The Disaster (The Nation, 1912)
Shortly after the Titanic disaster was made known, there were many rumors and half truths that had to be recognized in order to fully understand the full scope of the catastrophe; the editors of The Nation printed this article which contributed to that effort:"...two terrible, damning facts stand out: the first, that the ship was speeding through an ice-field of the presence of which its officers were fully aware; the second, is that every life could readily have been saved had there been boats and rafts enough to keep people afloat in a clear, starry night on an exceptionally smooth Atlantic sea. Both these facts are indisputable." "As for the lifeboats, these expensive affairs that could cost the large sum of $425.00 apiece - there were but twenty of them in addition to a few rafts..."
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Weighing in on Bruce Ismay (Current Literature, 1912)
Two admirals weigh in as to the innocence or guilt of Bruce Ismay (1862 – 1937), Managing Director of the White Star Line. While the Pittsburgh Dispatch seemed to think that a debate was simply not necessary:
"...But it cannot be ignored that the man who in the management of the line had sent the great steamer to sea with lifeboats for about one-third of the ship's company, bore a responsibility that might well have been atoned by joining the gallant men who went down with the ship."Click here to read what George Bernard Shaw thought of the the Titanic disaster.
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Four Titanic Cartoons (The Literary Digest, 1912)
Four cartoons pertaining to the loss of the great ship; the drawings first appeared in four different newspapers from various parts of the the United States shortly after news of the disaster had spread.
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Anticipating the Titanic Disaster (The Nation, 1912)
Two years prior to the sinking of "Titanic" the president of the International Seamen's Union of America presented a petition before the U.S. Congress declaring that the issue of safety at sea is widely ignored on all levels. In his address he remarked: "There is not sailing today on any ocean any passenger vessel carrying the number of boats needed to take care of the passengers and crew..."
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