Excerpt: ...of dismay. "O father!" cried Ida. "You don't mean to say that the Arcadia is lost?" "I'm afraid so," was the reply. "Yes; it says, 'which sailed from London on Friday, October 28th.' It must be the same boat." "But perhaps William wasn't drowned," exclaimed Elsie. "Doesn't it say if any of them were saved?" "Only fourteen souls from the liner," was the reply. "Ten of the crew, and four passengers. Their names are given here, but poor William Cole isn't mentioned." "How dreadful!" exclaimed Ida. She pushed away ...
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Excerpt: ...of dismay. "O father!" cried Ida. "You don't mean to say that the Arcadia is lost?" "I'm afraid so," was the reply. "Yes; it says, 'which sailed from London on Friday, October 28th.' It must be the same boat." "But perhaps William wasn't drowned," exclaimed Elsie. "Doesn't it say if any of them were saved?" "Only fourteen souls from the liner," was the reply. "Ten of the crew, and four passengers. Their names are given here, but poor William Cole isn't mentioned." "How dreadful!" exclaimed Ida. She pushed away her plate, and the tears started to her eyes. Elsie, too, leant back in her chair, the corners of her mouth beginning to turn down. "She must have sunk very quickly, uncle," said Brian. "How did it happen?" "She seems to have come in collision with a sailing ship named the Cumberland," answered Mr. Ormond. "'It was in a fog, and during the early hours of the morning, when all the passengers were below in their berths. The Arcadia sank almost immediately. Two boats were filled and lowered, but one capsized as it touched the water. The survivors were taken on board the Cumberland, but that vessel was so badly damaged that it was found impossible to keep her afloat. Fortunately the rockets she sent up were seen by a merchant steamer, which took the Cumberland's crew and the survivors from the Arcadia on board, and eventually landed them at one of the Spanish ports. One man on the sailing ship was killed and another injured by the falling of spars from aloft, which were brought down by the blow.'" "But isn't there any hope that William was saved?" asked Elsie in a choking voice. "Has he really been drowned?" "I'm afraid so," was the reply. "The names of all those saved were telegraphed at once by the British consul." "I can't think how a big ship like that can possibly sink so quickly," said Guy. "You wouldn't wonder at it if you saw the size of the hole that one vessel can make in another's side," answered his father. "It's very sad. Poor...
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