People seemed to know that there were certain things that they had to do if they wanted to save themselves, and they went right to work and did them.

And the principal thing was to get off that ship without any loss of time.

Of course, it was not pleasant to be in a small boat, pitching about on those great waves, but almost anywhere was a better place than a ship on fire.

I heard a lady scream once or twice, but I don't think there was much of that sort of thing.

However, there might have been more of it than I thought.