The Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic by Everett Marshall

Author:Everett Marshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins US

CALIFORNIAN NOT ALARMED

George Broden of Los Angeles, California, an athlete and head of a cement manufacturing concern, who was rescued by the Carpathia, said:

“I was preparing to retire when the crash came. It did not seem serious then. I put on an overcoat and went to an upper deck. Fifteen minutes later—there had been little excitement up to this time—a lifeboat was lowered. Shortly after this everyone rushed to the deck. Lifeboats were lowered on all sides.

“I was beside Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, when he bade his wife goodbye. Both started toward the side of the boat where a lifeboat was being lowered. Mr. Harris was told it was the rule for women to leave the boat first.

“‘Yes, I know. I will stay,’ Harris said. Shortly after the lifeboats left, a man jumped overboard. Other men followed. It was like sheep following a leader.

“Captain Smith was washed from the bridge into the ocean. He swam to where a baby was drowning and carried it in his arms while he swam to a lifeboat which was manned by officers of the Titanic. He surrendered the baby to them and swam back to the steamer.

“About the time Captain Smith got back there was an explosion. The entire ship trembled. I had secured a life preserver and jumped over.

“I struck a piece of ice and was not injured. I swam about sixty yards from the steamer, when there was a series of explosions. I looked back and saw the Titanic go down, bow first. Hundreds of persons were in the water at the time. When the great steamer went down they shrieked hysterically.

“When I jumped from the steamer into the water the band was still playing. The lights on the Titanic were lit until she sank.

“I was in the water two hours, clinging to a piece of wreckage when I was picked up by a lifeboat. About 6 o’clock in the morning the Carpathia appeared.

“I saw one of the stewards of the ship shoot a foreigner who tried to press past a number of women and enter a lifeboat.”

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