What does the headline say?

'1,340 perish as Titanic sinks; only 886, mostly women and children, rescued.' These were the figures reported that morning; the final count was about 1,500 dead and 705 survivors.

Is this a real newspaper page?

Yes, the actual front page of the New-York Tribune of 16 April 1912, reproduced from the Library of Congress scan, not a recreation.

Can I read the text on the print?

At 12 by 18 inches and above the body text is legible; the 8 by 12 size reads the headlines and sub-heads clearly and the small print less so.

Is the page copyright-free?

Yes. It was published in 1912 and is in the public domain; the Library of Congress lists no restrictions on the scan.

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New-York Tribune front page, 16 April 1912: Titanic sinks

This print is the front page of the New-York Tribune for Tuesday 16 April 1912, the morning after the news of Titanic's sinking reached New York, with the headline '1,340 perish as Titanic sinks; only 886, mostly women and children, rescued'. The page was digitised by the Library of Congress and is in the public domain.

Front page of the New-York Tribune for 16 April 1912 with the headline reporting the sinking of the Titanic, on a tinted mat — New-York Tribune, 16 April 1912. Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America (New-York Tribune, 16 April 1912, page 1).

History

Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm on 14 April 1912 and sank at 2:20 am on the 15th. Wireless reports reached New York through the day, confused and contradictory; early editions of some papers said the ship was being towed to Halifax. By the morning of the 16th the Carpathia had confirmed the loss and the Tribune, like every paper in the city, led with the figures as then understood, which were later revised to about 1,500 dead and 705 saved.

The Tribune was one of New York's older dailies, founded by Horace Greeley in 1841; it merged into the Herald Tribune in 1924. Its run was digitised by the Library of Congress's Chronicling America programme, from which this page is restored.

What the print shows

The full broadsheet page: the masthead, the seven-column headline, the first wire reports and lists of names, and the paper's first sketches of the ship and her survivors in the lifeboats. The typography and column rules are the paper's own; the restoration cleaned the scan and evened the tone of the newsprint without altering the text. The page sits on a narrow tinted mat within the paper size.

16 by 24 inches is the largest size at which the scan prints at full 300 DPI, so no larger size is offered.

Source and licence

Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America (New-York Tribune, 16 April 1912, page 1).

Licence: Public domain. The newspaper was published in 1912 and the Library of Congress states that Chronicling America pages carry no known restrictions.

Restored from the original newspaper page scan; the text is as printed that morning, including figures later corrected.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the headline say?: '1,340 perish as Titanic sinks; only 886, mostly women and children, rescued.' These were the figures reported that morning; the final count was about 1,500 dead and 705 survivors.
Is this a real newspaper page?: Yes, the actual front page of the New-York Tribune of 16 April 1912, reproduced from the Library of Congress scan, not a recreation.
Can I read the text on the print?: At 12 by 18 inches and above the body text is legible; the 8 by 12 size reads the headlines and sub-heads clearly and the small print less so.
Is the page copyright-free?: Yes. It was published in 1912 and is in the public domain; the Library of Congress lists no restrictions on the scan.

Sources

Library of Congress, Chronicling America (New-York Tribune, 16 April 1912, page 1)

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