The Tale of the Titanic

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At 11:40 p.m. on

April 14th, 1912, a

tragic event occurred

that will no doubt

change history. The

Titanic, pride of the

White Star Line and

the largest, most

fabulous ship afloat,

struck an iceberg. In

less than three hours

1, 502 people were

taken to a watery

grave in the worst

maritime disas-

ter in history.

The following

Special News

Addition of the

Titanic’s Tale

was created by

the best news

reporters there

are. Grade 5B

of White City

School have written

the news with the best

information available.

It is our hope to allow

the reader of this

written work to see

the incredible, tragic

events that occurred

on this cold night on

the Atlantic ocean.

THE TITANIC, “THE SH THE TITANIC, “THE SH THE TITANIC, “THE SH IP OF DREAMS”, OR WAS IT IP OF DREAMS”, OR WAS IT IP OF DREAMS”, OR WAS IT

“THE SHIP OF NIGHTMA“THE SHIP OF NIGHTMA“THE SHIP OF NIGHTMA RES”? RES”? RES”?

The White Star Dream Ship

SPECIAL POINTS OFINTEREST:

• The Titanic weighed over 53, 000 tons.

• Fourteen years ago a novel called the“Futility” was released about a shipcalled the “Titan”. This ship wasunsinkable and hit an iceberg on the wayto North America. Many people in thenovel died because the ship did not haveenough life-boats.

• In 1912, the Titanic cost $7.5 million tobuild.

• The Titanic along with the Olympia arethe largest manmade objects ever moved.

Last night, April 14, a terrible tragedyhappened on the high seas. The Titanichit an iceberg and began to sink. Ithappened about 11:40 p.m. while most

people were unaware of the icebergsaround them. Captain Smith organizedthe crew to get the passengers into thelifeboats. This was very hard becausethere weren’t enough boats. The lightswent out at 2:18 AM and the ship be-gan to tear apart. Survivors report see-ing the ship break in two, between the3rd and 4th funnels. Some swimmers

were crushed. All the people who were stilltrapped on the ship either jumped into thewater or went down with the ship. Finally,the Carpathia came close enough to rescuethe people on the lifeboats. Senator Fletcher was one of those rescued. “We partiallyrowed and she partially came some of theway. We saw her at a distance. She stoppedand we surmised that she was then pickingup a boat. I think we were about the 4th or 5th to be picked up,” he reported. Survivor Mary Davis Wilburn said, “ The dead cameup holding children in their arms. The poor

people never had a chance.” In total1517 people died and 706 peoplewere saved. Everybody thought thatthe Titanic was unsinkable but werethey right?

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MAY 1,1912

THE TALE OF THE TITANIC

PUBLICATION OF WCS 5B PRESS

The Floating Palace 2

Getting Ready 2

The Crew of the Titanic 2

The Voyage Begins 3Another Bad Omen 3

The Stairway to Heaven 3Titanic (Warnings of Disaster) 4

What Happened After

Titanic Went Down?4

Launching of The Lifeboats 4

The Amazing Rescue 5

Iceberg 5

A Sinking Feeling 6

How The Unsinkable Sank 6The Largest Ship Goes Down 6

Disaster at Sea 7

People Who Died On theTitanic

7

To The Lifeboats 7

What Happened To theMillionaires’ Captain?

8

8

Titanic Sweethearts 9

Bringing Back Bodies 9

5B WCS Press SaysGoodbye…...

10

The Unsinkable MollyBrown

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

A Ticket For Disaster!

A Terrible Tragedy! By Jordan H.



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colorful flags to salute Southampton. There at port the builders painted, furnished, and installed fixtures. The Titanic was ready just in time on April 10th!

By Garrett H.

On September 20, 1911 the Olympic (Titanic’s sister boat) collided with the British Royal navy cruiser. The cruiser tore a 40 foot gash in the liner side. It didn’t sink the Olympic however it did create a situation where all the shipyard workers had to fix it. This delayed the original maiden voyage on March 20, 1912, to April 10, 1912. On April 2,1912 they test drove the Titanic and did test drills. Captain Edward John Smith took part in the trials. The builders and owners thought it would be as strong as the Olympic. On April 4, the Titanic was at Berth 44 at White Star Dock. The Titanic traveled 570

miles or 917 km. The Titanic ship was dressed up in

The Titanic is one of the most famous his-torical ships in the world; it is about thelargest object ever to be moved.

