Death of a Titan

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After years of construction and work, the Titanic was finally ready for her maiden voyage. The beginning of her voyage was to take place on the morning of April 10, of 1912 at approximately 10:00am. The firs of Titanic passengers began to board the ship. Most of these passengers were British residents who had journeyed to Titanic by means of transportation either that a boat train. The real precipitance came when the boat train arrived. People rich or poor were scattered all aver Southampton's bay, attempting to find their gangway. After the second and third class passengers boarded, the firs class passengers were to be escorted to their cabins. Approximately at 12:00pm Titanic was ready to set sail. After Titanic sets out into the open sea, her water displacement causes mooring ropes of the New York, which was a small ship, to brake. Which causes her stern to swing towards Titanic's mighty bow. Titanic official's quick actions prevent a catastrophic collision. After hours delayed the Titanic finally sets sail into the open sea headed towards Cherbourg, France.

The Titanic lowered her anchor when arrived at Cherbourg, France, at about 5:30pm of the same day. More passengers boarded the Titanic. At approximately 8:10pm

The stern kept rising higher every second. Everything onboard, plates, furniture, food, it all began to fall out of place. People began jumping of the ship hoping that they could manage to escape but the water was to cold and people lay helpless in the water. Passengers stood on the decks praying for a salvation but all hope was lost. People began accumulating in the stern holding on what ever they could. The Light of the floating palace flickered once and then went out forever. The only light remanding was from the crescent moon above shinning upon Titanic's decks. As Titanic's bow continued to sink, the weight of the stern in the air became to great. A loud cracking sound was heard throughout the high seas as if it were coming from the distance and then the ship rapidly broke in two pieces. Titanic broke off between the 3rd and 4th funnels. As the Titanic split the Firs Class Aft Staircase, the famous Cafe Parisien, the First Class Smoking Room, the hospital, the engine room, it was all destroyed as the ship ruptured. As the ship detached, all the people floating in the water behind the ship were crushed do to the fact that stern weighting over 30,000 tons and that witnesses say that the stern prostrated aloft of every soul behind the great stern.

The time remaining for the Titanic was running short. As the last of the lifeboats left, over a thousand people stood on the decks, with no where to go. Some jumped and some tried to reach higher ground. As the bow went under, the ship began to tilt down rapidly, the stern riding into the air, spilling people into the sea. When the water reached the bridge, people finally began to believe that Titanic would eventually sink. As the urgency of the situation began to dawn on all concerned, the later boats tended to be filled to much nearer than normal capacity.

Titanic raised her anchor and sailed towards Queenstown, Ireland. She arrived at Queenstown at around 11:30am of the next morning to pick up more passengers and 1,385 bags of mail as well. Now Titanic once more raised anchor and by 1:30 she was on her way to New York.

water above the great dome over the Grand Staircase got to great and the wonderful glass dome shattered and water began cascading in the ship ripping the Grand Staircase out of its foundation. Afterwards water began rushing with incredible force through the first class halls, ripping through doors and walls.

Although the Carpathia was the nearest ship contacted, there was a ship even nearer. This ship was believed to be the Californian. The Californian had tried to reach the Titanic earlier, before the collision, to war her about ice. The Californian though, was to shut up and get off the line. The Californian decided to turn in for the night, and turned off their wireless. The Californian was so close, her officers could see the Titanic and wondered why she looked so queer? When they saw the Titanic disappear, they

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