Eva Hart
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When the dawn came up and we were being picked up by the Carpathia, I wasn't in the same lifeboat with her. I'd been spent the rest of the night after she had gone. I'd been lifted out of the boat, spent the rest of the night screaming for her. And I found her, of course, on the Carpathia. She was looking for me and I was looking for her.
When the dawn came up and we were being picked up by the Carpathia, I wasn't in the same lifeboat with her. I'd been spent the rest of the night after she had gone. I'd been lifted out of the boat, spent the rest of the night screaming for her. And I found her, of course, on the Carpathia. She was looking for me and I was looking for her.
But that must have been quite dreadful for people like my mother, who would look round to see if my father had by any chance made it. But nobody did, of course.
But that must have been quite dreadful for people like my mother, who would look round to see if my father had by any chance made it. But nobody did, of course.
We had the most wonderful things given to us, yes. They were very kind.
We had the most wonderful things given to us, yes. They were very kind.
You could hear the people screaming and threshing about in the water. That was the most dreadful thing. I remember saying to my mother once how dreadful that noise was, and I always remember her reply, and she said, yes. But think back about the silence that followed it. And I know what she meant, because all of a sudden, it wasn't there.
You could hear the people screaming and threshing about in the water. That was the most dreadful thing. I remember saying to my mother once how dreadful that noise was, and I always remember her reply, and she said, yes. But think back about the silence that followed it. And I know what she meant, because all of a sudden, it wasn't there.
The ship wasn't there, the lights weren't there, and the cries weren't there. As if the world stood still for a while. And that was terrible. And we realized then, I suppose, that the absence of noise meant that the people we'd left behind, we'd never see again.
The ship wasn't there, the lights weren't there, and the cries weren't there. As if the world stood still for a while. And that was terrible. And we realized then, I suppose, that the absence of noise meant that the people we'd left behind, we'd never see again.
The panic seemed to me to start after the boats had gone.
The panic seemed to me to start after the boats had gone.
When we were in the boat rowing away, then we could hear the panic of people rushing about on the deck and screaming and looking for lifeboats. I mean, you imagine being wakened, going up on deck to get in a lifeboat. You're told the ship is sinking. Where are the lifeboats? They've all gone. That's when the panic really started.
When we were in the boat rowing away, then we could hear the panic of people rushing about on the deck and screaming and looking for lifeboats. I mean, you imagine being wakened, going up on deck to get in a lifeboat. You're told the ship is sinking. Where are the lifeboats? They've all gone. That's when the panic really started.
As everyone knows, the tragedy of the Titanic was the fact that she hadn't got enough lifeboats. So it was only the people who were there first that got into a lifeboat. And we were there in plenty of time. The boats weren't even being lowered when we got up onto the deck. And my father went away and he came back and said, oh, I've spoken to one of the officers.
As everyone knows, the tragedy of the Titanic was the fact that she hadn't got enough lifeboats. So it was only the people who were there first that got into a lifeboat. And we were there in plenty of time. The boats weren't even being lowered when we got up onto the deck. And my father went away and he came back and said, oh, I've spoken to one of the officers.
They're going to launch the lifeboats, but you're all back on board for breakfast. And so thinking that this was what was going to happen, they started to lower the boat, and my father put my mother and I without any trouble at all.
They're going to launch the lifeboats, but you're all back on board for breakfast. And so thinking that this was what was going to happen, they started to lower the boat, and my father put my mother and I without any trouble at all.
He told me to hold my mummy's hand and be a good girl, that's all he said. He made the attempt to get in himself. He helped other women and children. That was it. I never saw him again.
He told me to hold my mummy's hand and be a good girl, that's all he said. He made the attempt to get in himself. He helped other women and children. That was it. I never saw him again.