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Photos of the Titanic disaster and of newspaper coverage in the days after the ship's sinking.

Photo related to the disaster of the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg in April 1912 and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. Photo possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker. Library of Congress ▲
The front pages of The New York Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch carry news of the Titanic in the days following the sinking of the ocean liner. The April 19, 1912 edition of the Post-Dispatch included an account of the disaster by reporter Carlos F. Hurd, who was aboard the Carpathia. New York Times/St. Louis Post-Dispatch ▲
The New York Times’ April 16, 1912, front page coverage of the Titanic disaster. The largest ship afloat at the time, the RMS Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. New York Times ▲
Two photos taken aboard the Carpathia show the Titanic’s lifeboats approaching the rescuing ship, and a group of survivors sitting on deck. The photo of the lifeboats was possibly taken by passenger J.W. Barker. Library of Congress ▲
The Grand Staircase, located in the Titanic’s main salon, was one of the ill-fated ship’s most celebrated features. ▲
Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the RMS Titanic, is carried up the ramp of a ship with his feet in bandages. From the moment that a brief Associated Press dispatch relayed the wireless distress call — “Titanic ... reported having struck an iceberg. The steamer said that immediate assistance was required” — reporters and editors scrambled. In ways that seem familiar today, they adapted a dawning newsgathering technology and organized saturation coverage and managed to cover what one authority calls “the first really, truly international news event where anyone anywhere in the world could pick up a newspaper and read about it.” Library of Congress ▲
The Titanic House Vistor Centre is reflected on Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland. The world’s biggest Titanic visitor attraction opened March 31 — 100 years to the day after the doomed ocean liner was completed in the same shipyard, Harland and Wolff. Associated Press ▲
The main dining room on the salon deck of the Titanic. ▲
The April 17, 1912, front page of The Owensboro Daily Messenger carries news of the Titanic disaster. Associated Press ▲
The luxury liner RMS Titanic departs Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, beginning its ill-fated maiden voyage. Associated Press ▲
The hull of the Titanic was under construction in dry dock on May 31, 1911. The sinking of the White Star ocean liner has been blamed in part on low-grade rivets that builders used on some parts of the vessel. Library of Congress ▲
A pocket watch found in the belongings of a third-class passenger named William Henry Allen, found in the Titanic wreckage. Associated Press ▲
Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Associated Press ▲
Katherine and Carlos F. Hurd, reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, gave the first detailed account of the sinking of the Titanic. St. Louis Post-Dispatch ▲
FILE PHOTO, 1912 - Survivors of the TITANIC disaster sit on the deck of the Carpathia wearing garments lent by passengers on the rescue vessel. N/A▲
In this April 10, 1912, file photo, the liner Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. The Titanic Memorial Cruise is set to depart Sunday, April 8, 2012, from Southampton, where the Titanic left on its maiden voyage. (AP Photo/File) Anonymous▲
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100 years ago, Titanic disaster ruled Billings news

Less than 24 hours after RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, Billings residents 3,000 miles away were reading the first dispatches from Halifax, Nova Scotia, the nearest port to the scene of unimaginable tragedy.