Titanic escape story fetches £20,000

A WOMAN'S account of escaping the sinking Titanic in 1912 sold for £20,000 at auction.

Laura Francatelli from London said she heard an "awful rumbling" as the liner went down and "then came screams and cries" from 1,500 drowning passengers.

Her account was recorded in a signed affidavit for the official British inquiry into the disaster. She died in 1967. The historic document was bought by an Eastern European collector.