Excerpt from Sinking of the "Titanic," Most Appalling Ocean Horror: With Graphic Descriptions of Hundreds Swept to Eternity Beneath the Waves; Panic Stricken Multitude Facing Sure Death, and Thrilling Stories of This Most Overwhelming Catastrophe Titanic. They faced death with high hearts, making the Supreme Sacrifice so that the women and the helpless little ones might live. It is a heart-rending story, redeemed and ennobled by the heroism of the victims. Its details are appalling. The world is full of mournings for the dead. Nature has conquered again, destroying with ruthless hand the most marvelous ship that ever floated on the bosom of the deep. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.