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Title: Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean's greatest disaster : a graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls : giving exciting excape from death and acts of heroism not equalled in ancient or modern times, told by the survivors ; edited by Marshall Everett
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Everett, Marshall
Subjects: Titanic (Steamship) Shipwrecks
Publisher: (S.l. : L.H. Walter)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ant think how it felt out there alone byourselves in the Atlantic. And there were so manyshooting stars; I never saw so many in all my life. Youknow they say when you see a shooting star some one isdying. We thought of that, for there were so manydying, not far from us. It was so long, such a long, long night. At lastthere was a little faint light. The first thing we sawwe thought was one of the Titanics funnels sticking outof the water. But it wasnt; it was the raft, the collaps-ible boat that didnt open, with twelve men on it, stand-ing close together. They came up to us and demandedthat we take them. But we thought they ought to saywho they were; we were already pretty full and thewater was getting rough. But they said they wouldjump in anyhow, so we let them come aboard, as weknew that jumping would surely capsize us. They wereall stewards and waiters, men of the service of theTitanic. After we took them in it got stiU rougher, sothat we sometimes shipped water. In fact, there was
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MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM T. STEADThe great educator and editor, Mr. Stead, mourned by the wholeworld, went down with the Titanic

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