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Titanic Photographs: 'he sinking of the British liner titanic photographs on ie night of April 14-15, 1912, was one of le greatest shipping disasters ever. The 6,000-tonne liner was on her maiden oyage from Southampton to New York, he was the largest ship then afloat, and was :puted to be unsinkable. But shortly before lidnight she struck an iceberg which ripped 300-foot (90-m) hole in her side, flooding ) many watertight compartments that she ent down 2 hours 40 minutes later. Of her 224 passengers and crew, 1513 were rowned in the icy water. The titanic photographs did not have enough lifeboat sace for everyone on board. As a result of le disaster new international safety rules >r ships were drawn up.
What sort of photographs were these prints, which caused so much commotion? Just plain, straightforward itographs. But such photographs! Different from the photographs usually seen at the exhibitions? Yes. How different? There's the rub. If you could see them for yourself, you would at once appreciate their difference.
The superliner titanic photographs, on its maiden voyagj from England with 2,224 persons aboard, sti an iceberg 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from Ne, York on the night of April 14, 1912, and san in less than three hours. Courageous action by| its wireless operators brought the nearby Car-pathia to her aid. |
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