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Two front pages from the Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas, covering the recent sinking of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic was on its way from Southampton, England, to New York when it collided with an iceberg on April 14th, 1912. Of the 2,200 passengers, more than 1,500 perished.
Creator: Wichita Beacon
Date: April 16 - 17, 1912
Item Number: 226320
Call Number: W 630
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226320
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Water-Related
Collections - Newspaper
Community Life - Disasters and accidents
Date - 1910s - 1912
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - page
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Water - Ships
Type of Material - Newspapers
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