On the morning of April 15, 1912, the sinking of the Titanic the previous night

shocked the world. The ship was considered to have been so well constructed it w
as believed it could sustain any amount of damage and still remain afloat. It wa
s designed to be one of the greatest achievements and was one of the largest shi
ps in the world at that moment. Late on the night of April 14, 1912, the sinking
of the Titanic proved this idea wrong in a horribly tragic way.
In 1912 the sinking of the Titanic began late on the night of April 14th. Infor
mation on the sinking Titanic indicates that the ship approached a massive icebe
rg, and although efforts were made to steer clear of the large frozen mass, all
efforts were to no avail. Sadly, further records of the Titanic accident history
indicate that the Titanic disaster may very well have been able to have been co
mpletely avoided had officers on ship paid heed to reports received earlier rega
rding the iceberg they were approaching. Even though crew members were desperate
ly trying to turn the ship in the other direction, when the ship collided with t
he berg a massive rip was torn parallel across the ship's bulk. The Titanic sink
ing began almost immediately, as the ship began to take on water. Surprisingly,
many of the passengers remained unaware of this fact. Some passengers reported h
earing and feeling a strange quivering in the ship however, they did not attribu
te this to any potential problem and went on about their business. Others had se
en the iceberg has it passed their window and hurriedly donned dressing gowns an
d robes, anxious to discover whether or not they had truly hit the berg. At firs
t, passengers were assured that there would only be a slight delay and were give
n no indication of the true severity of the situation.

Passengers located at strategic points in the ship already knew the truth, howev
er the Titanic was sinking and sinking fast. An SOS was sent out to other ships.
The Carpathia picked up the ship's distress call and radioed back to let the sh
ip's crew know they were on their way. It would be too late, however. By the tim
e the Carpathia arrived, all that remained of the Titanic was a handful of lifeb
oats filled with shocked survivors that watched the ship sink to her watery grav
e.
As the news of the disaster spreaded, many people were shocked that the titanic
could actually sink. Many charities were set up to help the victims and their fa
milies. Almost every street in the chapel district of the town lost more then on
e resident and over 500 households lost a member. People sat back and had a mome
nt of silent to remember their lost ones. Years later in 1987 a French salvage t
eam retrieved jewels, artifacts and dishes, which were exhibited in Paris late t
at year.
Some theories suggest that had the ship's crew not attempted to turn the ship in
the opposite direction of the iceberg and instead took the blow head-on. The Ti
tanic sank somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland, Canada. Conse
quently, neighboring ships in the area had reported earlier in the evening that
the waters ahead contained numerous masses of solid ice and that approaching shi
ps should proceed with caution. The Titanic, however, thought to be unsinkable,
plowed full speed ahead. This proved to be a fatal mistake and is certainly one
of the factors that led to the disaster.