The Loss of the S. S. Titanic - Its Story and Its Lessons by Lawrence Beesley
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Whoever reads the account of the cries that came to us afloat on the
sea from those sinking in the ice-cold water must remember that they were addressed to him just as much as to those who heard them, and that the duty, of seeing that reforms are carried out devolves on every one who knows that such cries were heard in utter helplessness the night the Titanic sank. CONTENTS I. CONSTRUCTION AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST VOYAGE II. FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO THE NIGHT OF THE COLLISION III. THE COLLISION AND EMBARKATION IN LIFEBOATS IV. THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, SEEN FROM A LIFEBOAT V. THE RESCUE VI. THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, SEEN FROM HER DECK VII. THE CARPATHIA'S RETURN TO NEW YORK VIII. THE LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC IX. SOME IMPRESSIONS |
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