The 24-year-old young man Frederick Fleet, then on guard duty, was the first person to see the iceberg slowly drifting towards the Titanic. After surviving the tragedy Frederick also served as a soldier in both World Wars, but in 1965 Frederick suffered from severe depression and committed suicide. Photo taken in 1912 At 11:39 a.m. on April 14, 1912, the young man on duty on the deck of the Frederick Fleet saw an iceberg appear in front of the Titanic while the ship was gliding across the ocean at almost maximum speed. its maiden voyage to New York.
Two hours and 40 minutes later, the largest ship in the world at that time was forever beneath the waves 2,224 people were on the ship that was said to be “unsinkable”, with only about 700 survivors. The remaining 1,500 people were either trapped in the shipwreck or died in the cold waters of the North Atlantic.< /p>
In the first hours of April 15, 1912, the boats carrying survivors of the historic shipwreck were fortunately discovered by a passing ship. By 9:00 a.m. all survivors had boarded a safer ship.
Photo taken on the morning of April 15, 1912 recorded the image of the iceberg that caused the Titanic to sink.< /figcaption>
Captain Arthur H. Rostron of the RMS Carpathia – the ship that happened to pass by the scene of the sinking of the Titanic – shared later: “When the day dawned I saw an iceberg which my ship passed that night. I shivered and suddenly thought about what it would have been like if I had let someone behind the wheel instead of me the night before.”
Survivors of the sinking of the Titanic rowed their canoes close to the RMS Carpathia to prepare to board the ship.Close-up of a lifeboat of the Titanic.The lucky survivors were safe on the deck of the Carpathia.A hand-drawn sketch of the sinking scene was made by a passenger named John B. Thayer when he was was safely on the lifeboat. The drawing was later supplemented with notes by passenger P.L. Skidmore once they were safely aboard the Carpathia.Survivors sat close together to spread warmth on the deck of the Carpathia.
When the Carpathia ship returned to New York seaport, the crew reported the news of the ship’s sinking tragedy to the authorities via radio. Immediately the public was shocked, relatives of the passengers on the ship fell into panic, they impatiently waited for news about their loved ones’ fate.
For the passengers Passengers are either super rich or very famous, their fate has been made clear before the Carpathia ship docked, but relatives of passengers in the mid-class or low-cost cabins have to wait in misery.</p >
After an unexpected journey, the Carpathia ship finally docked in New York port on a rainy night on April 18, 1912.
As soon as the ship entered the port, it surrounded by more than 50 tugboats filled with reporters ready to approach survivors for exclusive hot stories.
On the day the Carpathia docked in New York There was a crowd of 40,000 people waiting anxiously in the rain. At that time, the news quickly “pulled” the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic: “Stop now! Do not say anything! Keep your story private and share it with us to receive thousands of dollars.”
People waiting for every piece of news outside the office of White Star Line in New York – the owner the Titanic.The Titanic’s lifeboats were returned to the company’s office in New York by the Carpathia.</ figcaption>The crowd waited in the rain to catch the Carpathia ship docking in New York port.
Describing the wait for the Carpathia, the Hampshire Independent news magazine once wrote: “The pale white light from the streetlights fell on the faces of hundreds of people who were pale and gray with worry. The dense crowd gathered around the port and every now and then a space would be created for a passenger’s family to squeeze in and ask if there was any new news. Every time a question is asked, the answer is the same. The person asking the question bows his head and looks down at the street.
Photo taken on the evening of April 18, 1912. The crowd was waiting for the Carpathia ship to dock in New York port.
The surviving passengers who had just stepped ashore were surrounded by reporters and the families of the passengers. other guests by curious people... On April 29, 1912, the surviving members of the crew were allowed to return to their families. Of the 724 sailors and staff serving on the Titanic from the port city of Southampton (UK), up to 549 people will never return.
Some sailors on the Titanic were lucky to survive.A crowd surrounded a survivor.Sailors who returned alive received wages.Relatives of passengers from Southampton (UK) are waiting on the station platform to catch the return train of the passengers. survivor.The waiting on the Southampton station platform.On Southampton Pier relatives of the surviving sailors waited for their return.There were many crew members and passengers on the Titanic who came from the port city of Southampton so it was believed The news surrounding the sinking of the ship has made the people of Southampton very concerned.
“ Trains arriving at the port and trains entering the station are gradually ending hope for families who are There were relatives missing after the shipwreck. By late afternoon when hope had completely disappeared for many people, the waiting crowd gradually thinned out, people silently returned home.
In each house in the city of Southampton, the story of the shipwreck appears in every family, almost every house has a relative or friend who died after the shipwreck.
The children go to school When he returned home, he suddenly had to face tragedy with little faces suddenly tinged with pain because the whole family had to face a gloomy future when the father never returned home. Those are the news lines reported by the Daily Mail (UK) on April 23, 1912.
Crowds waiting in Southampton on April 29, 1912.The joy of a family whose loved one returned alive.A sailor kisses his wife after returning alive.Those serving on the ship were lucky to survive.A survivor of the sinking gave a souvenir autograph to a woman.</figure >In this day and age, people have a “fashion” to commemorate special events by asking for an autograph from the person involved.The four Pascoe brothers were all sailors serving on the ship. They survived the sinking and returned together. hometown Southampton England.Two lucky babies survived the sinking – 4-year-old Michel and 2-year-old Edmond Navratil. Their father passed away in the sinking of the ship.Edmond and Michel Navratil were reunited with their mother.A special meeting of the US Senate surrounding the sinking of the Titanic was held at the Waldorf-Astoria New Hotel York.A nurse is holding a newborn baby named Lucien Smith. The baby’s mother – Mrs. Eloise – was pregnant when she and her husband returned to America after their honeymoon on the fateful train. Lucien’s father passed away in the shipwreck disaster. The mother later remarried a man who also survived the sinking of the Titanic, named Robert P. Daniel.
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