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An Artists Impression of the Disaster, and portraits of related people, (April 20), 1912

An Artist's Impression of the Disaster, and portraits of related people, (April 20), 1912. Mr Guggenheim, one of the millionaire passengers'; Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) - brother of Benjamin Guggenheim who was lost on the Titanic - was not a passenger. Colonel May'. Colonel J J Astor, the famous millionaire - His wife is among the saved'; American businessman John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912) was a First-Class passenger who died in the disaster. Senator Carter of the United States'. 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 16, 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

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