Titanic Facts -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
Number of persons aboard, 2340. Number of life-boats and rafts, 20. Capacity of each life-boat, 50 passengers and crew of 8. Utmost capacity of life-boats and rafts, about 1100. Number of life-boats wrecked in launching, 4. Capacity of life-boats safely launched, 928. Total number of persons taken in life-boats, 711. Number who died in life-boats, 6. Total number saved, 705. Total number of Titanic's company lost, 1635.
The cause of the disaster was a collision with an iceberg in latitude 41.46 north, longitude 50.14 west. The Titanic had had repeated warnings of the presence of ice in that part of the course. Two official warnings had been received defining the position of the ice fields. It had been calculated on the Titanic that she would reach the ice fields about 11 o'clock Sunday night. The collision occurred at 11.40. At that time the ship was driving at a speed of 21 to 23 knots, or about 26 miles, an hour.
There had been no details of seamen assigned to each boat.
Some of the boats left the ship without seamen enough to man the oars.
Some of the boats were not more than half full of passengers.
The boats had no provisions, some of them had no water stored, some were without sail equipment or compasses.
In some boats, which carried sails wrapped and bound, there was not a person with a knife to cut the ropes. In some boats the plugs in the bottom had been pulled out and the women passengers were compelled to thrust their hands into the holes to keep the boats from filling and sinking.
The captain, E. J. Smith, admiral of the White Star fleet, went down with his ship.
Boating Safety Equipment
- 11- Preparations on Land to Receive the Sufferers – Titanic Survivors Return (Police arrangements--Donations of money and supplies--Hospital and ambulances made ready--Private houses thrown open--Waiting for the Carpathia to arrive--The ship sighted!
Chapter 11 -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
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New York City, touched to the heart by the great ocean calamity and desiring to do what it could to lighten [...])
- 05- The Titanic Strikes an Iceberg! (Tardy attention to warning responsible for accident--The danger not realized at first--An interrupted card game--Passengers joke among themselves--The real truth dawns--Panic on board--Wireless calls for help.
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Sunday night the magnificent ocean liner was plunging through a comparatively placid sea, on the [...])
- 23- The Financial Loss of the Titanic Wreck (Titanic not fully insured--Valuable cargo and mail--No chance for salvage--Life insurance loss--Loss to the Carpathia.
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So great was the interest in the tragedy and so profound the grief at the tremendous loss of life that for a time the financial loss [...])
- 08- The Call for Help Heard – Titanic Rescue (The value of the wireless--Other ships alter their course--Rescuers on the way to the Titanic.
Chapter 8 -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
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"We have struck an iceberg. Badly damaged. Rush aid."
Seaward and landward, J. G. Phillips, the Titanic's wireless man, had hurled the appeal for help. By fits [...])
- 22- Criticism of Ismay — Managing Director of the White Star Line (Criminal and cowardly conduct charged--Proper caution not exercised when presence of icebergs was known--Should have stayed on board to help in work of rescue--Selfish and unsympathetic actions on board the Carpathia--Ismay's defense--William E. Carter's statement.
Chapter 22 -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
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From the moment that Bruce Ismay's [...])
- 28- Time for Reflection and Reform — after the Wreck of the Titanic (Speed and luxury overemphasized--Space needed for life-boats devoted to swimming pools and squash-courts--Mania for speed records compels use of dangerous routes and prevents proper caution in foggy weather--Life more valuable than luxury--Safety more important than speed--An aroused public opinion necessary--International conference recommended--Adequate life-saving equipment should be compulsory-- Speed regulations in bad weather--Co-operation in arranging schedules [...])
- 27- Safety and Life Saving Devices — the Titanic Disaster (Wireless telegraphy--Water-tight bulkheads--Submarine signals-- Life-boats and rafts--Nixon's pontoon--Life-preservers and buoys--Rockets.
Chapter 27 -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
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The fact that there are any survivors of the Titanic left to tell the story of the terrible catastrophe is only another of the hundreds of instances on record of the [...])
- 06- Women and Children First – Titanic Sinking (Cool-headed officers and crew bring order out of chaos--Filling the life-boats--Heartrending scenes as families are parted--Four life-boats lost--Incidents of bravery--"The boats are all filled!"
Chapter 6 -- Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters -- Logan Marshall (1912)
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Once on the deck, many hesitated to enter the swinging life boats. Tho glassy sea, the starlit [...])
- 10- On Board the Carpathia, Titanic Rescue Ship (Aid for the suffering and hysterical--Burying the dead--Vote of thanks to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia--Identifying those saved-- Communicating with land--The passage to New York.
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If the scenes in the life-boats were tear-bringing, hardly less so was the arrival of the [...])
- 29- The Senatorial Investigation — of the Titanic Shipwreck (Prompt action of the Government--Senate committee probes disaster and brings out details--Testimony of Ismay, officers, crew passengers and other witnesses.
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Public sentiment with regard to the Titanic disaster was reflected in the prompt action of the United States Government.
On April 17th [...])
