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We
must
now
visit
in
imagination
some
other
parts
of
the
ship
,
parts
isolated
from
the
bridge
and
the
spacious
temple
of
luxury
amidships
,
and
try
to
understand
how
the
events
of
this
half
hour
appeared
to
the
denizens
of
the
lower
quarters
of
the
ship
.
The
impact
that
had
been
scarcely
noticed
in
the
first-class
quarters
had
had
much
more
effect
down
below
,
and
especially
forward
,
where
some
of
the
third-class
passengers
and
some
of
the
crew
were
berthed
.
A
ripping
,
grinding
crash
startled
all
but
the
heaviest
sleepers
here
into
wakefulness
;
but
it
was
over
so
soon
and
was
succeeded
by
so
peaceful
a
silence
that
no
doubt
any
momentary
panic
it
might
have
caused
was
soon
allayed
.
One
of
the
firemen
describing
it
said
:
"
I
was
awakened
by
a
noise
,
and
between
sleeping
and
waking
I
thought
I
was
dreaming
that
I
was
on
a
train
that
had
run
off
the
lines
,
and
that
I
was
being
jolted
about
.
"
He
jumped
out
and
went
on
deck
,
where
he
saw
the
scattered
ice
lying
about
.
"
Oh
,
we
have
struck
an
iceberg
,
"
he
said
,
"
that
's
nothing
;
I
shall
go
back
and
turn
in
,
"
and
he
actually
went
back
to
bed
and
slept
for
half
an
hour
,
until
he
was
turned
out
to
take
his
station
at
the
boats
.
The
steerage
passengers
,
who
were
berthed
right
aft
,
heard
nothing
and
knew
nothing
until
the
news
that
an
accident
had
happened
began
slowly
to
filter
down
to
them
.
But
there
was
no
one
in
authority
to
give
them
any
official
news
,
and
for
a
time
they
were
left
to
wonder
and
speculate
as
they
chose
.
Forward
,
however
,
it
became
almost
immediately
apparent
to
certain
people
that
there
was
something
grievously
wrong
;
firemen
on
their
way
through
the
passage
along
the
ship
's
bottom
leading
between
their
quarters
and
N
stokehold
found
water
coming
in
,
and
rapidly
turned
back
.
They
were
met
on
their
way
up
the
staircase
by
an
officer
who
asked
them
what
they
were
doing
.
They
told
him
.
"
There
's
water
coming
into
our
place
,
Sir
,
"
they
said
;
and
as
he
thought
they
were
off
duty
he
did
not
turn
them
back
.
Mr.
Andrews
,
a
partner
in
Harland
and
Wolff
's
,
and
one
of
the
Titanic
's
designers
,
had
gone
quietly
down
by
himself
to
investigate
the
damage
,
and
,
great
as
was
his
belief
in
the
giant
he
had
helped
to
create
,
it
must
have
been
shaken
when
he
found
the
water
pouring
into
her
at
the
rate
of
hundreds
of
tons
a
minute
.
Even
his
confidence
in
those
mighty
steel
walls
that
stretched
one
behind
the
other
in
succession
along
the
whole
length
of
the
ship
could
not
have
been
proof
against
the
knowledge
that
three
or
four
of
them
had
been
pierced
by
the
long
rip
of
the
ice-tooth
.
There
was
just
a
chance
that
she
would
hold
up
long
enough
to
allow
of
relief
to
arrive
in
time
;
but
it
is
certain
that
from
that
moment
Mr.
Andrews
devoted
himself
to
warning
people
,
and
helping
to
get
them
away
,
so
far
as
he
could
do
so
without
creating
a
panic
.
Most
of
the
passengers
,
remember
,
were
still
asleep
during
this
half
hour
.
One
of
the
most
terrible
things
possible
at
sea
is
a
panic
,
and
Captain
Smith
was
particularly
anxious
that
no
alarm
should
be
given
before
or
unless
it
was
absolutely
necessary
.
He
heard
what
Mr.
Andrews
had
to
say
,
and
consulted
with
the
engineer
,
and
soon
found
that
the
whole
of
the
ship
's
bottom
was
being
flooded
.
There
were
other
circumstances
calculated
to
make
the
most
sanguine
ship-master
uneasy
.
Already
,
within
half
an
hour
,
the
Titanic
was
perceptibly
down
by
the
head
.
She
would
remain
stationary
for
five
minutes
and
then
drop
six
inches
or
a
foot
;
remain
stationary
again
,
and
drop
another
foot
a
circumstance
ominous
to
experienced
minds
,
suggesting
that
some
of
the
smaller
compartments
forward
were
one
by
one
being
flooded
,
and
letting
the
water
farther
and
farther
into
her
hull
.
