Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Unknown
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"He was a pleasant, affable man, and that awful
night when I found myself standing beside him on the passenger deck, helping to put the women into the boats, I spoke to him. " `Where is your life-belt?' I asked him. " `I didn't think there would be any need of it,' he said. " `Get one while there is time,' I told him. `The last boat is gone, and we are done for.' " `No,' he said, `I think there are some life-boats to be launched, and we may get on one of them.' " `There are no life-rafts,' I told him, `and the ship is going to sink. I am going to jump overboard and take a chance on swimming out and being picked up by one of the boats. Better come along.' " `No, thank you,' he said, calmly, `I think I'll have to stick.' "I asked him if he would mind shaking hands with me. He said, `With pleasure,' gave me a hearty grip, and then I climbed up on the rail and jumped overboard. I was in the water nearly four hours before one of the boats picked me up." CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD |
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