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 . ly triumphant oer the solitudes! Men hadfeft their work to perish and turned themselves to he builds and boasts of his Titanics, man maybe great, but it is only when he is stripped of every cloy-ing attribute of the worlds pomp an
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 . ly triumphant oer the solitudes! Men hadfeft their work to perish and turned themselves to he builds and boasts of his Titanics, man maybe great, but it is only when he is stripped of every cloy-ing attribute of the worlds pomp and power that he cantouch sublimity. Those on the wieck had mounted toit from the time the awful impact came. The rise beganwhen men of intellect and noted works, of titled placeand honored station, worked as true yoke-fellows withthe steerage passengers to see that all the women andtheir little ones were safely placed within the did this calmly, while the steamer settled low andevery instant brought the waters nearer to their breath;exulting as each oerburdened lifeboat safely drew away,and cheering until the iceberg echoed back the was very little fear displayed; calm intrepiditywas here the mark of a high calling. Captain Smith,indeed, was afraid, but it was only for the preciousbeings imder God committed to his care. And how. —Specially Drawn for The Sphere hy G. Bron The Black Indicates Passengers and Crew NOT SAVED, the White Indi-cates THE SAVED The official figures of the Titanic Disaster, as given in the British House ofCommons showed that out of a total of 2,206 passengers and crew there w^eresaved 202 first class, 115 second class, 176 third class, and 210 of the crew.
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