Greenwich has always known where its priorities lay

While looking up something about the loss of the Titanic I came across this article from 1912. It’s not in a format that allows copying text, so I took two snapshots to give you a taste. The article itself is quite short — accessible to even readers with short attention spans (well, perhaps not the Irish descendants of steerage passengers), so the link’s there if you want it.

Here’s the part I like, where the reporter combines a bit of slight relief with true tragedy:

Not the car! Oh, no!