2-702-657 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Agonising Wait for the List of the Lost at Southampton', April 20, 1912. Anxious friends and relatives wait for news of the fate of passengers on board the 'Titanic' at the port she departed from, with portraits of passengers above, including Thomas Andrews, designer of the ship, who died in the disaster. The White Star Line ship RMS 'Titanic' struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland on 14 April 1912. She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time, and thought to be unsinkable. In the collision, five of her watertight compartments were compromised and she sank. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived. A major cause of the loss of life was the insufficient number of lifeboats she carried. Page 17, from "Titanic In Memoriam Number", a special supplement in "The Daily Graphic" newspaper issued following the sinking of the 'Titanic' on 15 April 1912, published on 20 April 1912.