Two men, who were workers on building theTitanic, were killed accidentally.The Titanic had three anchors- one on eachside of the ship and one right in the center front of the ship.If the Titanic had not dropped its anchors itwould have floated away.Once the ship was done they had bright redrockets to tell the boats to stay away from thelaunching area of the Titanic.The White Stare Line built the Titanic. The

person that paid for the Titanic was LordPirrie. There was another ship called theOlympic also built by the White Stare Line itwas launched in 1910 and the Titanic was

launched in 1911.There was no bottle breaking ceremony onthe bow of the Titanic and Olympic when itwas finished being built.It took 62 seconds for the Titanic to belaunched into the water off the platform thatwas 772 feet-long.

They had 22 tons of grease, tallow, soap, andtrain oil on the platform that they used toslide the Titanic into the water. The Titanic

was launched May 31, 1911.When the Titanic was launched all the ship-

yard workers went back to work in the ship-yard.The Titanic and Olympic were the biggestman made palaces on the water. Tugboatstowed the Titanic out into deeper water. If you had bought a ticket you could watch

from inside the gantry.There were 40 lifeboats onthe ship, but they took half of them off because theythought the ship was un-sinkable.When the Titanic had leftit was nice outside and thewater was nice and calm.

The Titanic departed from

Southampton, England onthe first and only voyageWednesday, April 10,1912.The Titanic was the largestship ever built at the time, itwas almost three footballfields long and twelve stories high.After stopping at Cherbourg, France andthen Queenstown, Ireland the Titanic headed

for New York City.

Less than three hours after hitting the ice-

berg, the Titanic sunk to the bottom of thesea, 1500 people died. Only a few passengerswere saved.Everyone in the world was shocked whenthey heard of the Titanic sinking, because

everyone believed itwas unsinkable. Someof the people on theship were very rich, and

powerful people. The people who died on theTitanichad fortunes worth$600 million !The Titanic also wascarrying poor immi-

grants who were com-ing to the New Worldto be free and to makemoney.

By Kyle D.

the “Millionaire Captain” because theupper-class people really took a likingto him. Unfortunately, we believe hewent down with the Titanic. This isusually a belief among captains to godown with their ship. Later in the “Taleof The Titanic” you may read what is

believed about Captain Smiths finalmoments. Along with Captain Smith,were several senior officers. Chief

Captain Smith, avery accom-

plished sailor,was 62 years of age and this wasto be his finalvoyage beforeretirement. He

had 25 years experience with the WhiteStar Line. He was often referred to as

Officer, Henry Wilde (fatality), FirstOfficer, William Murdoch (fatality),Second Officer Charles Lightoller (survivor). One can only imagine their agony on this fateful night. All together 892 crew members helped to make theTitanic function, some only being 14 or 15 years old. Twenty three crew mem-

bers were women.

GETTING READY

The Floating Palace

The Crew of The TitanicThe Crew of The TitanicThe Crew of The Titanic

The Titanic along with the Olympic

were the biggest man made palaces on

the water.

Was this another omen?



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The “New York’s” holding ropessnapped due to the suction from the

Titanic and lunged to-wards the Ship Of Dreams. Passengerswere thankful to see atugboat attaching a lineand pulling the NewYork back. There are somany signs that perhapsthis ship should havenever set sail! While on

the Titanic, Chief Officer Wilde wrote aletter to his sister thatsaid, “I still don’t likethis ship. I have aqueer feeling aboutit.”

Esther Hart a passen-ger could not sleepwith premonitions of disaster.

An accident almost took place beforethe Titanic even left the port. As theTitanic sailed downthe narrow channelto depart fromSouthampton, sheneared two ships.One ship was the“New York” whichis ironic in itself asthat was the destina-tion of the Titanic.

On the Titanic, there were more thirdclass passengers than there were first

class passengers. It was really unfairbecause the third class cabins werethe smallest rooms on the Titanic.There were only 2 bathtubs in thethird class area. The cabins accommo-dated 10 people. There were 710 peo-ple in third class and 329 people infirst class. The best thing the childrenin third class liked about sleepingthere was the bunk beds. There hadonly been 76 children in third classwhen the Titanic set sail. The youngestpassenger boarding on the Titanic wasMillivina Dean who was two months old

and was in first class. The largestfamily was the Sage’s. They had beenboarding in third class. They had 9children in their family from the ages

of 4-20. The Sage’s needed two oreven three cabins for their family.

