Urged by a Boston newspaper editor to set down a correct record before inaccurate versions appeared, a second-class passenger describes the ship’s construction, the calm days out of Southampton, the collision, the scene from his lifeboat as she went down, and the rescue by the Carpathia. He then turns to the lessons of the disaster for safety at sea.
One of the clearest survivor narratives, and a primary source for every serious history of the Titanic. Download the free EPUB.