Their ship was steaming into waters scattered with the floating victims of the RMS Titanic. “We saw one woman in a nightdress with a baby clasped closely to her breast,” reported passenger Johanna Stunke later. “We just hollered down into the breakfast room that there are people in the water. Three day later, another ship, the SS Ilford, would similarly find the floating body of kitchen worker William Frederick Cheverton. As water overtook the Titanic’s bridge, the canvas boat became the scene of a desperate melee for seats.

Source: National Post April 13, 2017 15:52 UTC