They had sailed from Peterborough,England and were going to Jacksonville,Florida.

The first class rooms were amazinglybeautiful. The two most luxuriousrooms on the Titanic were the twoparlor suites with private promenadedecks on B-deck with the most deco-rated staterooms that wereever built on an ocean liner.Each room had a sitting room,two bedrooms, two wardrobes,and a private bathroom. But

not all first class rooms hadtheir own washroom. The typi-cal first class stateroom had abed, a large sofa, one ward-

suffering from the loss of their loved ones.The staircase was a big staircase whichwent all the way to the boat deck, and then

The stairway once walked on by Lords andLadies now lies at the bottom of the murky,

dark and mysterious sea.The grand staircase was used by fancyand rich first class passengers. The pas-sengers of the great ship Titanic will neverwalk on these staircases again. There wasone more grand staircase near the back ofthe ship. The grand staircase had naturallight shining through a glass dome andreflected by the oak paneling on the wall.The staircase also had elaborate woodenrailings. For now, though, some of thepassengers lie in the depths of the ocean,for not all were rescued in time. Most are

Another Bad Omen???

THE VOYAGE BEGINS

The Stairway to Heaven

all the way down to the reception roomoutside the dining salon on the D-deck. It

then continued right down to the E-deck.The second and the third class passengerswere allowed in the First Class publicrooms before Titanic left dock, but after theship left, they were to stay in their ownarea. Some of the third class passengersdidn’t even have a chance of getting on thelife-boats. Nearly everyone in first classhad a chance at the life-boats. Once youthink about what happened, it wasn’treally fair.None of these rich people will ever walkthe Titanic’s Grand Staircase again.

robe, a dressing table and a washbasin.

Although our numbers may change wehave accounted for 174 survivors fromthe third class passengers out of atotal of 710, 119 second class survivorsout of a total of 225, and 199 firstclass passengers out of a total of 329,The tragedy continues!By Taylor D.

First Class Cabin Aboard

the Titanic

Now, we can say the

signs were more than

obvious!

Third Class Cabin Aboard The Titanic

Chief Officer Wilde



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Today is Friday April 12, and several eastbound ships have been sending many messages to congratulate them and the Titanic on their

maiden voyage. In the messages, I have been told that they have also mentioned about icebergs ahead. It didn’t sound like the icebergs were toodangerous so they did very little about it.

How did the Titanic send and receive messages in 1912?“The wireless department of the boat and wireless operator on the Titanic sent and received

messages by radio waves and some kind of Morse code,” says the head operator in the wireless department. He also said with a small key they tapout dots, and dashes of some sort, that represents letters of the alphabet and numbers through nine. All these signals were picked up by other shipsor also by wireless stations on land. “Pretty cool, hey”?

What did Captain Smith do when he was told by the wireless operators that there was sent messages saying there were ice burgs inthe sea-lanes?

When Captain Smith was told there were ice burgs in the sea-lanes he steered farther south. He knew ice in the sea-lanes was not unusual inApril. Ice burgs and sea ice from Greenland floats each and every Spring past the Grand Banks and off to Newfoundland. Captain Smith said“Normal Navigational practice” was to steer around ice burgs quickly once they have been sighted by the lookouts on the ship. To avoid ice mostwest bound ships also take a route farther south than usual, to a location that is called “THE CORNER”. Once Captain Smith was there he headedstraight West.

I was curious so I asked some questions about where and when they sleep because they have to operate 24 hours a day. I also asked wherethey work. They said they worked in a small windowless rooms on the forward boat deck, to make sure the ships wireless department would beworking 24 hours a day and not break down. For sleeping, the men would take turns sleeping on bunk beds in a tiny room next door. I’m Catlin S.with the Titanic report!

Catlin S.

Titanic (Warnings of Disaster)

What Happened AFTER TITANIC WentDown?

How many of the passengers survived?The total of people that survived on the Titanic was 429men, women and children. The total number of passengerswas 1,324. The only child to die in first class was two yearold Loraine Allison of Montreal All eight members perishedfrom the orchestra. As well as all the bellboys, liftboysand pageboys all perished.Which city was hit the hardest of death?Southampton, England, by surprise many of the crewshometown. On one street alone there were 20 families be-reaved.Did anyone of the White Star Line help the families of

dead members?NO they didn’t, because all members were “casual” labor

and their families had no claim to any death of family.

