
At 11:40 pm, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic; warnings from other ships regarding the ice had been received throughout the day.

"I was so sorry that I could not come to Penrhos this week... I like this place tremendously but I am not calling this a very good weekend. The Prime is not in the best of form yet... The speech on Thursday was a masterpiece of exposition but it had no 'glory' about it. And it did not rouse enthusiasm."
Searching 1912–1916 Archive