The Sinking of the Titanic
eBook - ePub

The Sinking of the Titanic

Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Sinking of the Titanic

Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors

About this book

"I ran out on the deck and then I could see ice. It was a veritable sea of ice and the boat was rocking over it. I should say that parts of the iceberg were eighty feet high, but it had been broken into sections, probably by our ship." "There fell on the ear the most appalling noise that ever human ear listened to — the cries of hundreds of our fellow-beings struggling in the icy-cold water, crying for help with a cry that we knew could not be answered." First published in 1912, Jay Henry Mowbray's Sinking of the Titanic was hugely influential in the aftermath of the maritime disaster, recording the harrowing, first-hand accounts of the survivors - from sailors, to stewards, to passengers – throughout the ordeal, from when the iceberg first hit to when the Carpathia eventually arrived, and honoring those who were lost on that fateful night in 1912. Mowbray's text even follows the survivors when they make it back to land - a lesser-known, riveting aspect of the tragic saga that deals with the investigation and the hearings that took place in the US and UK in the months that followed. The swiftness of the publication of Mowbray's text, the sheer number of first-hand witness accounts therein and the intensity of the chaos and fear that their accounts convey makes for a unique compilation which, together with new notes, maps, images and expert introductory material in this new, updated edition, will fascinate, educate and deeply move contemporary readers as much today as the original publication would have back in 1912.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Bruce Beveridge
  7. Introduction by Stephen Haddelsey
  8. Editors’ and Contributors’ Biographies
  9. Officers of RMS Titanic
  10. Chart of Respective Positions of Titanic and Nearby Ships
  11. Preface
  12. Introduction
  13. Great Marine Disasters from 1866 to 1911
  14. Hundreds Weep at Memorial Services Held for ā€œArchieā€ Butt
  15. CHAPTER I: FROM A DAY OF DELIGHT TO DEATH
  16. CHAPTER II: HEART-RENDING SCENES ON CARPATHIA
  17. CHAPTER III: BAND PLAYED TO THE LAST
  18. CHAPTER IV: NEGLECT CAUSED DISASTER
  19. CHAPTER V: BELIEVED SHIP UNSINKABLE
  20. CHAPTER VI: HOW SURVIVORS ESCAPED
  21. CHAPTER VII: WOMAN’S THRILLING NARRATIVE
  22. CHAPTER VIII: SURVIVORS’ STIRRING STORIES
  23. CHAPTER IX: HOW ASTOR WENT TO DEATH
  24. CHAPTER X: NOTABLE WOMAN SAVED
  25. CHAPTER XI: MAJOR BUTT, MARTYR TO DUTY
  26. CHAPTER XII: MRS. ASTOR’S BRAVERY
  27. CHAPTER XIII: LIFEBOATS BUNGLINGLY HANDLED
  28. CHAPTER XIV: NOT LIKE BOURGOGNE DISASTER
  29. CHAPTER XV: BOY’S DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE
  30. CHAPTER XVI: CARPATHIA TO THE RESCUE
  31. CHAPTER XVII: REFUSED TO LEAVE HUSBAND
  32. CHAPTER XVIII: LADY DUFF-GORDON’S EXPERIENCES
  33. CHAPTER XIX: SENATORS HEAR STARTLING STORIES
  34. CHAPTER XX: SURVIVING OPERATOR’S EXPERIENCES
  35. CHAPTER XXI: THE FUNERAL SHIP AND ITS DEAD
  36. CHAPTER XXII: INQUIRY BY UNITED STATES SENATE
  37. LIST OF TITANIC PASSENGERS MISSING AND RESCUED
  38. OFFICIAL LIST OF PASSENGERS RESCUED
  39. Plate Section