Ballarat Centenary (1935) p75 "The Victorian Band Association provided the funds to erect a bandstand in memory of the gallant body of men who stood playing sacred music (Nearer My God to Thee) on the deck of the Titanic as this liner slowly sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after a collision with an iceberg." The Titanic was the largest ship in the world and believed to be the safest ship afloat. Of approximately 2200 passengers there were 705 survivors.