Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sinking of the Titanic, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters Author: Various Editor: Logan Marshall Release Date: November 5, 2009 [EBook #781] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SINKING OF THE TITANIC *** Produced by Charles Keller, Mike Lough, and David Widger SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS By Various Edited by Logan Marshall Pre-Frontispiece Caption: THE TITANIC The largest and finest steamship in the world; on her maiden voyage, loaded with a human freight of over 2,300 souls, she collided with a huge iceberg 600 miles southeast of Halifax, at 11.40 P.M. Sunday April 14, 1912, and sank two and a half hours later, carrying over 1,600 of her passengers and crew with her. Frontispiece Caption: CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH Of the ill-fated giant of the sea; a brave and seasoned commander who was carried to his death with his last and greatest ship. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters A Detailed and Accurate Account of the Most Awful Marine Disaster in History, Constructed from the Real Facts as Obtained from Those on Board Who Survived..........