The men in the next cabin slipped on their coats and ran up to see what it was, and came and told us the ship had run into an iceberg nearly as large as herself. We were all in bed on Sunday night at about 11.30, when we felt an awful jerk, and the boat grazed something along its side, and the sea seemed to splash right over the deck. ''You will like to hear the truth of the wreck from me, for the papers never tell the right news. My nerves are very shattered, I look and feel about ten years older, but I will get over it again after a time. You have seen by the papers the wreck of the Titanic, but after the most terrible time of my life, I am safe. "My dear mother and dad, - I expect you have been wondering whether you would ever hear from me again. The letter, which is dated ''Royal Mail Steamship Carpathia, Tuesday, April 16th, is as follows:. Ramell, coach builder, Dover Road, Folkestone, has sent to her father and mother a thrilling story of the foundering of the Titanic and the manner in which she was rescued. Nye's account of the catastrophe Captain Smith and the little girl His last words: 'I must go with the ship'.
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