Description: Browse hundreds of original newspaper clippings covering the sinking of White Star Line's steam-powered ocean liner RMS Republic.
Thus began one newspaper report on the collision of the White Star Line's RMS Republic and the Italian steamer SS Florida. The accident occurred 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1909. The Republic sank the following day while being towed to New York, while the Florida remained seaworthy.
Over 1500 passengers and crew were saved thanks primarily to Marconi shipboard and land wireless radio equipment and operators, especially the heroic efforts of Marconi operator Jack Binns. During the event, six passengers and crew members perished.
This website offers a comprehensive collection of newspaper reports filed during and after the sinking of the RMS Republic, including details, diagrams, and photographs not available elsewhere.