The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-22

the fog ut the rat" OF n1ty
49, feet n second had hurled It.
self at an icebe.g Had the impact
been received 10y Il perpendicular wall
the elastic resistance of bending plates
and frame would have overcome the
momentum with no more damage to
the passengers than a severe shaking
up and to the ship than the crushing
In OF her bows and the killing. to
man. of the watch below. She would
have backed off and. slightly down by
the head. finished the voyage at re-
duced speed. to rebuild on insurance
money and benefit largely in the END
by the consequent advertising OF her
indestructihilly Hu low beach,
possibly formed by the recent over
turning Of the berg. received the
Titan, and with her keel cutting the
ice like He steel runner OF an iceDOat
and her great weight resting on the
starboard bi!ye She rose out OF the
sea, higher and higher. until the pro
pellers in the Stern We're half exposed:
then, meeting an easy. SPIRAL rise III
the Ice under her l,,rl low. she heelrd
oyerlalaI,pd a ID era she'd down OH her
side to Stalboaru
The hod.ny down bolts Of twelve
boilers and three lriple expansion en-
gines, un.nrirrd To hold such weights
from a perpendicular flooring. snapped.
and down through II maze of ladders.
grating and fore and ait hulkhcadS
came these giant masses Oh steer anu
| iron, puncturing HE sides Of the ship.
| even where backed by solid. resisting
, lee, and filing te engine and boiler
rooms with sca!ding steam, which
brought Il quick tll,ugh tortured death
to each OF the hundred men on duty In
the engineers Department
Amid the terrifying roar of escaping
steam and the b,rlike buZ2ing OF
nearly 3.0Ou h,imau Nace> raised In
agonizcd screams and caiiinsS from
within the inclosn. walls. AMI the
whistiing of air through hundreds OF
open headlights rs the water, entering
the holes of the crushed and riveI
starbOard side. expelled 1t. the Titar
moved slowly backward and hunchc,
herself into the sea, where she fioate1
low on her sidc-a dying monster
grooming with her death wound.
4 solid pyramid like hummock o
ice, left to starboard rs the stcamc
assembled. and which projected cloS'
alongside the upper or boat deck a
she fell over. had caught in success
sion every pair of davis to Starboard
bending and wrcnching them. smash
ing boats and Swapping tackles ant
gripes. until. as the ship cleared her
self, it capped the pile of wreckag
4 strcwing the ice In front OF an
around ii with the end AMI broke
Y stanchions Of the bridge. And in thi
shattered. box like structure, dazed b
o the sweeping fall through an are q
seventy foot radius, crouched Row
|. land. bleeding from cut In his hca
and still holding to his breast the littl
d girl, now too frightened to cry.
by an effort If will he aroused hin
[e self and looked. To his eyesigh
twisted and fixed TO shorter focus b
the drug he had taken. the steamshi
was little more shan blotch on tn
e moon whitened fog. yet he though
he could see men clambering an
working on the upper davits, an
= the nearest boat-No. :4-seemed [
= be swinging by the tackles. Then III
fog shut her out. though her positio
was still indicated by the roaring {
steam from her iron lungs Tn
ceased In time, leaving behind II II
horrid humming sound and whistllr
of air. and when this. too. was sudden
hushed and the ensuing silence broke
by dull. booming reports. as fro
bursting compartments, Rowland kne
that the holocaust was complete. tn,
the invincible Titan, with nearly all
her people. unable to climb vertic
noors and ceilings, was beneath II
surface Of the sea.
Mechanically his bennmbed taculti
had received and recorded the impre
sions Of the last few moments. I
could not comprehend to the full II
horror Of 1t all. Yet his mind W,
keenly alive To the peril Of the WON:
whose appealing voice he had hea
and recognized-the woman OF h
dream and the mother Of the child
his arms. lie hastily examined n
wreckage. Not boat was inta,
Creeping down to the waters edge
hailed. with all the power Of his We,
voice. TO possible bur invisible boa
beyond the fog. calling 10 them "a cor
and save the child. to look ont for
woman who had been on deck. und
the bridge. He shouted this woman
name-the one that he knew-eneou
aging her 10 swim. to tread wafer
noat on wreckage and TO answer hi
until he came to her. There was