Реферат: Titanic Essay Research Paper Titanic
crashed right through the plating as it grinded along the side, Strinking at an
angle like s 300-foot zipper.
ON midnight, April 14-15; fist six? compartments were filling; water was
beginning to slosh over. 12:40.; water filled 2,000 bathtubs 1:20 A.M.; The bow
dipped; water flooded through anchor – chain holes. At 2:10 A.M.; The Titanic
titled to 45 degrees or more and stress reaches nearby 15 tons per square inch.
The keel bends; The bottom plating buckles. At 2:15 A.M.; The stern? grew
heavier and until it? reached some 16,000 tons of in – water weight . At 2:20
A.M.; The bow rips went loose. The stern rose sharply , held and almost vertical
position and then, as it filled, faded downward again. At least one life boat
passenger said, look – its? coming back!. At 2:30 A.M.; The bow stroke the
bottom , 12,612 feet down, angling downward and flowing into? the mud. Shortly
after 2:30 A.M. ships time? a green florae was sighed suddenly, forahead. In a
few? seconds it disappeared. At 3 A.M., Roston ordered rockets fired at fifteen-
minute intervals to let survivors know help was approaching. The companys night?
signals were? also displayed. By 3:35 carpathia was almost to the position where
Titanic, if afloat, would be seen. But there was only? a rast emptiness.
Carpathia inched forward. The lifeboat was alongside.
Some 2,340 passengers and crew were on board the Titanic when the white
star liner left Southampton for its maiden voyage to NY five days ago. And? some
1,595 people perished in the accident. Only 745 were saved. Many more could have
been rescued but there were enough lifeboats for only half the passengers and
crew. Two boats full of people who had escaped from the ship were sucked beneath
the ocean. Most of the passengers were apparently not aware of the accident when
it happened. At first, passengers were so unconcerned that they remained in
their staterooms to dress for dinner. By 1:30 A.M. panic has begun among some of
the passengers.
In the tomb that was once a ship, all that remain are China teacups and
brass latches, porcelain toilets, and perhaps teeth – nearby all else has been