3. Bad News
As news trickled in the original reports said things like “TITANIC REPORTED TO HAVE STRUCK ICEBERG. NO LIVES WERE LOST” or “PASSENGERS SAFELY MOVED AND STEAMER TITANIC TAKEN IN TOW”. As news continued it became less optimistic. “NEW LINER TITANIC SINKING BY THE BOW AT MIDNIGHT. WOMEN PUT OFF IN LIFEBOATS. LAST WIRELESS AT 12.27 AM BLURRED.” Finally the news broke, “TITANIC SINKS FOUR HOURS AFTER HITTING ICEBERG; 866 RESCUED BY CARPATHIA, PROBABLY 1250 PERISH; ISMAY SAFE, MRS. ASTOR MAYBE, NOTED NAMES MISSING.”