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“After sinking with the ship, it appeared to me as if I was propelled by some great force through the water. This might have been occasioned by explosions under the water, and I remembered fearful stories of people being boiled to death. Again and again I prayed for deliverance, although I felt sure that the end had come. I had the greatest difficulty in holding my breath until I came to the surface. I knew that once I inhaled, the water would suffocate me... I got to air again after a time, which seemed to me to be unending. There was nothing in sight save the ocean, dotted with ice and strewn with large masses of wreckage. Dying men and women all about me were groaning and crying piteously. By moving from one piece of wreckage to another, at last I reached a cork raft. Soon the raft became so full that it seemed as if she would sink if more came on board her. The crew for self-preservation had therefore to refuse to permit any others to climb aboard. This was the most pathetic and horrible scene of all. The piteous cries of those around us ['Save one life! Save one life!’] still ring in my ears, and I will remember them to my dying day. 'Hold on to what you have, old boy!’ we shouted to each man who tried to get on board. One more of you would sink us all!’ Many of those whom we refused answered as they went to their death, 'Good luck - God bless you!”’
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Thompson Courier and Rake Register
Thompson, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
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