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TITANIC
TRAGEDY
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TOLD ON 6 DALKEITH POST CARDS
"All we felt was a slight shudder.
Nothing really to worry about.
frank burridge '92
TITANIC
TITANIC
TRAGEDY
The Stokers down below
however, knew otherwise
As if to say "Don't Go", the s.s.NEW YORK nearly rams the big ship.
TITANIC
TRAGEDY
frank burridge '92
"How slow and cautious the delayed TITANIC manoeuvred its way round the prominent Calshot Castle."
TITANIC
TITANIC
WHITE STAR LINE
For many, the huge stern was the first and last they would see of her.
TRAGEDY
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ANY TIRENIC
LEWR
frank borridge '92
How many who travelled on the first class TITANIC Boat Train realised it was destined to be the last one?
Daybreak and rescue by Cunard's CARPATHIA.
frank burridge '92
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TITANIC
TRAGEDY
There were many icebergs visible by morning
including one with a streak of red paint "
2.17 am. Acute upending brings down the forward funnel.
TITANIC
TRAGEDY
TITANIC
LIVERPOOL
2.18 am. The stern settles back as the ship starts to break in two.
2.20 am. Upright,
the stern pivots
round and finally
plunges below.
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LIVERPOOL
TITANIC
TRAGEDY
TITANIC!
frank burridge '92
At first, the ladies were reluctant to enter the boats -until the TITANIC started to list and fire distress rockets.
Back:
FROM DALKEITH PUBLISHING CO.LTD.
SIX
CARDS
OF
STYLE BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, BH8 9SS
Card No. D153. (2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
POST CARDS
OF
DALKEITH'S
STYLE
11.40pm, APRIL 14th, 1912.
THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. Following several
uneventful days after calling at Cherbourg and
Queenstown, the TITANIC's luck is about to run out.
Despite severe ice warnings, it is not until the crow's
nest lookout reports "ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD"
that the 'unsinkable' ship takes heed. The evasive
action is not enough. Indeed, it may have been better
to have hit the iceberg head-on than scrape along its
base for 250 feet. Too many plates are buckled or split
open and the cruel sea pours in. Whilst passengers kick
around the ice that had fallen into the Well Deck, the
stokers below are grappling with thousands of tons of
water and realising it is a lost cause.
Card No. D152. (2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
DALKEITH'S
CARDS
OF
STYLE
12 noon, APRIL 10th, 1912.
THE LOST HOUR. Promptly, the TITANIC leaves on
her maiden voyage from Southampton, but then as if
someone was trying to warn the mighty ship not to
leave, another vessel, the NEW YORK, breaks her
mooring ropes and nearly collides with the TITANIC
as she passes. Perhaps it is fate that decrees a tug to
come and tow it away? Certainly, many of the crew
regard the incident as a bad omen.
It was strange how cautiously the TITANIC
approached the open sea, with its starboard anchor
lowered, yet a few days later headed at near top speed
into a hazardous ice field despite many warnings from
other ships. Was it trying to make up the hour lost at
Southampton?
Card No. D151
(2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
DALKEITH'S
POST CARDS CARD
STYLE
11.30am, APRIL 10th, 1912
THE LAST TITANIC BOAT TRAIN. Larger and more
luxurious than her sister ship the Olympic, the
TITANIC had been tied up at Southampton for a week
taking on supplies and a new crew. An early boat train
had brought the 2nd class and steerage passengers, but
half-an-hour before sailing the 'last' one arrives with
the 1st class passengers. As this train is slowly
reversed out of the dock, several crew members
having a last minute drink ashore, are delayed in
crossing the track and miss the ship. Their annoyance
only lasted a few days, however.
Card No. D156. (2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
DALKEITH'S
CARDS
OF
STYLE
4am to 8.30am, APRIL 15th, 1912
AN ICY EPITAPH. Thanks to the gallant efforts of the
CARPATHIA, herself dodging icebergs, just over 700
in the lifeboats are picked-up. Other ships arrive later
in the morning hoping to find some of the 1,500
missing but discover only the odd abandoned lifeboat
or debris, including some red paint left along the
waterline of a sinister-looking iceberg. So ended a
night to remember but for most of the survivors it was
probably a night they would rather have forgotten.
The ghastly sound of all those hapless souls in the
freezing water stayed with them for the rest of their
days.
Card No. D155a. (2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
DALKEITH'S
CARDS
OF
STYLE
2.17 to 2.20am, APRIL 15th, 1912.
THE LAST THREE MINUTES. After gradually
listing for over two hours, the TITANIC suddenly
takes a turn for the worse. The whole vessel tilts; the
stern pointing like a giant finger to the heavens. The
sound is unbearable as everything moveable crashes
through the ship. The forward funnel (which could
have held two double-decker buses) crashes down
killing dozens of swimmers. Others die as they fall
from the stern into the gantries. The world's largest
ship then starts to break in two between the third and
fourth funnels, an apparent weak spot in her design.
The stern part having settled back on an even keel soon
becomes vertical again, and then at 2.20am quietly
slides under. Hundreds in the water cry for help, but
few lifeboats are willing to go back for fear of being
swamped. At 3pm there is a deathly hush.
Card No. D154. (2nd Edition) Dalkeith Publishing Co. Ltd. Bournemouth, BH8 9SS.
DALKEITH'S
OF
CARDS
STYLE
12 midnight to 2am, APRIL 15th, 1912.
REALISATION OF DANGER. Told that the TITANIC
has only a couple of hours to stay afloat, Captain
Smith orders the lifeboats to be prepared. With room
for just over half on board, only the women and
children are permitted in them initially. However,
many prefer the comfort of the ship thinking it
unsinkable. There are over 400 empty seats in those
boats hastily lowered. The situation changes
dramatically when the TITANIC continues to fire
distress rockets. Passengers realise it is serious.
Incidentally, when the wreck was found 2½ miles at the
bottom of the Atlantic in 1986, a doll's head was seen
on the ocean bed. Perhaps a child dropped it?
Certainly, Boat No. 6 was lowered very jerkily.
