“There fell upon the ear the most terrible noise that human beings ever listened to—the cries of hundreds of people struggling in the icy cold water, crying for help with a cry we knew could not be answered.”
Ruth Becker, Titanic survivor.
Titanic on her way out for sea
trials
Early news
announces the disaster in this Richmond Va. newspaper. The early death toll
figure is higher than what actually was, most likely due to an incomplete
survivor list radioed in from Carpathia at the time this went to print.
Courtesy - Virginia Newspapers
The Cable ship MacKay-Bennett retrieving bodies from the disaster site
Courtesy - Virginia Newspapers
Courtesy - Maryland Newspapers