Title

'The Agonising Wait for the List of the Lost at Southampton', April 20, 1912. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Agonising Wait for the List of the Lost at Southampton', April 20, 1912. Anxious friends and relatives wait for news of the fate of passengers on board the 'Titanic' at the port she departed from, with portraits of passengers above, including Thomas Andrews, designer of the ship, who died in the disaster. The White Star Line ship RMS 'Titanic' struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland on 14 April 1912. She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time, and thought to be unsinkable. In the collision, five of her watertight compartments were compromised and she sank. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived. A major cause of the loss of life was the insufficient number of lifeboats she carried. Page 17, from "Titanic In Memoriam Number", a special supplement in "The Daily Graphic" newspaper issued following the sinking of the 'Titanic' on 15 April 1912, published on 20 April 1912.
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Date

1912

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D53_078

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,7Mb (7,6Mb) / 11,7in x 16,5in / 3504 x 4959 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England female women woman people male crowd crowds office offices job man men waiting guy ship ships occupation British hampshire liner passengers passenger ocean liner century shipwreck Britain profession sinking anxiety anxious victim Southampton news designer lady concept TITANIC B&W MONOCHROME survivor water transport black & white black and white B W 1910s 20th century The Print Collector TGN White Star Line newspaper Unknown RMS Titanic Daily Graphic The Daily Graphic