An original hand written account of the R.M.S. Titanic disaster by Laura Marie Cribb
An original hand written account of the R.M.S. Titanic disaster by Laura Marie Cribb a riveting account, written on eight pages of lined paper and one page of stationary, written shortly after the disaster, detailing from the moment the ship hit the iceberg, to the evacuation to the boat deck, the separation from her father on deck, the boarding and lowering of the lifeboat, watching the lights of the ship go out, the "thunderous" explosion of the boilers followed by the "...most terrible shrieks and groans from the helpless and doomed passengers who were left on the wreck of the great ship,...", the sighting of the Carpathia, and the realization that her father did not survive. Originally held together by a pair of buttons given to her by a steward on board R.M.S. Carpathia (included), and with an album of signatures from her friends at the store where she worked, poems and songs from various relatives (most from May 1912) a prayer from her mother (from November 4, 1912), and several drawings, including one of the R.M.S. Titanic . 9¾ x 7¾ in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm.) and smaller.
An original hand written account of the R.M.S. Titanic disaster by Laura Marie Cribb
An original hand written account of the R.M.S. Titanic disaster by Laura Marie Cribb a riveting account, written on eight pages of lined paper and one page of stationary, written shortly after the disaster, detailing from the moment the ship hit the iceberg, to the evacuation to the boat deck, the separation from her father on deck, the boarding and lowering of the lifeboat, watching the lights of the ship go out, the "thunderous" explosion of the boilers followed by the "...most terrible shrieks and groans from the helpless and doomed passengers who were left on the wreck of the great ship,...", the sighting of the Carpathia, and the realization that her father did not survive. Originally held together by a pair of buttons given to her by a steward on board R.M.S. Carpathia (included), and with an album of signatures from her friends at the store where she worked, poems and songs from various relatives (most from May 1912) a prayer from her mother (from November 4, 1912), and several drawings, including one of the R.M.S. Titanic . 9¾ x 7¾ in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm.) and smaller.
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