Therefore
at
about
twenty-five
minutes
past
midnight
the
Captain
gave
orders
for
the
passengers
to
be
called
and
mustered
on
the
boat
deck
.
All
the
ship
's
crew
had
by
this
time
been
summoned
to
their
various
stations
;
and
now
through
all
the
carpeted
corridors
,
through
the
companion-ways
and
up
and
down
staircases
,
leading
to
the
steerage
cabins
,
an
army
of
three
hundred
stewards
was
hurrying
,
knocking
loudly
on
doors
,
and
shouting
up
and
down
the
passages
,
"
All
passengers
on
deck
with
life-belts
on
!
"
The
summons
came
to
many
in
their
sleep
;
and
to
some
in
the
curtained
firelight
luxury
of
their
deck
state-rooms
it
seemed
an
order
so
absurd
that
they
scorned
it
,
and
actually
went
back
to
bed
again
.
These
,
however
,
were
rare
exceptions
;
for
most
people
there
was
no
mistaking
the
urgency
of
the
command
,
even
though
they
were
slow
to
understand
the
necessity
for
it
And
hurry
is
a
thing
easily
communicated
;
seeing
some
passengers
hastening
out
with
nothing
over
their
night
clothes
but
a
blanket
or
a
wrapper
,
others
caught
the
infection
,
and
hurried
too
;
and
struggling
with
life-belts
,
clumsily
attempting
to
adjust
them
over
and
under
a
curious
assortment
of
garments
,
the
passengers
of
the
Titanic
came
crowding
up
on
deck
,
for
the
first
time
fully
alarmed
.
When
the
people
came
on
deck
it
was
half-past
twelve
.
The
first-class
passengers
came
pouring
up
the
two
main
staircases
and
out
on
to
the
boat
deck
some
of
them
indignant
,
many
of
them
curious
,
some
few
of
them
alarmed
.
They
found
there
everything
as
usual
except
that
the
long
deck
was
not
quite
level
;
it
tilted
downwards
a
little
towards
the
bow
,
and
there
was
a
slight
list
towards
the
starboard
side
.
The
stars
were
shining
in
the
sky
and
the
sea
was
perfectly
smooth
,
although
dotted
about
it
here
and
there
were
lumps
of
dark-coloured
ice
,
almost
invisible
against
the
background
of
smooth
water
.
A
long
line
of
stewards
was
forming
up
beside
the
boats
on
either
side
those
solid
white
boats
,
stretching
far
aft
in
two
long
lines
,
that
became
suddenly
invested
with
practical
interest
.
Officers
were
shouting
orders
,
seamen
were
busy
clearing
up
the
coils
of
rope
attached
to
the
davit
tackles
,
fitting
the
iron
handles
to
the
winches
by
which
the
davits
themselves
were
canted
over
from
the
inward
position
over
the
deck
to
the
outward
position
over
the
ship
's
side
.
Almost
at
the
same
time
a
rush
of
people
began
from
the
steerage
quarters
,
swarming
up
stairways
and
ladders
to
reach
this
high
deck
hitherto
sacred
to
the
first-class
passengers
.
At
first
they
were
held
back
by
a
cordon
of
stewards
,
but
some
broke
through
and
others
were
allowed
through
,
so
that
presently
a
large
proportion
of
the
ship
's
company
was
crowding
about
the
boat
deck
and
the
one
immediately
below
it
.
Then
the
business
of
clearing
,
filling
,
and
lowering
the
boats
was
begun
a
business
quickly
described
,
but
occupying
a
good
deal
of
time
in
the
transaction
.
Mr.
Murdoch
,
the
Chief
Officer
,
ordered
the
crews
to
the
boats
;
and
with
some
confusion
different
parties
of
stewards
and
sailors
disentangled
themselves
from
the
throng
and
stood
in
their
positions
by
each
of
the
sixteen
boats
.
Every
member
of
the
crew
,
when
he
signs
on
for
a
voyage
in
a
big
passenger
ship
,
is
given
a
number
denoting
which
boat
's
crew
he
belongs
to
.
If
there
has
been
boat
drill
,
every
man
knows
and
remembers
his
number
;
if
,
as
in
the
case
of
the
Titanic
,
there
has
been
no
boat
drill
,
some
of
the
men
remember
their
numbers
and
some
do
not
,
the
result
being
a
certain
amount
of
confusion
.
But
at
last
a
certain
number
of
men
were
allotted
to
each
boat
,
and
began
the
business
of
hoisting
them
out
.
