1912 newspapers with the headline "Titanic disaster

A 16-year-old boy sells newspapers with the headline "Titanic disaster. Huge loss of life." 16 April 1912 UK

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00:00 A 16 year old boy is selling newspapers, whose headline was "The destruction of the Titanic"

00:09 "Destruction of life" 16th April 1912, UK.

00:14 This young man's name was Edward Arfaith.

00:18 He was born on 21st July 1896 in London.

00:22 From an early age, he was forced to work on the internet.

00:27 Because he had a big family, in which his parents and himself were 5 other children.

00:34 Initially, the boy worked at a construction site.

00:38 But after being injured there, he was forced to leave the construction site.

00:44 And started working as a journalist.

00:47 In 1914, the young man was enlisted in the army.

00:51 Where he was first a signalman and then a scout.

00:55 He was a net and was also awarded for many successful special operations on the front line.

01:03 On 29th October 1918, he was killed in a German attack.

01:09 He was 22 years old.

01:11 A bomb fell on his house, where the net was finally packing his stuff to go home.

01:19 (gentle music)