From the April 15th Chicago Tribune "Chicago Flashback" which featured a two-page spread on the centennial.
These were the headlines from April 15th and days following.
APRIL 15TH
In an EXTRA. EXTRA. EXTRA. edition (the Tribune prints in the morning).
"TITANIC, BIGGEST SHIP AFLOAT, SINKING; HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS MAY BE LOST"
TUESDAY APRIL 16TH
"LINER TITANIC SINKS; 1300 DROWNED, 866 SAVED"
Other headlines on front page:
Giant of Sea Rams Iceberg In Atlantic; Women and Children Taken Into Lifeboats While Men Remain; Rescue Ships Too Late; Wireless Calls Summon Help, But It Arrives Too Late; Women and Children Saved; Prominent People on the Titanic; Wireless from Olympic Confirms Extent of the Disaster. There was also a photo of the Titanic and it's captain.
WIRELESS FROM OLYMPIC CONFIRMS EXTENT OF THE DISASTER
New York, April 15--(Special)-- Confirmation of the horrifying extent of the disaster to the Titanic came late tonight in a wireless message from the Olympic which also expressed the opinion that 1,800 lives were lost. The Olympic's dispatch in full follows:
"Carpathia reached Titanic position at daybreak. Found boats and wreckage only. Titanic sank about 2:20 a.m. in 41:16 N; 50:14 W. All her boats accounted for containing about 675 souls saved, crew and passengers included. NEARLY ALL SAVED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Leyland liner Californian remained and searching exact position of disaster. Loss likely to total 1,800 souls."
I'm not so sure the Olympic, a Titanic sister ship was on the scene, however.
A True Tragedy.
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