Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Unknown
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{illust. caption = DEPTH OF OCEAN WHERE THE TITANIC WENT DOWN The above etching shows a diagram of the ocean depths between the shore of Newfoundland (shown at the top to the left, by the heavily shaded part) to 800 miles out, where the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. Over the Great Bank of Newfoundland the greatest depth is about 35 fathoms, or 210 feet. Then there is a sudden drop to 105 fathoms, or 630 feet, and then there is a falling away to 1650 fathoms or 9900 feet, then 2000 fathoms or 12,000 feet, and about where the Titanic sank 2760 fathoms or 16,560 feet.} hymn which the musicians played as they went to their watery grave. The most authentic accounts agree that this hymn was not "Nearer, My God, to Thee," which it seems had been {illust. caption = CARPATHIA The Cunard liner which brought the survivors of the Titanic to New York.} {illust. caption = THE HERO WIRELESS OPERATOR OF THE TITANIC Photograph of Harold ...} played shortly before, but "Autumn," which is found in the Episcopal hymnal and which fits appropriately the situation on the Titanic in the last moments of pain and |
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