When the Titanic struck the iceberg it was 02:40 in London. The initial SOS calls and reports were in the early hours of the morning and as the first editions of the newspapers were being published, the SS Carpathia had yet to arrive at the location of Titanic.
The reports received were conflicting and confusing, as information arrived from various sources. Some accounts stated that Titanic was under tow to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Reuters reported that Titanic had sank with no loss of life, as did the Daily Mirror.
As the day progressed the true scale of the disaster unfolded and by the evening the London Evening News was reporting the great loss of life.
Outside the White Star Line Offices at Oceanic House, just off Trafalgar Square, newsboy Ned Parfett was selling the newspaper holding a poster proclaiming the disaster.
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| Ned Parfett newsboy outside Oceanic House |
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| IJ outside Oceanic House |
