The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07640 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Eyewitness account of sinking of the Titanic |
| Date | ca. 15 April 1912 |
| Author | Dodge, Washington (1859-1919) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Written by a first-class passenger on Carpathia stationery: "Awakened about 11:40 by a violent jar....I went out to the promenade deck and soon learned that we had run into ice...and I had heard a passenger state that he saw an iceberg pass the stern of the vessel...about 70 feet above water.... [I] returned to my stateroom...[h]aving been told there was no danger." |
| Subjects | Progressive Era Disaster Maritime Travel Immigration and Migration |
| People | Dodge, Washington (1859-1919) |
| Place written | [s.l.] |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |