Ibali elimangalisayo loMsindisi weTitanic, i-Countess of Rothes

Isikhumbuzo se-1ooth sokuntywila kwe-RMS Titanic siza kule Cawa. Amabali aphuma kwintlekele mhlawumbi maninzi kakhulu ukuba angabalwa kodwa kukho enye ethe yabamba amehlo namhlanje. Libali le ULucy Noël uMartin Leslie , Ubungakanani beRothes. Wayengomnye wabagibeli abacebileyo kwinqanawa kunye nombhali U-Elizabeth Kaye Ubalisa ibali lakhe encwadini Iphenyane lokuPhila elingu-8 (esinye sezikhephe zokuqala ukushiya iTitanic) apho ajika abe ngumsindisi ongenakulindeleka.

ULeslie wayetshatile UClaud Macfie , I-Earl yeeRothes. Wakhwela iTitanic nosapho lwakhe ngeenjongo zokudibana nomyeni wakhe eMelika ukuze aqale igrove ye-orenji. Wayehamba nesicakakazi sakhe, kunye neziqu ezintathu zomphunga ezazigciniwe nelungelo lokumela amalungelo: iilokhwe ezenziwe ngamaso ezenziwe ngokwezifiso, iiseti ezenziwe ngesandla kunye neelokhwe zangaphantsi, iseti yegolide nesilivere, ibhanti yebhande yedayimane, iminqwazi yeti enenciniba edayiweyo iintsiba, ubhala uKaye. Ngo-1: 10 kusasa nge-15 ka-Epreli Ititanic I-Boat Deck enxibe ibhanti yobomi, idyasi epheleleyo ye-ermine idyasi, kunye nomqala we-heirloom omiswe kwieperile ezineminyaka engama-300 ubudala. UKapteni u-Edward Smith uthathe isandla sakhe esineglavu, wamkhokelela kwi-Lifeboat No. 8, ngomthi, ngepeyinti emhlophe enobude obuziimitha ezingama-30 kunye neesithoba ububanzi.

Njengoko uvile kakhulu (okanye ubone kwifilimu, Ititanic ), eso sikhephe sokuhlangula kunye nabanye abaninzi bathotyelwa emanzini kunye nabakhweli abangaphantsi kakhulu kunokuba babenokuxhasa ngokulula. Isikhephe sikaLeslie sasinoomatiloshe ababini, omnye wabo babekhwele, Able Seaman Thomas Jones, ekubonakala ukuba, wayengazi ukubaleka njani. Ke, uLeslie wazithathela ezandleni zakhe imicimbi.

Ungakhathala ukuba ndithathe umlimi? Wabuza ubala.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, inenekazi, utshilo uJones.

Njengokuba abanye abafazi kwi-Lifeboat No. 8 bathatha amaphini okukhwela, uMaria Peñasco, umtshakazi oneminyaka engama-22, wakhwaza umyeni wakhe, uninzi lwawo onke amadoda, wayephulaphule ngenyameko ubizo lwabafazi nabantwana kuqala kwaye bahlala ngaphakathi Ititanic xa wanyamalala elwandle, ubhala uKaye. The Countess wahlala phantsi ecaleni kukaMaria wambamba. Ulihlwempu umfazi , wacinga Ukulila kwakhe akunakuthelekiswa nentlungu yabo .

Kodwa ibali lakhe alipheli apho. Ekukhanyeni kwasekuqaleni, i Ititanic Abasindileyo bathathwa ngumkhumbi wolwandle ICarpathia Kwaye, xa ekhuselekile ebhodini, u-Countess wakwazi ukulawula usizi lwakhe olungenasiphelo ngokunyamekela abagulayo, ukwenza iimpahla zabantwana abaswelekileyo, kunye nokuthuthuzela abo basentlungwini, ubhala uKay. ‘Uzenzele igama ngokuqhuba isikhephe,’ igosa lathi kuye. 'Andiyathemba,' utshilo u-Countess, 'Andenzanga nto.'

(nge Irhamncwa lemihla ngemihla )