A surviving Spanish couple of the Titanic told several details of this fateful maiden voyage. This couple, who lived for many years in Havana, Cuba, for decades kept some secrets and ghosts of the Titanic, details of what happened in the assumption?Unsumergible?that he was trying to get to New York and cost the lives of hundreds of people of all ages.
He and his wife Florentina Duron were on this boat and had contact with a journalist who asked them many questions about this trip, in order to answer some of the mysteries that have surrounded him for a century. One of the man’s memories was that: “The cold black water was slowly advancing and going up the boat and there I realized there was no turning back. When I was at my feet, did I try by all means to save myself?
- The interview took place in 1955 and was published in the magazine “Bohemia”.
- The questioner was journalism student Rodolfo Santovenia.
Padro said that during this trip it suffered many tensions, they boarded the ship in France on April 11, 1912, and everywhere it was said to be the safest ship, due to the 16 compartments in which the hull was divided. had all the features of a giant lifeboat.
“The luxury cabins were occupied by well-known personalities such as department store owner Macy And Company (Isidor Straus) and the CEO of the British company White Star Line (Bruce Ismay). “
“On the fourth day of sailing, the weather was very beautiful, clear and sunny. It was very cold on the bridge and the sea was calm. Everyone was very happy and no one imagined a tragedy would happen. At dinner that night, many gathered to smoke and play chess or cards. I went to bed and half asleep, heard a blow, but I ignored it and went to sleep. It’s happened to a lot of others. The crash had been so slight that some did not even Besides, the night was so beautiful that no one would think that an iceberg had made a hole 150 meters long.
The story continues when one of his playmates knocked on his cabin door and alerted him to danger, they ran to the bridge, where many passengers were already trying to find answers, an officer told them it was a minor problem, but the water kept coming in, after a while the women and children were ordered to get on the boats and the men to put on life jackets , some laughed, others cried, there were those who refused to wear the vest and the ladies did not get on the boats. The rescue was very slow.
“The confusion grew. I never heard the musicians, forgive me for saying otherwise. The seconds looked centenary, the water wouldn’t stop and no more boats were available. Some men jumped into the void, others didn’t decide. I fell into one of the boats during the descent, where almost all of them were crew members and quickly moved away from the Titanic, which looked like a whale about to sink.
“I saw it sink slowly, but faster and faster. The lights went out and the boilers exploded, people were screaming, a whirlwind in the water and suddenly darkness. The ship sank in an hour. We spent the night on the ship until I found the ship Carpathia. We arrived in New York on Thursday night. I will never forget the people waiting at the dock, the families of the survivors and the missing.
The ocean liner carried 11,000 pounds of fish, 75,000 pounds of meat and 2,000 litres of ice cream, had four chimneys, its hull was black, its top white and its red flotation line. 3 tons of soap and training oil to slide it out to sea, in a minute it fell 550 meters and was stopped by anchors and 80-ton chains.
For his maiden voyage (first and last), he brought 2230 people, including passengers and crew. He had traveled 546 miles when he hit the iceberg around midnight. The captain and builder took a look at the fault and realized that inevitably at 2 a. m. , the water was very close to the bridge and the commander ordered the men to flee, many of them died frozen and not drowned, a total of 705 people were rescued and 1,522 died.
In 1985, the Titanic was located on the seabed, 3,800 meters in the North Atlantic, 900 km south of Saint Jhon?S, in Newfoundland, Canadá. Se carried out three underwater expeditions to capture valuable remains, including a shipment of diamonds.