Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Unknown
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but there were oars with no one to use them. The boat had
been filled with passengers, and there was nothing else for me to do but to take an oar. "We could see now that the time of the ship had come. She was sinking, and we were warned by cries from the men above to pull away from the ship quickly. Mrs. Thayer, wife of the vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was in my boat, and she, too, took an oar. "It was cold and we had no time to clothe ourselves with warm overcoats. The rowing warmed me. We started to pull away from the ship. We could see the dim outlines of the decks above, but we could not recognize anybody." MANY WOMEN ROWING Mrs. William R. Bucknell's account of the part women played in the rowing is as follows: "There were thirty-five persons in the boat in which the captain placed me. Three of these were ordinary seamen, supposed to manage the boat, and a steward. "One of these men seemed to think that we should not start away from the sinking ship until it could be learned whether the other boats would accommodate the rest of the women. He seemed to think that; more could be crowded into ours, if necessary. |
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