Титаник
Chapter 15
CaptainRostronstoppedwhilehewasstillagooddistancefromtheboats,realizingthatpreparationsmustbemadebeforehecouldtakepassengersonboard.Theaccommodationgangwaywasriggedandalsoropeladdersloweredoverthesides,andcanvasslingswerearrangedtohoistupthosewhoweretoofeebletoclimb.Thepassengerscrowdedalongtherailorlookedoutoftheirportholestoseethereapingofthisstrangeharvestofthesea.Thefirstboatcameupalmostfilledwithwomenandchildrenwomenineveningdressorinfurcoatsthrownovernightgowns,insilkstockingsandslippers,inragsandshawls.Thebabieswerecrying;someofthewomenwereinjuredandsomehalf-fainting;allhadhorrorontheirfaces.Otherboatsbegantocomeup,andtheworkofembarkingthesevenhundredsurvivorswenton.Ittookalongtime,forsomeoftheboatswerefaraway,anditwasnotuntiltheyhadbeensevenhoursafloatthatthelastofthemweretakenonboardtheCarpathia.Someclimbeduptheladders,otherswereputintotheslingsandswungonboard,stewardsstandingbywithrumandbrandytorevivethefainting;andmanywillinghandswereoccupiedwithcaringforthesufferers,takingthematoncetoimprovisedcouchesandbeds,orconductingthosewhowerenotsoexhaustedtothesaloonwherehotdrinksandfoodwereready.Butitwasaghastlycompany
