 The entire front of the station was decorated for the return of Boer War troops in 1901.Following the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, numerous private cars of the wealthy filled the special spur beside the station as wealthy families arrived in hopes of identifying and claiming bodies of their loved ones and so many reporters congregated that the station installed extra telegraph lines for their use.However, by 1912, the North Street Station was reaching its limitations.