When the women and children appeared on deck they were directed! to the first lifeboat, in which an officer and part of the crew wre ready to receive them. Men in their! pyjamas, some with a dressing gown lor overcoat thrown over. them, awaited their turn to disembark. There was no such or hurry, no panic among the first-class passenfers, Each took his turn in an orderly manner to the place where he was We are asked by Mrs. 0.
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