101. TITANIC DISASTER APPEARS IN NEWSPAPER
Newspapers quickly caught and reported the tragic incident and published several stories about the RMS Titanic, mentioning how ironic for the “unsinkable ship” to be submerged in the vast North Atlantic Ocean. Its passengers, many of whom belonged to the elite group of society, were named and accounted for, whether as survivors or fatalities.
Among the shocked followers of the news feeds were families of the passengers, friends, and partners of prominent personalities onboard, and employees of insurance companies who needed to find out if they have clients included in the 1,500 to 1,800 fatalities of the ill-fated giant ship.
102. THE SHIP’S BOW
Two decades after the wreck of RMS Titanic was first discovered, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched a return mission for the purpose of studying the vessel’s rate of deterioration. The agency must have felt the need to go back to the wreckage and so they decided to make a huge investment for on-shore research.
This time, researchers were thrilled when they were able to take an image of Titanic’s entire bow, which still looked like a bow of an active ship. Many parts of its interior have been conserved despite its declining state caused by the impact of its descent to the seafloor and its exposure to water for a very long time.
103. FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS LIST
The list of passengers in the first-class category was short and few, mostly belonging to the ultra-wealthy Astor and Allison families who tagged along their maids, nurses and manservants. Also included in the list were the highest-ranking officers and crew members of the iconic seacraft. It didn’t have to take a Finance Degree to assess the high expense for first-class accommodation, that’s why it was limited to a selected few, totaling only to 325 out of the 2,229 passengers on board including ship officers and crew members.
The first-class passengers composed of 175 men, 144 women and 6 children. Survivors were 57 men, 140 women and 5 children.
104. FAMILIES OF THE SURVIVORS
After news regarding the disaster broke out, families, relatives and friends of the ill-fated ship’s passengers gathered at Pier 54 in New York and waited for the arrival of Carpathia, the seacraft which served as Titanic’s rescue ship because of the heroic actions of Captain Arthur Rostron, the ship commander.
The worried families and loved ones gave so much credit and gratitude to Captain Rostron because without his thoughtful instructions, crew members of Carpathia wouldn’t have known about the tragedy and therefore wouldn’t have been able to save the 706 people who lived to tell the story of Titanic and share what they learned from the experience.