Did anyone help them?YES they did, the British Titanic relief claims and other

British charities raised $2,250,000 to help the families of

the dead crew and passengers hardest hit by disaster.Funds in the U.S raised $261,000

How many lifeboats are ships required to carry today?Due of Titanic’s tragic loss of life, cruise ships are re-

quired to have enough lifeboats to carry 25% (percent)more then the total number of passengers and crew ontheir ship.

By: Maria S.

LAUNCHING TITANIC LIFEBOATS

Q: Did Any Passengers Refuse to Enter The Lifeboats?A: A wife of the owner of Macy’s was about to enter a lifeboat, but

then she realized her husband was not allowed on, because of the

rule of women and children first. She refused to leave her husband. Her husband told her to go on the lifeboat and that he wouldstay there with the rest of the men until everyone else was safe. Hedied later that evening.

Q: How many lifeboats were on the Titanic?A: The Titanic carried 14 regulation lifeboats, seven on the starboard,

and seven on the port. Each lifeboat could hold up to 66 people before reaching its weight limit. In total there was enough roomto fit 924 people.

Q: What was the condition of the lifeboats aboard the Titanic?A: All the lifeboats had a small hole in the front, which allowed

water to drain out when they are kept on the Titanic. The lifeboatsranged from good condition to very old and rotten.

Q: Who was allowed to get on the lifeboats?A: The first classed women and children had the first rights to the

lifeboats, and when they lowered the lifeboats they only had aboutnineteen people on them. After the first boat went down the order was lost and the lifeboats started to fill up, some of them with

more people than the 66-people capacity. First class filled the boats first, then second and then third. The third class wastreated the least fair. They were locked up in the hull of theship, forced to wait for the other people to get in the lifeboats.Many of them died when the ship sank.

Janet D.



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Yesterday the worst sea disaster in history occurred right before my own eyes. The shock of what I saw is still haunting me. I was

onboard the Mediterranean Cruise Ship Carpathia dreaming of basking in the hot Mediterranean sun, when suddenly rockets firedfrom the ship’s smoke stacks and nearly shot me out of my bed. It was then that I realized that my Mediterranean cruise was over.Still half asleep, I looked over at the clock and it read 2:45a.m. My curiosity got the better of me as I ran up to the ship’s deck onlyto find 742 other passengers looking around with the same dumbfounded look as me. I heard a loud TWEET from behind me, it wasCaptain Rostron. The Captain explained that the Titanic had hit an iceberg and sunk in the Mid-Atlantic ice fields and that we werechanging course and heading towards theTitanic disaster. We all were too shocked to speak. Our Mediterranean Cruise had turned into an epic rescue mission.

Captain Rostron knew the journey toward the Titanic was going to be treacherous.Our sleepiness soon subsided. Captain Rostron, also known as ‘Electric Spark’ fired out orders to prepare for the Survivors; “Do wehave a doctor on board?” The doctor was Dr. Richard Jones. “Dr. Jones, please prepare each of the three dining rooms as hospitalsfor on-coming survivors; First Officer Murray, ensure that all vacant rooms including smoking rooms, the library, and officers cabinsare made available for the survivors; “Fifth Officer Schneider, swing out the lifeboats and prepare the ropes, chair slings and ensurethe ladders are hung.”

He then ordered everybody to go back to his or her cabins and the stewards will wake up the passengers when they arrive near theTitanic’s final resting place. I don’t remember walking back to our cabin, there was too much to think about. I don’t think I ever fellasleep that night, I just sat upright and stared into space. Thoughts raced through my head, why did this happen? Is it just a prank?Isn’t the Titanic unsinkable? If it’s not a prank, how many people will die? What will the people in steeragedo? I had no answer to these questions. The next thing I knew Frankie our steward was knocking on our door to wake us up. “ C’mon, wake up! Cap’n says he sees green flares and people in lifeboats burning something,c’mon, get dressed so you’re not late!” My wife and I raced up to the boat deck only to see a dreadful sight.The faces of the people in the lifeboats being pulled up by the davits told me that it definitely was not a prank.The mix of sadness and fear in their eyes was a horrid, shocking sight. Vivid in my mind still is a picture of Elizabeth Allen, a 22 year old woman from St. Louis. She screamed about her husband and then burst into a fitof tears. I couldn’t stand it any more, I grabbed my wife and walked away from the horrid scene to our cabinwrote the story you’re reading now. The Titanic is a disaster nobody should forget.

By Jarett H.

The Amazing Rescue

ICEBERG!

