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The RMS Titanic embarked on it maiden voyage, sailing from Southampton, England, to York City
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The titanic hit an iceberg
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titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40
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The collision was fatal and icy water soon poured through the ship, but the fireman compared the sound of the impact to “the tearing of calico, nothing more.
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The British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m.
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It became obvious that many would not find safety in a lifeboat. Each passenger was issued a life jacket but life expectancy would be short when exposed to water four degrees below freezing.
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The next morning, the liner Carpathia rescued 705 survivors.
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The next morning, the liner Carpathia rescued 705 survivors
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The number of passengers, and crew were lost is one thousand five hundred twenty-two
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At Harold and Wolff's shipyard in Belfast, Ireland counstruction of the titanic began with building the kneel, the back bone of the ship
