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On this day: waiting for news on the Titanic

This photograph is stamped as being taken at 7am on the 19th of April, 1912. People form a crowd at Cunard’s Pier 54 in New York, possibly waiting for more news on what happened to the Titanic.

RMS Carpathia had arrived the evening before carrying the survivors of Titanic’s sinking. It is said around 40 000 people were waiting to see the ship arrive.

Crowds_at_Cunard_Pier 54_New_York_April_1912 taken at 7AM April 19. Since the Carpathia arrived the evening before, it's possible these people stayed around trying to get more news about

 

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107 Years Ago: Titanic survivors rescued by the Carpathia

These images, taken on the 15th of April, 1912, show survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic arriving at and being helped aboard the RMS Carpathia 107 years ago.

Six years later the Carpathia was torpedoed by a German submarine.

Possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker.

TITANIC_life_boats_on_way_to_CARPATHIA_(02)_TITANIC_TITANIC lifeboats on way to CARPATHIA. Photo related to the disaster of the RMS TITANIC which struck an iceberg in April 1912 and sank

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153177-004-E74B054C Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic being helped abord the RMS Carpathia 15th April 1912