Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Unknown
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Women forced into the life-boats--Why some men were saved before
women--Asked to man life-boats. CHAPTER XVII WIRELESS OPERATOR PRAISES HEROIC WORK Story of Harold Bride, the surviving wireless operator of the Titanic, who was washed overboard and rescued by life-boat--Band played ragtime and "Autumn". CHAPTER XVIII STORY OF THE STEWARD Passengers and crew dying when taken aboard Carpathia--One woman saved a dog--English colonel swam for hours when boat with mother aboard capsized. CHAPTER XIX HOW THE WORLD RECEIVED THE NEWS Nations prostrate with grief--Messages from kings and cardinals-- Disaster stirs world to necessity of stricter regulations. CHAPTER XX BRAVERY OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW Illustrious career of Captain E. J. Smith--Brave to the last-- Maintenance of order and discipline--Acts of heroism--Engineers died at posts --Noble-hearted band. |
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