THE TITANIC The largest and finest steamship in the world; on her maiden voyage loaded with a human freight of over 2,300 souls, she collided with a huge iceberg 600 miles southeast of Halifax, at 11.40 P.M., Sunday, April 14, 1912, and sank two and a half hours later, carrying over 1,600 of her passengers and crew with her. [Description: Photograph of the Titanic before the disaster. ]
Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH Of the ill-fated giant of the sea; a brave and seasoned commander who was carried to his death with his last and greatest ship. [Description: Photograph of Captain E. J. Smith. ]