Women and children first.
Captain E.J. Smith
Edith Brown Haisman:
“I was in Lifeboat #13. I always remembered that. My father was waving to us and talking to a clergyman, the Rev. Carter.”
“The Titanic went in the ice and I heard three bangs. Before we hit, there had been terrific vibrations from the engines during the night as the ship was really racing over the sea.”
“As the lifeboat pulled away we heard cries from people left on the Titanic and in the water and explosions in the ship. There were lots of bodies floating … We were in the lifeboat nine hours.”
“I kept looking in the water for my father and when we reached New York we went to the hosptials to see if he had been picked up.”
“Many brave things were done that night but none more brave than by those few men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea…the music they played serving alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recorded on the rulls of undying fame.”
Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivor
“To my poor fellow-sufferers: My heart overflows with grief for you all and is laden with sorrow that you are weighed down with this terrible burden that has been thrust upon us. May God be with us and comfort us all.”
Eleanor Smith, wife of the late Captain Smith
“Deeply regret advise you TITANIC sank this morning after collision with iceberg, resulting in serious loss of life. Full particulars later.”
J. Bruce Ismay, Director of the White Star Line
“Come at once, we have struck a berg, it’s a CQD old man.”
Jack Phillips, Wireless Operator
“Its nothing to worry about, we’ve sliced a whale in two, we’ll be on our way again in minutes.”
“The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. Its the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it.”
Eva Hart
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