The Titanic

The Titanic

The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New Work from     Southampton on April 10th. 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen water -tight compartment. The titanic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered,for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
Four days after setting out while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge ice-berg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given the great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision. Suddenly there was a single trembling sound from below and the Captain went down to see what had happened. the noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the Captain realizes to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen water-tight compartments had already been flooded.