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Mandeville, John, Sir, 1300-1399?

"Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters"

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SURVIVORS WATCH NEW BOATS
There were several children on board, who had lost their
parents--one baby of eleven months with a nurse who, coming
on board the Carpathia with the first boat, watched with
eagerness and sorrow for each incoming boat, but to no avail.
The parents had gone down.
There was a woman in the second cabin who lost seven
children out of ten, and there were many other losses quite as
horrible.

MR. ISMY "PITIABLE SIGHT"
Among the rescued ones who came on board the Carpathia
was the president of the White Star Line.
"Mr. Ismay reached the Carpathia in about the tenth
life-boat," said an officer. "I didn't know who he was, but
afterward heard the others of the crew discussing his desire
to get something to eat the minute he put his foot on deck.
The steward who waited on him, McGuire, from London,
says Mr. Ismay came dashing into the dining room, and throwing
himself in a chair, said: `Hurry, for God's sake, and get
me something to eat; I'm starved. I don't care what it
costs or what it is; bring it to me.'
"McGuire brought Mr. Ismay a load of stuff and when he
had finished it, he handed McGuire a two dollar bill. `Your
money is no good on this ship,' McGuire told him.


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