6/13 The propeller's smashed and we can't live in this sea. Be quick!" cried the pale-faced sailor, hurrying onward. In an inconceivably short space of time the passages and saloons were crowded with rushing passengers. Women were shrieking, men yelling and praying. "We are turning into the trough." How our friends got into the cumbersome preservers and prepared themselves for the end they could never have told. |