Yesterday a tragic accident occurred when the Titanic went downafter hitting an iceberg. “It was horrible, I will never forget the loudscreaming,” said Helen, a second class survivor.

There are many rumours as to why this tragedy happened, but wehave been able to find out several reasons why the Titanic hit theiceberg.They got messages that an ice field was near. Mr. Ismay ordered to

go full steam ahead because he wanted the ship to make it to New York early so it would make headlines in the newspapers. The lookouts did not have their binoculars. The lookout first saw the iceberg at 11:39 pm.

Most people think it would be better if the Titanic hit the iceberg straight on, then the Titanic and most of its passengerswould have survived.Eyewitnesses reported that the iceberg was 60 feet high. The Titanic kept going straight toward the iceberg, then slowlythe Titanic began to turn. It was too late. The officers heard a grinding sound from below.

Nobody ever expected the Titanic to sink. It has been known as the unsinkable ship! Some say the Titanic was the ship of dreams, but certainly it has turned into the ship of nightmares.

By Chelsea R.



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At approximately 1:30 A.M. panic sweptover the Floating Palace that they weresinking. Everyone rushed to the lifeboatsto get off the huge ship. Lifeboat number 14 was lowered with 60 people and a mantried to jump in the full boat, but the offi-cer kept him back with 3 warning shotsfrom his revolver to stay away. The peopleon the Titanic expected a ship to come andget them. So Captain James Smith sentlifeboat number 8 to go out to search for the boat, land it’s passengers and send

back for more, but Jack Philips and HaroldBride in the wireless room knew that noship in the immediate area was coming totheir rescue. The Titanic began to madlyradio call that they were sinking fast and

to load the woman and children

first. The Titanic’s last message to theCarpathia was that the “ Engine room

was full up to boilers.” A girl from theBecker family had to go in a different boat than her own family’s. Her fam-ily’s boat was number 11, Ruth’s boatnumber was 13. Ruth’s boat wasnearly crushed by boat number 15.The Carter family had been waitingfor an hour to enter lifeboat number 4.When they were finally able to get on,a steward said no more boys. Mrs.Carter put her hat on her son so theywouldn’t see he was a boy. JohnJacob Astor asked if he could join hiswife but the officer refused to let himin the boat and they never saw each

other again.

By Brett H.

Wireless Cabin

Iceberg Warnings

the deck to get to the life

boats, people were killing

and hiding ,running and

praying -it was crazy. Some

stewards were sent to go

lock in the third

class passengers

in their hold.

Some were go-

ing crazy, run-

ning to the bar-

rier holding out

their babies,

some were kill-

ing each other.

The back started going down and the boat

broke; people in the lifeboats rowed miles

away as fast as their arms could go.

After the bow sank, the stern filled with

water and was close behind.

And that is how The Unsinkable Sunk.

By Kate N.

It took about three hours for the Titanic to

fill with water ,break in half ,and sink to

the bottom of the ocean. As the boat filled

up with water the captain called a drill and

pretended that that was the reason the boat

had stopped. The people who

knew what was happening hur-

ried to the deck, others took their

time and most likely died.

The front of the ship was the

first part of the Titanic to go

under the waves. That’s when the

panic started. Every one started

running franticly to the front of

How The Unsinkable Sunk…..

Some people were going crazy,running to the barrier and

holding out their babies, some

were killing each other.

w”. The Carpathia went as fast as it could tothe Titanic. When it got there all they saw werethe lifeboats and bodies floating on the water,

the Titanic had already sunk. The survivorswere brought on board the Carpathia manyasking if anyone had seen their loved ones. Asthey returned to shore in the distance theycould see several people waiting on the docksin the Harbor. Most people were lucky andwere reunited with their relatives. Two-thirds

were not returned and had to suffer grief for the rest of their lives.After a few days of the sinking, many shipsthat passed by the disaster also passed by hun-dreds of decomposing bodies. The shippinglanes had to be cleared of these bodies so theMackey-Bennet was sent out to recover all the

On April 15 1912 the largest ship made meas-uring 882 feet long, the one that everyonethought was unsinkable was struck by an ice-

berg and slowly sank to the bottom of the deep blue sea. The Titanic was on its maiden voyageform Southampton to New York when disaster struck. Initial reports said that the Titanic was

being towed to safety but what really happenedwas the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank within4 hours leaving approximately 700 survivors

out of the 2200 people aboard the ship.

