The great ship, Titanic sailed for New York from southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying one thousand three hundred & sixteen Passengers & a crew of eight hundred & ninety one. Even by modern Standards, the 46.000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At the time, however, she was not only the Largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded, she would still be able to float. the tragic sinking of this went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was saling a cross the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge ice berg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. the Titanic turned Just in time, norrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rase over one hundred feet out of the water beside her suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound, from below, & the captain went down to see what had hapened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
Below, the captain realized to his horor that the titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! the order to abndon ship was given & hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough life- boats for everbody, one thousand & five hundred Live were lost.
Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was saling a cross the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge ice berg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. the Titanic turned Just in time, norrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rase over one hundred feet out of the water beside her suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound, from below, & the captain went down to see what had hapened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
Below, the captain realized to his horor that the titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! the order to abndon ship was given & hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough life- boats for everbody, one thousand & five hundred Live were lost.










