interred at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
We honor this tragedy with a collection of images from the Library of Congress.
 TITANIC life boats on way to CARPATHIA |
 TITANIC survivors on way to rescue-ship CARPATHIA |
 Crowd awaiting survivors from CARPATHIA |
 Crowd in front of White Star offices |
 Louis & Lola ?– TITANIC survivors |
 Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron of the Carpathia who rescued survivors of the Titanic |
 J.J. Astor funeral |
 Services at seaman’s institute – TITANIC Tablet unveiled – Bishop Greer speaking |
 Capt. Rostron & under officers of CARPATHIA |
 Capt. and crew of MACKAY-BENNETT |
Tags: Bain News Service, Library of Congress, National Maritime Museum, Titanic
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