Harold Cottam, a radio operator on the passen-ger-liner Carpathia, received the message fromJohn Philips on the Titanic “ Come at once!”“We have struck a iceberg. It’s a CDQ oldman! Position 41 degrees46’n50 degrees 14’

bodies. The first trip they collected 190 bodiesand had to return to Halifax and unload them,as the ship stores were full. The mini was

called in to retrieve the remaining bodies.There were 329 bodies recovered by this two-ships, and many of those were buried at sea.This was a tragic disaster that affected hun-dreds of people for the rest of their lives andhas become part of history forever.

By Davis F.

The Largest Ship Goes DOWN!

A SINKING FEELING



THE TAL E OF THE T ITANIC

The lifeboats were along the side of the shipand men and women were trying to get intothe lifeboats. Why didn’t any lifeboats re-

turn?Although several passengers and crew mem-

bers wanted to go back, the majority pro-tested thinking the water would swamp the

boats as Quarter Master Robert Hitchinsselfishly snapped in boat No.6., ‘Its our livesnow not theirs.”Did any of the boats return? After the sink-ing of lifeboat No.4, .under the direction of Quarter Master Walter Perkins, 5 more menwere picked up.Did people pray?It is reported that 30 men who were clingingto an overturned collapsible boat wereheard reciting the lords prayer!

EvanB.

Disaster At Sea

This report comes on the 17th of April 1912. It is with great sadness that

we have confirmed reports of the sinking of the Titanic-the floating palace of the sea.A gigantic iceberg hit the ocean liner thatthey thought was unsinkable!How did this magnificent ship sink?The iceberg cracked open the ship like aegg. Water started to pour into the boweventually filling the entire lower chamber with water.How many people escaped the lower levels?Unconfirmed reports say that the lower level gates were locked up for the night.

Some of the third class men kicked downthe gates and 700 men, women and childrenfought to try and escape the nightmare

below. How long did it take to sink? It took

20 minutes for thefloating palace to sink to the ocean floor to

become an oceangrave yard.Where were the life-

boats?

• Many survivors say they saw lights

of a ship early, but the ship never

came to help. Some believe the“Californian” was very close by.

• Two year old Phyllis Quick was

kidnapped by a woman who could

not find her own baby. Phyllis was

eventually returned to her family.

• First reports of the Titanic sinking

stated, “All survived from Titanic

after collision.”

• Many people were waiting at the

pier when the Carpathia returned

to see their loved ones, not know-

ing of their deaths.

• The rescue operation took over

four hours

• Seven hundred and five people

were rescued .

• Second Officer Charles Lightoller,

the highest ranking surviving offi-

cer, was the last survivor aboard.

MORE INTERESTING FACTS!

was “Nearer My God to The” but HaroldBride claimed that the last song they

played was “Autumn” he mayhave been referring to the

popular waltz tune of the day

so we will never know whichone they played last, we justknow they played until theycouldn’t play anymore.

SOS Messages on the Titanic

Phillip and Bride were theSOS messengers on the Ti-tanic and they tried and tried

to get someone to see the SOS, or hear afaint message, but at around 2:05 A.M.Captain Smith came in and released Phil-lip and Bride from there duties and saidevery man for himself, so Bride left butPhillip kept on working. At about2:17AM a faint distress message was

heard by a ship near by called the Virgin-ian but unluckily the Virginian did not getthere in time to save the poor, poor peoplefrom the sinking of the Titanic.

Abigail S.

The so called unsinkable boat the Titanic leftfrom England Southampton to go to New York

the land of prom-ises, at about 12 o-clock in the morn-

ing but there was a problem, the Titanicwas going throughthe ice fields, whenthey struck an ice-

berg and startedsinking slowly intothe cold water be-low. Lifeboats werefilled and lowered down to the icy waters. Firstand second class woman and children went firstinto the lifeboats but unfortunately there wasnot enough lifeboats to save all of the peopleleft on board the Titanic. There was about1,500 hundred poor people left to suffer on thedecks of the Titanic. Most were crewmen and

third class passengers left on board.

The Orchestra on the Titanic

The leader of the orchestra Wallace Hartley 33years the son of Albion and Elizabeth, wastold to keep on playing happy cheerful tuneson the Titanic. Wallace Hartley decided to

play in the first-class lounge on deck thenlater they played on the boat deck in the firstclass entrance next to the grand staircasefinally they moved out side to play on deck

beside the gymnasium. Some survivors said

that the last song they played on the Titanic

PEOPLE WHO DIED ON THE TITANIC

“Nearer My God To The”

Possibly the Last Song Heard

By So Many!

