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It
was
twenty
minutes
past
two
when
the
Titanic
sank
,
two
hours
and
forty
minutes
after
she
had
struck
the
iceberg
;
and
for
two
hours
after
that
the
boats
drifted
all
round
and
about
,
some
of
them
in
bunches
of
three
or
four
,
others
solitary
.
Almost
every
kind
of
suffering
was
endured
in
them
,
although
,
after
the
mental
horrors
of
the
preceding
hour
,
physical
sufferings
were
scarcely
felt
.
Some
of
the
boats
had
hardly
anyone
but
women
in
them
;
in
many
the
stokers
and
stewards
were
quite
useless
at
the
oars
.
But
here
and
there
,
in
that
sorrowful
,
horror-stricken
company
,
heroism
lifted
its
head
and
human
nature
took
heart
again
.
Women
took
their
turn
at
the
oars
in
boats
where
the
men
were
either
too
few
or
incapable
of
rowing
;
and
one
woman
notably
,
the
Countess
of
Rothes
,
practically
took
command
of
her
boat
and
was
at
an
oar
all
the
time
.
Where
they
were
rowing
to
most
of
them
did
not
know
.
They
had
seen
lights
at
the
time
the
ship
went
down
,
and
some
of
them
made
for
these
;
but
they
soon
disappeared
,
and
probably
most
of
the
boats
were
following
each
other
aimlessly
,
led
by
one
boat
in
which
some
green
flares
were
found
,
which
acted
as
a
beacon
for
which
the
others
made
One
man
had
a
pocket
electric
lamp
,
which
he
flashed
now
and
then
,
a
little
ray
of
hope
and
guidance
shining
across
those
dark
and
miserable
waters
.
Not
all
of
the
boats
had
food
and
water
on
board
.
Many
women
were
only
in
their
night-clothes
,
some
of
the
men
in
evening
dress
;
everyone
was
bitterly
cold
,
although
,
fortunately
,
there
was
no
wind
and
no
sea
.
The
stars
paled
in
the
sky
;
the
darkness
became
a
little
lighter
;
the
gray
daylight
began
to
come
.
Out
of
the
surrounding
gloom
a
wider
and
wider
area
of
sea
became
visible
,
with
here
and
there
a
boat
discernible
on
it
,
and
here
and
there
some
fragments
of
wreckage
.
By
this
time
the
boats
had
rowed
away
from
the
dreadful
region
,
and
but
few
floating
bodies
were
visible
.
The
waves
rose
and
fell
,
smooth
as
oil
,
first
gray
in
colour
,
and
then
,
as
the
light
increased
,
the
pure
dark
blue
of
mid-ocean
.
The
eastern
sky
began
to
grow
red
under
the
cloud
bank
,
and
from
red
to
orange
,
and
from
orange
to
gold
,
the
lovely
pageantry
of
an
Atlantic
dawn
began
to
unfold
itself
before
the
aching
eyes
that
had
been
gazing
on
prodigies
and
horrors
.
From
out
that
well
of
light
in
the
sky
came
rays
that
painted
the
wave-backs
first
with
rose
,
and
then
with
saffron
,
and
then
with
pure
gold
.
And
in
the
first
flush
of
that
blessed
and
comforting
light
the
draggled
and
weary
sufferers
saw
,
first
a
speck
far
to
the
south
,
then
a
smudge
of
cloud
,
and
then
the
red
and
black
smoke-stack
of
a
steamer
that
meant
succour
and
safety
for
them
.
From
every
quarter
of
the
ocean
,
summoned
by
the
miracle
of
the
wireless
voice
,
many
ships
had
been
racing
since
midnight
to
the
help
of
the
doomed
liner
.
From
midnight
onwards
captains
were
being
called
by
messages
from
the
wireless
operators
of
their
ships
,
telling
them
that
the
Titanic
was
asking
for
help
;
courses
were
being
altered
and
chief
engineers
called
upon
to
urge
their
stokehold
crews
to
special
efforts
;
for
coal
means
steam
,
and
steam
means
speed
,
and
speed
may
mean
life
.
Many
ships
that
could
receive
the
strong
electric
impulses
sent
out
from
the
Titanic
had
not
electric
strength
enough
to
answer
;
but
they
turned
and
came
to
that
invisible
spot
represented
by
a
few
figures
which
the
faithful
wireless
indicated
.
Even
as
far
as
five
hundred
miles
away
,
the
Parisian
turned
in
her
tracks
in
obedience
to
the
call
and
came
racing
towards
the
north-west
.
