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When news of the Titanic’s sinking reached those on land the morning afterwards, newspapers were quick to publish details of the disaster. Outside the London headquarters of the White Star Line, 15-year-old Ned Parfett sells papers. The ship’s lookout spotted the iceberg merely 30 seconds before the boat struck it, and the Titanic’s fate was sealed when they tried to steer around it, causing a massive gash to form.

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