Photos of the Titanic disaster and of newspaper coverage in the days after the ship's sinking.
Photo possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker of lifeboatsPhoto related to the disaster of the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg in April 1912 and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. Photo possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker. St. Louis Post-Dispatch front pageThe front pages of The New York Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch carry news of the Titanic in the days following the sinking of the ocean liner. The April 19, 1912 edition of the Post-Dispatch included an account of the disaster by reporter Carlos F. Hurd, who was aboard the Carpathia. April 16, 1912, edition of The New York TimesThe New York Times’ April 16, 1912, front page coverage of the Titanic disaster. The largest ship afloat at the time, the RMS Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Group of survivors on CarpathiaTwo photos taken aboard the Carpathia show the Titanic’s lifeboats approaching the rescuing ship, and a group of survivors sitting on deck. The photo of the lifeboats was possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker. Grand Staircase, RMS TitanicThe Grand Staircase, located in the Titanic’s main salon, was one of the ill-fated ship’s most celebrated features. Harold Bride, wireless operator of the RMS TitanicHarold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the RMS Titanic, is carried up the ramp of a ship with his feet in bandages. From the moment that a brief Associated Press dispatch relayed the wireless distress call — “Titanic ... reported having struck an iceberg. The steamer said that immediate assistance was required” — reporters and editors scrambled. In ways that seem familiar today, they adapted a dawning newsgathering technology and organized saturation coverage and managed to cover what one authority calls “the first really, truly international news event where anyone anywhere in the world could pick up a newspaper and read about it.” Titanic House Visitor CentreThe Titanic House Vistor Centre is reflected on Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland. The world’s biggest Titanic visitor attraction opened March 31 — 100 years to the day after the doomed ocean liner was completed in the same shipyard, Harland and Wolff. Main dining room, salon deck, RMS TitanicThe main dining room on the salon deck of the Titanic. The Owensboro Daily MessengerThe April 17, 1912, front page of The Owensboro Daily Messenger carries news of the Titanic disaster. RMS Titanic departs SouthamptonThe luxury liner RMS Titanic departs Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, beginning its ill-fated maiden voyage. Hull of the RMS Titanic under constructionThe hull of the Titanic was under construction in dry dock on May 31, 1911. The sinking of the White Star ocean liner has been blamed in part on low-grade rivets that builders used on some parts of the vessel. Pocket watch from RMS Titanic wreckageA pocket watch found in the belongings of a third-class passenger named William Henry Allen, found in the Titanic wreckage. RMS Titanic ready to goSunday marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Katherine and Carlos F. HurdKatherine and Carlos F. Hurd, reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, gave the first detailed account of the sinking of the Titanic. TitanicFILE PHOTO, 1912 - Survivors of the TITANIC disaster sit on the deck of the Carpathia wearing garments lent by passengers on the rescue vessel. Britain TitanicIn this April 10, 1912, file photo, the liner Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. The Titanic Memorial Cruise is set to depart Sunday, April 8, 2012, from Southampton, where the Titanic left on its maiden voyage. (AP Photo/File)
