Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "sinking of the Titanic" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Bruce Ismay, Captain Smith, Carpathia, Titanic, White Star Line.
Be aware that many newspapers published detailed accounts of the sinking with more accuracy beginning on April 17th, when additional information was becoming available.
Use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic,search between April 14 - May 31, 1912.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Passengers From the Titanic Rescued"
The Evening Standard (Ogden City, UT), April 15, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"All Titanic Passengers Saved"
Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, HI), April 15, 1912, 3:30 Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Liner Titanic Kept Afloat by Water-tight Compartments Being Towed into Halifax, N.S."
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 15, 1912, Last Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Liner Titanic Wrecked by Iceberg; Passengers Transferred to Other Vessels in Mid Ocean"
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), April 15, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"1,340 Perish as Titanic Sinks; Only 886, Mostly Women and Children, Rescued"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), April 16, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"1300 Perish in Wreck of the Titanic"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 16, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"1350 Passengers Perish When Steamer Titanic Sinks"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), April 16, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"All Titanic Survivors on Carpathia"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 18, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Carpathia to Arrive Tomorrow"
The Evening Standard (Ogden City, UT), April 18, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Storm Stops Reports from Carpathia"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), April 18, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Ismay Tells Senate Committee Titanic was not Seeking Speed Record, and Testifies to General Ignorance of Details of Disaster"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 19, 1912, Last Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Titanic Officer Swears Wreck Due to Company's Neglect"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), April 23, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Californian Neglected Its Duty"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), May 28, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Main Points in Senate Titanic Report"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 28, 1912, Last Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Bitter Censure of Californian"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 29, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.

Sinking of the Titanic: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America