Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark, Norfolk, VA, Friday, April 19, 1912
Headline: Daring Dangers To Make Record Time On Maiden Trip, Titanic Goes To Her Doom
Left Column:
Big Ship Racing Through Night, All Steam Crowded On
Quartermaster and Helmsman at Time of Disaster Declare Such Were Orders From Officers
Brave Women Refused To Leave Husbands On Ship
Harrowing Details of Disaster Gleaned From Survivors—Congressional Investigation Begins
Middle Column: Image of Harbor of St. John Newfoundland, Blocked by a Giant Iceberg
Right Column:
Icy Cold Water Caused Boilers Of Titanic To Explode
Staff Correspondent of New York World Gives Out Story of Disaster as Told By Survivors
Statement Given OUt By Committee of Passengers
Band Plays “Nearer, My God, To Thee As Ship Breaks Up—Passenger Tells of Last Moments