encyclopedia titanica

April 15 1912 Arthur Rostron master of the liner Carpathia stood on his bridge watching a green flare flickering in the darkness ahead At first he had hoped it meant the vessel he had driven 58 miles in response to her distress call was still afloat Now he knew such hopes were in vain He carefully maneuvred his vessel around an iceberg to take alongside the lifeboat the flare had come from Then the night was suddenly marked by a womans voice A desperate anguished voice cried The Titanic has gone down with everyone on board That woman was Mahala Douglas of Deephaven