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The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

By Lawrence Beesley

2018-10-24 18:34:38

It is related that on the night of the disaster, right up to the time of the Titanic's sinking, while the band grouped outside the gymnasium doors played with such supreme courage in face of the water which rose foot by foot before their eyes, the in ... Read more
It is related that on the night of the disaster, right up to the time of the Titanic's sinking, while the band grouped outside the gymnasium doors played with such supreme courage in face of the water which rose foot by foot before their eyes, the instructor was on duty inside, with passengers on the bicycles and the rowing-machines, still assisting and encouraging to the last. Along with the bandsmen it is fitting that his name, which I do not think has yet been put on record--it is McCawley--should have a place in the honourable list of those who did their duty faithfully to the ship and the line they served. Less

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File size118.343 KB
Print pages186
PublisherPublic Domain
Publication date2008-08-18
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-0618055319
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Lawrence Beesley
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Lawrence Beesley was an English science teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic...

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