Of course the Titanic had its own orchestra.There were eight members in the Titanic’sorchestra. They all boarded the Titanic as

second class passengers and on a joint ticket.The leader of the musicians, Wallace Hartleywas born in the year 1879 in Colne , Lanca-shire. He was the son of a Methodist choir-master. His first job as a violinist on sea wason the great Cunarder Mauretania. Mr. Wal-lace Hartley 33,was the son of Albion andElizabeth Hartley of Colne Lancashire.When the iceberg hit, the orchestra wasordered to play cheerful music to help calmthe passengers at their time of need. We areall very sad for the families of all the musi-cians and every one else that lost a lovedone.

Why Was it “Women and Children

First”?

It was a traditional rule of sea that womenand children were saved first. The secondofficer Lightoller, who was in charge of the

port side, was more strict, insisting onwomen and children ONLY, but the firstofficer Murdoch, who was in charge of load-ing the lifeboats on the starboard side, fol-lowed the rule, women and children FIRST.

By Joanna S.

To The Lifeboats



What Happened To The Millionaires’ Captain ?

It is not for certain what happened to Captain Edward John Smith. Many people think he went downwith the fabulous ship the Titanic. Other survivors say he shot himself with a pistol. Less reliable reports say he

jumped into the water with a baby in his arms and brought it to a lifeboat, but refused to get in the lifeboat himself.

People don’t know Captain Smith’s last words either, before he died in the ice field of the Atlantic Ocean. Twosurvivors claim they heard him say, “Be British boys, be British”. Some others report they heard him say, “Every man for himself”.Or maybe, when he dropped off the baby tothe lifeboat and they asked him to come aboard, he refused and said, “Good bye boys” and went down with his ship.

It is ironic that Captain Smith was going to retire after his voyage on the Titanic so that he could spend more time with his wife anddaughter.

Captain John Smith was one of the richest captains in the world being paid one of the largest salaries! He was well liked and re-spected. His crew often requested a change in ships just so they could sail with Captain Smith.

On the horrible night of April 14, 1912 at 11:39 p.m., Captain Smith was startled awake when the Titanic hit an ice burg. He imme-diately ran to the bridge where he received the details from his first officer Murdoch!

Little is known about what the Captain did in the last two hours he had to live. He was not being the leader people knew him to be.He was in a state of shock and could not make decisions. He made no attempt to save himself!

Ashley K.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown!

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 1

The unsinkable Molly Brown, otherwise known as Margaret Tobin Brown, is a 45-year-old woman from Hannibal,Missouri. Molly went from rags to riches as her husband hit a big mine of silver. What does Molly Brown have todo with the Titanic?

Just weeks ago Molly was on one of her many tours of Europe, when she was called back to America to help her illgrandson. It just so happens that she booked a ticket on the Titanic!

I had the great opportunity to interview Molly personally yesterday afternoon. When asked about the events on April15th this was her response:

“I was simply reading a book, and I gave little thought to the crash on my window, even though it did throw me tothe floor. Once I left the stateroom, I witnessed many men in their pajamas. The ship’s engines were off.”

“I was never really worried about my life- I was calm. Before I knew it though, I was being dropped into a loweringlifeboat.”

“I was in lifeboat #6. In my boat there were 14 women and one man, the ship’s quartermaster named RobertHitchens. He was frantic and he was convinced we were going to die.”

“Major Godfrey Peuchen, a seaman joined us as we were being lowered. Imagine this- they were arguing about whoshould row the boat! When I told him to let us women row, he refused! I told him if he didn’t I would throw him

overboard! I wanted to go back to rescue others, but he refused saying we would only find corpses! I told all the women to take an oar and row.

Hitchens was infuriating!”

Molly Brown did many great deeds upon the Carpathia. She organized survivors. With her ability to speak other languages she communicated with theforeign passengers. Molly did some fundraising for the victims. She raised $10 000.00.

When Molly left the Carpathia she was surrounded by many reporters such as I. I asked her why she felt she was one of the fortunate still alive her response was, “Typical Brown Luck, we’re unsinkable.” There is no question- she will be documented in history as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown”.

Zane B.



