The world's newspapers reacted to the sinking of the Titanic with a flurry of reports, stories, special sections, photographs, editorials, and banner headlines. The following images will highlight the strength of the reporting available in American Newspapers. Particularly notable among the Virginia titles is the Times-Dispatch of Richmond, which did an excellent job using story, photos, and graphics to cover every facet of the tragedy from the sinking to the inquiry in the U.S. Senate.
- Titanic Reported to Have Struck Iceberg; Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA., April 15, 1912
- 1,302 Are Drowned or Missing; News-Leader, Richmond, VA., April 16, 1912
- Great Marine Disasters of History and Lives Lost; Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1912
- Titanic Disaster; The Times, London, England, April 16, 1912
- Over Fifteen Hundred Sank to Death With Giant White Star Steamer Titanic; Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark, Norfolk, VA., April 16, 1912
- Fifteen Hundred Lives Lost when Titanic Plunges Headlong into Depths of the Sea; Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1912
- Dead, 1,302; Saved 868--Enormity of Titanic Sea Tragedy Grows; Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA., April 17, 1912
- Carpathia Refuses to Give Any Details of Titanic's Loss and as Fruitless Hours Go By, Suspense Grows More Maddening; Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA., April 18, 1912
- King and Queen Horrified at Appalling Disaster; Reported in many papers, this example from the Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1912
- Titanic's Death List, 1,601; Only 739 Lives are Saved; Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA., April 19, 1912
- Tragic Details of Sinking of Titanic Given by Witnesses; Staunton Daily Leader, Staunton, VA., April 19, 1912
- Queen of the Sea's Awful Fate on Her First Trip Out; Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA., April 28, 1912--from a "Special Titanic Section". Includes music for "Autumn" the hymn thought to be played as the Titanic sank (there continues to be controversy over what the band was playing, others say it was Nearer My God to Thee), and a photo of the Captain and Officers of the Titanic--"From left to right, Dr. W.F.N. O'Laughlin, H.T. Wilde, Chief Officer; Chief Engineer Fleming; Purser McElray--Seated, Capt. E.J. Smith.
- Una Gran Catastrofe Maritima; La Prensa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 16, 1912
- La catastrophe du "Titanic"; Le Figaro, Paris, France, April 17, 1912
- O naufragio do "Titanic"; O Estado do Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 17, 1912