But
there
were
tragedies
even
with
the
wireless
.
The
Leyland
liner
Californian
,
bound
for
Boston
,
was
only
seventeen
miles
away
from
the
Titanic
when
she
struck
,
and
could
have
saved
every
soul
on
board
;
but
her
wireless
apparatus
was
not
working
,
and
she
was
deaf
to
the
agonized
calls
that
were
being
sent
out
from
only
a
few
miles
away
.
The
Parisian
,
five
hundred
miles
away
,
could
hear
and
come
,
though
it
was
useless
;
the
Californian
could
not
hear
and
so
did
not
come
though
,
if
she
had
,
she
would
probably
have
saved
every
life
on
board
.
The
Cincinnati
,
the
Amerika
,
the
Prinz
Friedrich
Wilhelm
,
the
Menominee
,
the
La
Provence
,
the
Prinz
Adalbert
,
the
Virginian
,
the
Olympic
,
and
the
Baltic
all
heard
the
news
and
all
turned
towards
La
deg
.
46
'
N.
,
Lon
deg
.
14
'
W
.
The
dread
news
was
being
whispered
all
over
the
sea
,
and
even
ashore
,
just
as
the
dwellers
on
the
North
Atlantic
seaboard
were
retiring
to
rest
,
the
station
at
Cape
Race
intercepted
the
talk
of
the
Titanic
270
miles
away
,
and
flashed
the
message
out
far
and
wide
;
so
that
Government
tugs
and
ships
with
steam
up
in
harbours
,
and
everything
afloat
in
the
vicinity
which
heard
the
news
might
hurry
to
the
rescue
.
Cape
Race
soon
heard
that
the
Virginian
was
on
her
way
to
the
Titanic
's
position
,
then
that
the
Olympic
and
Carpathia
had
altered
their
courses
and
were
making
for
the
wounded
ship
,
and
so
on
.
Throughout
the
night
the
rumours
in
the
air
were
busy
,
while
still
the
steady
calls
came
out
in
firm
electric
waves
from
the
Titanic
still
calling
,
still
flashing
"
C.Q.D.
"
At
1.20
she
whispered
to
the
Olympic
,
"
Get
your
boats
ready
;
going
down
fast
by
the
head
.
"
At
1.35
the
Frankfurt
(
after
an
hour
and
a
half
's
delay
)
said
,
"
We
are
starting
for
you
.
"
Then
at
1.41
came
a
message
to
the
Olympic
,
"
C.Q.D.
,
boilers
flooded
.
"
"
Are
there
any
boats
round
you
already
?
"
asked
the
Olympic
,
but
there
was
no
answer
.
Other
ships
began
to
call
,
giving
encouraging
messages
:
"
We
are
coming
,
"
said
the
Birma
,
"
only
fifty
miles
away
"
;
but
still
there
was
no
answer
.
All
over
the
North
Atlantic
men
in
lighted
instrument
rooms
sat
listening
with
the
telephones
at
their
ears
;
they
heard
each
other
's
questions
and
waited
in
the
silence
,
but
it
was
never
broken
again
by
the
voice
from
the
Titanic
.
"
All
quiet
now
,
"
reported
the
Birma
to
the
Olympic
,
and
all
quiet
it
was
,
except
for
the
thrashing
and
pounding
of
a
score
of
propellers
,
and
the
hiss
of
a
dozen
steel
stems
as
they
ripped
the
smooth
waters
on
courses
converging
to
the
spot
where
the
wireless
voice
had
suddenly
flickered
out
into
silence
.
But
of
all
those
who
had
been
listening
to
the
signals
Captain
Rostron
of
the
Carpathia
knew
that
his
ship
would
most
likely
be
among
the
first
to
reach
the
spot
.
It
was
about
midnight
on
Sunday
that
the
passengers
of
the
Carpathia
first
became
aware
that
something
unusual
was
happening
.
The
course
had
been
changed
and
a
certain
hurrying
about
on
the
decks
took
the
place
of
the
usual
midnight
quiet
.
The
trembling
and
vibration
increased
to
a
quick
jumping
movement
as
pressure
of
steam
was
gradually
increased
and
the
engines
urged
to
the
extreme
of
their
driving
capacity
.
The
chief
steward
summoned
his
staff
and
set
them
to
work
making
sandwiches
and
preparing
hot
drinks
.
All
the
hot
water
was
cut
off
from
the
cabins
and
bath-rooms
,
so
that
every
ounce
of
steam
could
be
utilized
for
driving
the
machinery
.
