NEWS OF THE TITANIC Despite the headline in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, actually 1,523 people died and only 705 were rescued when the Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 (the ship technically sank at 2:20 A.M. on April 15). The crew of the Titanic used the Marconi wireless equipment on board to send distress signals to other ships. Of the eight ships nearby, the Carpathia was the first to respond with lifeboats.

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