Mini newshounds at Holmston
Junior journalists will transport Ayrshire Post readers back in time this week, with a front row seat to one of the most memorable news events in history.
The bright sparks at Holmston Primary in Ayr have been learning all about reporting the news.
And after some tips from a couple of grown- up journalists, they put their skills to the test by writing a top scoop on the sinking of the Titanic.
Here’s what the wee newshounds came up with - and we say they get top marks:
“The amazing ship’s first voyage was her last after Titanic struck an iceberg making a big hole in the right side of her bow.
Over 1500 passengers have lost their lives in the disaster, which happened last night ( April 14, 1912.)
Her captain, Edward John Smith - who has 43 years experience - had six iceberg warnings.
But these are thought not to have been received - or to have been ignored.
Seven hundred and five people have survived the accident, but the capacity of the lifeboats was not filled.
In a bid to call for help, eight distress rockets were fired throughout the night.
A nearby vessel, the Californian ship Carpathia, had stopped because they saw there were icebergs ahead, but thought the rockets were fireworks.
The survivors have now been taken to America on the Carpathia.
They have been well looked after by the crew, and given clothing and blankets to keep warm, as well as food and drink.
It is understood the band kept playing as the ship of dreams sank below the waves of the mighty Atlantic.
And one man dressed as a woman to try and save his own life and secure a seat on a lifeboat.
The famous ship Titanic was deigned by Thomas Andrews and built in Belfast at the Harland and Wolff shipyard.
She set sail on April 12 from Southampton, bound for New York on her maiden voyage.
Right now, divers are looking for the remains of the Titanic on the bottom of the ocean.”