Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters

Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters
by Logan Marshall

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SIXTEEN boats were in the procession which entered on the terrible hours of rowing, drifting and suspense. Women wept for lost husbands and sons, sailors sobbed for the ship which had been their pride. Men choked back tears and sought to comfort the widowed. Perhaps, they said, other boats might have put off in another direction. They strove, though none too sure themselves, to convince the women of the certainty that a rescue ship would appear.

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SIXTEEN boats were in the procession which entered on the terrible hours of rowing, drifting and suspense. Women wept for lost husbands and sons, sailors sobbed for the ship which had been their pride. Men choked back tears and sought to comfort the widowed. Perhaps, they said, other boats might have put off in another direction. They strove, though none too sure themselves, to convince the women of the certainty that a rescue ship would appear.

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This edition of The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters has been carefully reproduced to resemble the original 1912 version. Its hardback cover is clothbound, with rich, two-color die-stamps on the front, spine, and back. It looks and feels like a vintage classic. Our readers have continued to tell us how much they enjoy this kind of book. We think you will enjoy it, too.

Excerpted from The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Logan Marshall. Copyright © 1998. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
Excerpt from Chapter XIV ("Thrilling Account by L. Beasley," page 188):
"I had been in my berth for about ten minutes, when, at about 11:15 p.m., I felt a slight jar, and then soon after a second one, but not sufficiently violent to cause any anxiety to anyone, however nervous they may have been. However, the engines stopped immediately afterward, and my first thought was, 'She has lost a propeller.'

"I went up on the top (boat) deck in a dressing gown, and found only a few persons there, who had come up similarly to inquire why we had stopped, but there was no sort of anxiety in the minds of anyone.

"We saw through the smoking room window a game of cards going on, and went in to inquire if they knew anything; it seems they felt more of the jar, and, looking through the window, had seen a huge iceberg go by close to the side of the boat. They thought we had just grazed it with a glancing blow, and that the engines had been stopped to see if any damage had been done. No one, of course, had any conception that the vessel had been pierced below by part of the submerged iceberg."

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