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RockyMountainShy

RockyMountainShy Report 15 Mar 2018 22:38

............................... when the news of the sinking of the Titanic got back to England?

Thank you.

Researching:
Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire etc.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 Mar 2018 22:50

This might help.....

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-b&dcr=0&ei=lfeqWv2pK6WYgA

On Tuesday, April 16, 1912 - the day after the Titanic met its tragic fate - the Daily Mail told the nation: 'She sank at 2.20 in the afternoon (7.20 in the afternoon). No lives were lost.'

These, of course, were the days before rolling news and mobile communications. Details remained hazy long after the world's largest ship went down, the scale of the disaster was not yet known and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic struggled to relieve readers of agonising suspense.

One article spoke of how 'bewildering reports published in New York of wireless messages received concerning the collision have befogged even the scanty details obtainable'.

By the next morning, however, the great loss suffered had become all too clear.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129197/Daily-Mail-archives-reveal-Britain-learned-Titanic-disaster.html#ixzz59rPxCsRu
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Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 Mar 2018 23:31

Another clip.......

"Phillip Franklin, who ran the White Star Line office in New York City was awoken at 1am local time by a New York Times reporter who heard the Titanic was sinking. He immediately contacted his colleagues in Liverpool and went to work in the midst of dozens of calls from the media inquiring about the Titanic."

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 16 Mar 2018 12:07

It was common knowledge in Southampton that there was a serious fire in the coal bunkers even before the ship sailed. As a result most of the stokers quit and had to be replaced. White Star painted the damaged hull black. When the ship hit the iceberg it was right onto the fire damaged hull. The ship was going too fast.
Then there are the known issues of low quality steel plates and poor riveting.
The iceberg should have been no more than an incident.
Of course it was all covered up at the time.
Comet airliner , Grenfell Tower, Aberfan, HMS Hood, HMS Thetis.
La plus ca change la plus c'est la meme chose.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle