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1912 Titanic Coverage by the Truro Daily News

The Titanic struck an iceberg on Sunday, April 14, 1912 and sank the next day. The Truro Daily news did not issue a Sunday paper. The first item in the paper concerning the Titanic accident is a small filler which appears on Monday, April 15, 1912 (spelling as found in the Paper).

First Report
By Telegraf
Titanic In No Danger - Another Triumf For Marconi
(Special Dispatch to the Truro Daily News) - New York, April 15

Officials are satisfied that there was no cause for alarm regarding the steamship Titanic, reported damaged by ice. The Titanic is now in latitude 41 degrees 46 minutes north and longitude 50 degrees 14 minutes west. The steamers Virginian and Baltic went to the rescue of Titanic. The Allan liner Virginian would reach her at 9:00.


Cost of a ticket (one way)

Passenger Deck- First Class (parlor suite) £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today)
- First Class (berth) £30/$150 ($1724 today)
- Second Class £12/$60 ($690 today)
- Third Class £3 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today)

Nova Scotia Connections

yarmus.jpg (4328 bytes)Besides holding the largest concentration of Titanic victims' graves in the world (121 graves at Fairview Cemetary, Halfax), the province has a host of other related sites, including several museums containing Titanic artifacts & displays. 
(Photo: Yarmouth County Museum)

Photo Gallery

Even though they're almost all black and white, historical photos of the Titanic give a breathtaking look at the interior and exterior of this famous ship.

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The Titanic and sister ship Olympic

Famous Last Words

captain.jpg (2529 bytes)  "When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident ... or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort."
     - Edward J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic (Captain Smith was planning to retire after the maiden voyage of Titanic.)

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