The Sinking of the Titanic, 1. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1. On April 1. 0, 1. Titanic, largest ship afloat, left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage to New York City. The White Star Line had spared no expense in assuring her luxury. A legend even before she sailed, her passengers were a mixture of the world's wealthiest basking in the elegance of first class accommodations and immigrants packed into steerage. This discrepancy rested on the belief that since the ship's construction made her . Additionally, lifeboats took up valuable deck space. Her fireman compared the sound of the impact to . In professional football, the only line of defense against head injury is the helmet. But the earliest football helmet looked more like a padded aviator cap than the. What comes to mind when you hear the words Russian Woman? The stereotypical image of a babooska from a few decades back, or the vibrant, beautiful, young Eastern. 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Sun Yat-sen was the leader of the. 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Julian. John Thayer witnessed the sinking from a lifeboat. One thousand five hundred twenty- two passengers and crew were lost. Subsequent inquiries attributed the high loss of life to an insufficient number of lifeboats and inadequate training in their use. As Shutes and her charge sit in their First Class cabin they feel a shudder travel through the ship. At first comforted by her belief in the safety of the ship, Elizabeth's composure is soon shattered by the realization of the imminent tragedy. Startled by the very strangeness of the shivering motion, I sprang to the floor. With too perfect a trust in that mighty vessel I again lay down. Some one knocked at my door, and the voice of a friend said: 'Come quickly to my cabin; an iceberg has just passed our window; I know we have just struck one.'. No confusion, no noise of any kind, one could believe no danger imminent. Our. stewardess came and said she could learn nothing. Looking out into the companionway. I saw heads appearing asking questions from half- closed doors. All sepulchrally. My friend was by this time dressed. I talked on, Margaret pretending to eat a sandwich. Then. I saw she was frightened, and for the first time I was too, but why get dressed. An officer's. cap passed the door. I asked: 'Is there an accident or danger of any kind? This same officer then entered a cabin a little distance down the companionway. I listened intently, and distinctly. We can keep the water out for a while.' Then, and not until then, did. I realize the horror of an accident at sea. Now it was too late to dress; no. Mr Roebling came to tell us he would take us to our friend's mother, who. Always the thing one tries not to see even crossing a ferry. Now only pale faces, each form strapped about with those white bars. The quiet look of hope in the brave men's eyes as the wives were put into the lifeboats. Nothing escaped one at this fearful moment. We left from the sun deck, seventy- five feet above the water. Mr Case and Mr Roebling, brave American men, saw us to the lifeboat, made no effort to save themselves, but stepped back on deck. Later they went to an honoured grave. This was done amid the greatest confusion. Rough seamen all giving different orders. As only one side of the ropes worked, the lifeboat at one time was in such a position that it seemed we must capsize in mid- air. At last the ropes worked together, and we drew nearer and nearer the black, oily water. The first touch of our lifeboat on that black sea came to me as a last good- bye to life, and so we put off - a tiny boat on a great sea - rowed away from what had been a safe home for five days. We all felt so much safer near the ship. Surely such a vessel could not sink. I thought the danger must be exaggerated, and we could all be taken aboard again. But surely the outline of that great, good ship was growing less. The bow of the boat was getting black. Light after light was disappearing, and now those rough seamen put to their oars and we were told to hunt under seats, any place, anywhere, for a lantern, a light of any kind. Every place was empty. There was no water - no stimulant of any kind. Not a biscuit - nothing to keep us alive had we drifted long.. The mother had left a husband on the Titanic, and the daughter a father and husband, and while we were near the other boats those two stricken women would call out a name and ask, 'Are you there?' 'No,'would come back the awful answer, but these brave women never lost courage, forgot their own sorrow, telling me to sit close to them to keep warm.. The life- preservers helped to keep us warm, but the night was bitter cold, and it grew colder and colder, and just before dawn, the coldest, darkest hour of all, no help seemed possible.. Then I heard, 'A light, a ship.' I could not, would not, look while there was a bit of doubt, but kept my eyes away. All night long I had heard, 'A light!' Each time it proved to be one of our other lifeboats, someone lighting a piece of paper, anything they could find to burn, and now I could not believe. Someone found a newspaper; it was lighted and held up. Then I looked and saw a ship. A ship bright with lights; strong and steady she waited, and we were to be saved. A straw hat was offered it would burn longer. That same ship that had come to save us might run us down. The two, the ship and the dawn, came together, a living painting..
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