the miracle on Titanic page 17

the miracle on Titanic page 17 by ric Gustafson


Wed April 10 1912  10:00 pm

As David and Charlene gazed at a spectacular moonlight, Fourth Officer Boxhall was reworking the ship's route on a chart. He was concerned about the route Mr Ismay wanted them to take. The winter had been very warm and pack ice and bergs were worse this year than other years. He was concerned because a coal fire was still blazing and the ship was still steaming at full steam.
First Officer Murdoch walked onto the bridge. " Boxhall, did you get those binoculars?".
" Aye Sir". He handed the leathercase to the officer. " Why can't they have them up in the crow's nest?".
" They don't need them" he replied in a gruff voice. " We can see with them here probably better than they can".

Thursday April 11 11:15 am


David was looking over the railing at the beautiful Irish coastline. " So the devil had to ask permission before he could tempt Job".
" That's right". Charlene glanced at the bible verse. " God only allows as much as the person can handle".
A steward walked up.
" Why are we anchoring at this point and not docked?".
" We are not docking in Queenstown because of the size of the ship".
David watched as Officer Boxhall wrote passenger names down as they entered the ship from a tug.
One hundred and twenty second and third class passengers came on board.



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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric