Titanic History

The Titanic Crew: Under-Drilled and Mediocre
(The Nation, 1912)

The following is a very short opinion piece that more than likely served as an accurate reflection the of the opinions held by the Titanic‘s mourning loved ones. In their grief and incomprehension, some of the surviving family members of Titanic‘s victims, no doubt, did lay much of the blame on those who ply their trade at sea:

The Titanic‘s loss has made it clear that things are not going well among seamen. Despite the calmness of many of the crew, some of the facts that are coming out do not redound to the credit of the men of the sea. Like the captains of those near-by steamers that could have saved all but refused, they have made us all ask weather the old ideal of the sailor as a man brave to rashness, ready at any time to risk his life for others, and characterized by many other noble attributes of character, has faded from the sea…

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Titanic Cartoons
(Literary Digest, 1912)

Four cartoons pertaining to the loss of Titanic; the drawings first appeared in four different newspapers from various parts of the the United States shortly after news of the disaster had spread.

A Greek Tragedy at Sea
(Century Magazine, 1912)

In an effort to add some element of nobility to that horrid April night when Titanic slipped under the surface of the sea, an anonymous opinion writer wrote this short editorial six weeks later:

The terrible event reads like an epic of night, or like a Greek tragedy on a colossal scale; more, it is a revelation of the power of God in man.

The Titanic Crew: Under-Drilled and Mediocre(The Nation, 1912)

Titanic Cartoons(Literary Digest, 1912)

A Greek Tragedy at Sea(Century Magazine, 1912)

The Titanic Crew: Under-Drilled and Mediocre
(The Nation, 1912)

Titanic Cartoons
(Literary Digest, 1912)

A Greek Tragedy at Sea
(Century Magazine, 1912)