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    Captain Scott and his party died in Antarctica on or abour March 29th 1912. The Titanic sank about two weeks later on April 15th 1912. But which news reached England first?

    Question #125585. Asked by davejacobs. (Mar 30 12 8:22 AM)


    Lottie1001

    		"The bodies of Scott, Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Bowers were eventually found in their tent by a search party in November 1912. It was a number of months before the news reached New Zealand."

    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/robert-falcon-scotts-death

    These newspaper articles report the sinking of the Titanic on Tuesday 16 April 1912.

    http://titanic3.tripod.com/news.html

    News would have reached England not long after reaching either New Zealand or USA, so the news of the Titanic was first.

    Mar 30 12, 8:31 AM
    Lottie1001

    		To clarify - the newspaper articles are dated 16 April 1912, the Titanic actually sank on the previous day.

    Mar 30 12, 8:32 AM
    davejacobs

    		Although the news of Amundsen's success was reported in the Times on 9th March 1912, the news of Scott's death only appeared in the Times on 11 Feb 1913.
    Source, The Times online for those dates.

    Mar 30 12, 12:10 PM

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