Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1919 — ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. [ARTICLE]

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

When and where was the Titanic disaster? What was her size? Hew many passengers were carried and ho wmany lives were lost? Was it her maiden voyage? Where was she built and by whom owned? What was the name of the English director aboard who was saved?—The Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff, at Queens island, Belfast. She sailed from Southampton, April 10, 1912, on her maiden voyage to New York. She struck an iceberg at 11:45 p. m., Sunday, April 14, latitude 41 degrees 46 minutes north and longitude 50 degrees 14 minutes west, and sank in two and one-half hours. Of the 2,208 persons on board, passengers and crew, 815 passengers and 688 of the crew were drowned, and 705 persons were rescued by the Carpathia. The Titanic had a displacement of 60,000 tons and 46,000 horse power, with speed of twenty-one knots, Shg was 883 feet long, 92% feet broad, and the height from the keel to the bridge was 104 feet. There were eight steel decks, and a cellular double bottom five and one-half fee* through, and the bilge keels projected two feet for 300 feet of her length amidships. She was equipped with modern machinery and carried sixteen lifeboats thirty feet long. She was owned by the White Star line. The company official on board who was saved was J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the line.