rpathia.

CHAPTER XVI INCIDENTS RELATED BY JAMES McGOUGH

Women forced into the life-boats--Why some men were saved before
women--Asked to man life-boats.

CHAPTER XVII WIRELESS OPERATOR PRAISES HEROIC WORK

Story of Harold Bride, the surviving wireless operator of the Titanic,
who was washed overboard and rescued by life-boat--Band played ragtime
and "Autumn".

CHAPTER XVIII STORY OF THE STEWARD

Passengers and crew dying when taken aboard Carpathia--One woman saved
a dog--English colonel swam for hours when boat with mother aboard
capsized.

CHAPTER XIX HOW THE WORLD RECEIVED THE NEWS

Nations prostrate with grief--Messages from kings and
cardinals--Disaster stirs world to necessity of stricter regulations.

CHAPTER XX BRAVERY OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW

Illustrious career of Captain E. J. Smith--Brave to the
last--Maintenance of order and discipline--Acts of heroism--Engineers
died at posts--Noble-hearted band.

CHAPTER XXI SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD

Sending out the Mackay-Bennett and Minia--Bremen passengers see
bodies--Identifying bodies--Confusion in names--Recoveries.

CHAPTER XXII CRITICISM OF ISMAY

Criminal and cowardly conduct charged--Proper caution not exercised when
presence of icebergs was known--Should have stayed on board to help
in work of rescue--Selfish and unsympathetic actions on board the
Carpathia--Ismay's defense--William E. Carter's statement.

CHAPTER XXIII THE FINANCIAL LOSS

Titanic not fully insured--Valuable cargo and mail--No chance for
salvage--Life insurance loss--Loss to the Carpathia.

CHAPTER XXIV OPINIONS OF EXPERTS

Captain E. K. Roden, Lewis Nixon, General Greely and Robert H. Kirk
point out lessons taught by Titanic disaster and needed changes in
construction.

CHAPTER XXV OTHER GREAT MARINE DISASTERS.

Deadly danger of icebergs--Dozens of ships perish in collision--Other
disasters.

CHAPTER XXVI DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPBUILDING

Evolution of water travel--Increases in size of vessels--Is there any
limit?--Achievements in speed--Titanic not the last word.

CHAPTER XXVII SAFETY AND LIFE-SAVING DEVICES

Wireless telegraphy--Water-tight bulkheads--Submarine
signals--Life-boats and rafts--Nixon's pontoon--Life-preservers and
buoys--Rockets.

CHAPTER XXVIII TIME FOR REFLECTION AND REFORM

Speed and luxury overemphasized--Space needed for life-boats devoted to
swimming pools and squash-courts--Mania for speed records compels use of
dangerous routes and prevent