Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean's greatest disaster : a graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls : giving exciting excape from death and acts of heroism not equalled in ancient or modern times, told by the survivors ; edited by Marshall Everett . THE SAD PARTING—THE LAST -GOOD-BYS. PLACING WOMEN IN THE LIFEBOATS Bi^^v,,>^.i»^<..i. .r,<K.^.i^^„M^.M.^.M^^^^i., ,. 0^H c a> .ap. c«1^ b«O o «.-a C p. 1-1 ^ S3O Vi 73 J3 Q S H o u 00 <:u H 5 o c« o f-< (<0 P. u
Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean's greatest disaster : a graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls : giving exciting excape from death and acts of heroism not equalled in ancient or modern times, told by the survivors ; edited by Marshall Everett . THE SAD PARTING—THE LAST -GOOD-BYS. PLACING WOMEN IN THE LIFEBOATS Bi^^v,,>^.i»^<..i. .r,<K.^.i^^„M^.M.^.M^^^^i., ,. 0^H c a> .ap. c«1^ b«O o «.-a C p. 1-1 ^ S3O Vi 73 J3 Q S H o u 00 <:u H 5 o c« o f-< (<0 P. u «^<U O o O o WBECK OF THE TITANIC 177 which rent it in two, and as it sank beneath the weaves wecould see my brother waving his hand to us, although iiis hardly possible that he could see us, for none of us hada light. We had nothing except the clothes we hadhastily donned. None of us had thought of putting pro-visions or water in the boats, for we knew the Carpathiahad been signaled to come to our rescue and was on its way. We heard a number of shots as the boats were beinglowered, but we were told it was the officers who werekeeping the steerage passengers from stampeding intothe small boats, which they repeatedly tried to do, There were no outcries anywhere except from thesteerage. I shall never forget the calmness and quiet braverythat the men on board showed as they stood on deck andawaited the inevitable doom. Occasionally some of themv/ould peer
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