Copies of The Star reporting Titanic sailing and aftermath

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Copies of The Star reporting Titanic sailing and aftermath
The broadsheet issues dating from April 10th reporting the sailing and 15th-20th. April giving details of the accident, subsequent disaster and survivors stories, each paper -- 17 x 25in. (45 x 65cm.) folded (7)

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The Star was a London evening paper and as such reporting the events of the 15th on the 15th and not as most paper was obliged to do a day later. The paper ran from 1888 until it was taken over by Associated Newspapers and merged with the Evening News in 1960.

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