It was the engines that were sending out death-rattles at the same time that a torrent of steam as thick as ink was pouring from the smokestack.

The firemen were coming up to the light with eyes swollen with the terror stamping their blackened faces.

The inundation had begun to invade their dominions, breaking their steel compartments.
"To the boats!...

Lower the life boats!" The captain repeated his shouts of command, anxious to see the crew embark, without thinking for one moment of his own safety.
It never even occurred to him that his fate might be different from that of his ship.

Besides, hidden in the sea, was the enemy who would soon break the surface to survey its handiwork....