Titanic Sweethearts

After Sunday’s heartbreaking disas-

ter, the big question of the victim’s families waswould their loved ones be recovered? That wasthe first thing most people asked after the dev-astation of being told, “Ma’am you’re husbandsdead.” Although the White Star Line is already searching for bodies, they ex-

pect they wont even find half of the victims.Wallets, jewelry and watches have

identified the victims that have already beenrecovered. One mysterious man that has not

been identified had six diamonds sewn into his pocket.

One of the world’s richest men wasfound yesterday, John Aster, covered in sootand crushed. In his pocket they found more

than $ 2,440 in cash.The personal belongings that were

found have been handed over to the families.One woman received a watch that she had givenher son.

Most people will be buried in Halifax,Canada. Their families may choose if theywant them to be buried with the rest or not.

The survivors on the ship said it

took nearly two hours to figure out what washappening. “No one thought that they weretelling the truth-they all thought it was un-sinkable,” said a young woman late Mondayafternoon, “Some people in the first classsaloon didn’t believe them until they saw theice fields.” There are hundreds of heartbro-ken families out there right now, and tothem, we wish our greatest sympathies.

Danielle G.

Bringing Back Bodies

The Titanic’s dead return for a proper burial. In the days following the sinking of the Titanic the White Star Line hired a boat called the Macky-Bennet to return to the scene of the tragedy and recovered the bodies of the Ti-tanic’s people. Today, just two weeks after the sinking , the Macky-Bennet has returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia with over 190 victims and tales of devastation and horror stories. At total of 306 bodieswere recovered and 116 buried at sea. Sixty of those returned to shore where they now lay at the localMay Flower Curling Rink, waiting to be identified. Among those victims lays a little girl, who is uni-dentified. Bodies of 5 women were also unidentified. None of these unidentified people are 1st class.Families of the dead gathered at the Mayflower Curling Rink this afternoon to identify the bodies astheir loved ones. The first person to claimed was John Jacob Astor. Of the many of hundreds who losttheir lives, he was the first to get an “accidental drowning” death certificate issued. During it’s five daysearch of the Titanic’s disaster area, the crew of the Macky-Bennet did not only see bodies. The crewreports that they saw pillows and dressers and chairs and many other things floating in the ocean of pain

and disaster. The people who lived the stories will always, be remembered and the people who died areall in our hearts.

By Ailey K.

Carpathia picksup lifeboats

More Facts About the Res-

cue and the Carpathia

• The Carpathia had to

steer around six ice-

bergs to finally reachthe Titanic disaster.

• The Captain of the Car-

pathia ordered rocketsto be set off every 15minutes beginning at

2:45. By 3:15 theyreached the site, onlybecause the survivorsburned newspapers,

handkerchiefs and other belongs as a signal.

• To get on board, men

climbed up ropes and the women were hoisted up in chairs called “bo’sun’s”

• Children were raised

into the Carpathia in

canvas ash bags.


Halifax Graves




The Aftermath of the Titanic

Have you ever wondered if there was someone you knew who was on the doomed Titanic and they were still aliveright now? They could tell you a true story about the floating palace that once floated along the sea peacefullythough the patches of ice. It then strikes an iceberg and slowly drowns people to their death. People lose thereloved ones forever. Just thinking of how many men, women and children had died from one ship, one night. Of

those who died, there were many more third class passengers than the first class passengers.

From the third class passengers, there were 53 children that died and only 23 survived. The third class passengers were treated very unfair comparedto the first and second class. After the crash, people would never forget that night. In first class 4 children survived and only one died and that wasAllison of Montreal. She was 2 years old and did not survive that horrible crash. Out of the second-class passengers 22 survived and 0 died.

Of the 899 crewmembers, only 214 survived. Not many survived because they helped people get to safety. Most of them went down with the ship.Out of 329 first class passengers, 130 were lost. In the second class, there were 285 people in total and 166 died. Of third class passengers, therewere 536 passengers that died out of 710 aboard.

Southampton’s family members were hit the hardest and were very sad because most of the crewmembers lived there. On one of the streets therewere 20 families left alone.All the orchestra members died, they stayed and played music to sooth the people while the ship was going down. People weren’t listening, but itstill made the members happy.

And now people will always wonder about the Titanic’s History.

By Autumn G.

The editors and publishers of the White City School 5B press would like to con-

clude their newspaper and wish all a fond farewell. Below is a picture of the

members of the 5B Press. Thank you and we hope you found our Tale of the Ti-

tanic both interesting and informative.

The “Tale of The Titanic” was produced by White City School’s 5B Press, May 1, 1912.

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