How to Survive the Titanic

band 135, 136, 188, 234

Beesley’s account of loss 32–7

behaviour of victims 20–1

British press response to loss 233–4

casualties 160

coal supply 250

Collapsible A II

Collapsible B II

Collapsible C 5, 6, 6–10, 12, 18, 116–18, 119–20, 253–4

Collapsible C occupants 12–13

Collapsible D 8

collision with iceberg 4, 34, 119, 154–6

comparison with great buildings 110 comparison with the Waldorf-

Astoria Hotel 111

Conrad’s response to loss of 167, 184–90

construction 35, 102

criticism of women’s behaviour 134

damage 4, 12

death cries 16–17

decks 6

dilemma for male passengers 21

distress call 28, 135, 246

emigrant passengers 12–13

expectations of safety aboard 11–12

fall of forward funnel 131

fascination of 285–7

first books on 234

flotsam 16, 29

Hard-a-starboard order 154–6

ice warnings 3–4, 29, 43, 55–6, 115–16, 130, 140, 147–8, 241–4, 247–9, 265

idea for conceived 100–2

insurance 161

internal telegraph signalling system 151

inventory 35

Ismay boards 106–8

Ismay leaves 5, 114, 117–18, 253–4, 272–3

Ismay screens 44

Ismay’s account of voyage 113–14

Ismay’s confidence in 152–3, 157

Ismay’s love of 39–40

Ismay’s role aboard 24, 114, 115, 160–1, 240–1, 250–1, 256, 263–4

kitchen and dining room staff 35

lack of safety drill 11

launch 102

Lebanese passengers 12, 13

Lifeboat 1 11, 18

Lifeboat 6 155–6

Lifeboat 13 33

Lifeboat 14 18

lifeboat capacity 11, 17, 119, 162, 164, 251–2, 252

lifeboat locations 5

lifeboats launched 4–5, 10–12, 33, 116–18, 130

lifeboats stand off 17–18

Lightoller’s account of loss 38–9, 127–31, 235–6, 281

luxury 11, 186

maiden voyage 105

mail 14

movement after collision 151–3, 164, 237

movements of ix near miss with New York 45, 107

news of loss breaks 46–50, 48 pantry 35

passenger numbers 11

recovery of bodies 131, 160

rockets 29

roll call of survivors 29–30

sea trials 113

searchlights 156–7

shots 8–9, 9

sinks 13–17, 34, 276

size 4, 6

speed 114, 115, 133, 139–40, 148–9,

153, 161, 164, 243, 249–51, 255, 263–4

survivor numbers 11 survivors adrift 27, 36

survivors arrival in New York 57–60

survivors by social class 164

survivors rescued 28–32

survivors statement 57

symbolism of 189

US inquiry findings 164–6

US inquiry launched in to loss 50

watertight compartments 119

wireless operators 29, 247

women and children only policy 159, 253

Titanic (film) 23

Titanic (Young) 234, 243

Titanic and Other Ships

(Lightoller) 157, 280–1

Titanic Survivors’ Committee 263

Tom Brown’s Schooldays (Hughes) 75

Torrens 194–6, 199

Touma, Darwis 12

Touma, Georges 12

Touma, Maria 12

transatlantic steamship service 65

Travelling Palaces (Fletcher) 67

Treasure Island (Stevenson) 194–5

Tribune 94

Truth 49

Twixt Land and Sea (Conrad) 220–2

Uhler, General 118, 119–20