Short Voyage
5) RMS Titanic left Southampton, England at noon last Wednesday, April 10. She was carrying 2340 passengers and crew among whom were some of the richest men and women in Europe and the United States. Bruce Ismay, the Director of White Star Lines, owners of the Titanic, was also aboard and witnesses have told me today that he is aboard the Carpathia, having saved himself and chosen not to go down with his ship as Captain Edward J Smith chose to do, alongside many of his fellow officers.
6) The Titanic was built in Belfast and came down to Southampton only about two weeks ago, on the 2nd of April. After leaving Southampton on the 10th, she stopped that evening in Cherbourg, France to pick up other passengers before heading overnight to Queenstown, Ireland.