Chief Engineer Gray died in the engine-room.

Cruise was blown to pieces in the wireless house.

His assistant, the cripple with the charmed life, was dead.
A few seconds before the first explosion took place he blew out his brains with a big navy revolver.

The last seen of Cruise was when he appeared in the door of his station, an expression of mingled rage and alarm on his face.

Pointing frantically at the figure of his assistant as it shot down the steps and across the deck, he shouted: "Get that man! Get him! For God's sake, get him!" It all happened in a few seconds of time.