TRAGEDY OF THE "TITANIC" THE SPEED CRAZE AND ITS OUTCOME A.D. 1912 WILLIAM INGLIS No other disaster at sea has ever resulted in such loss of human life as did the sinking of the Titanic on the night of April 15, 1912.

Down by the head went the giant Titanic at twenty minutes past two o'clock on Monday morning, April 15th.

There was something Titanic in it.