"The SS Claridon, a proud ship, a venerable ship." "But as ships go, an old ship." "A very old ship." "For 38 years, she's weathered everything the elements could throw at her." "Typhoons, zero-zero fogs, the scorching heat of the tropics." "Now, she is scheduled for only five more crossings." "Then a new ship, a plush, streamlined beauty will take her place." "It is then that the Claridon will pass into oblivion." "She has an appointment with the scrap-yard, but it's an appointment she'll never keep, for this is the last voyage." "Well, it looks as if we can count on fine weather for the next few days at least." "Excuse me." "Have you alerted Mr. Mace?" "Yes, sir." "He's waiting for us in the foyer." "Oh, Captain." "Tell me, who do you think will win the table tennis tournament?" "I think you will." "Are you enjoying your lunch?" " Michaels, enjoying your trip?" " Very much so, sir." "I hear we're gonna have very fine weather." "Oh, lovely." "How bad is it?" "They're trying to keep the flames confined to the boiler room, sir, but I think we'd better hurry." "Now, take it easy." "I don't want to alarm the passengers." " The skipper's right." " What happened?" "One of the feed lines broke." "It just busted off and broke." "Spewed burning oil all over the place." "Come on, get that fire extinguisher over here." "Come on, boys, on the double!" " Come on, give me a hand over here!" " Give him a hand." "Come on." "It looked pretty bad for a while, sir." " Everything's under control, Skipper." " How bad is the damage?" "Well, fortunately, there's not too much to burn down here." "But take a look over there." "The flames are being drawn right up into that flue." "Now, supposing some of the lining in that flue had been, well, rusted away." "What then?" "Mr. Mace, dispatch men to each deck." "Have them patrol all areas around the flue." "If that fire ever gets to the wood paneling, sir, God help us." "I sure as hell wouldn't wanna be aboard, I'll tell you that." "Come on!" "Pope here." "Pour chemicals on it." "Keep it in check and we'll be right there." " Fire's broken out on D-Deck." " All right, take charge of those men." " All right." "Come on, let's go." " Come on, boys." "Come on, on the double." " Come on, get that fire extinguisher open." " Come on, boys, on the double." " The lights in there are flashing." " There's nothing to worry about." "What is it?" "Where is it?" " Cabin Class Dining Room." " Have you notified the Captain?" "Yes, sir." "Come on, get that fire extinguisher over here." "The ventilator flue is right behind that bulkhead over there, sir." "Come on, men." "Let's go." "Come on!" "Give me a hand over here!" "We're lucky this happened in the Cabin Class Dining Room." "At least it closes earlier than the main room." "Right." "What do you think, Captain?" "Maybe you'd better start alerting the passengers." "If this thing ever gets away from us, sir, we're in real trouble." "The stupidest thing we could do, Mr. Walsh, would be to alarm the passengers if we don't have to." "As long as the fire's confined to this area," "I want it kept from everyone as much as possible." " Yes, sir." " Go topside with Mr. Osborne." "Mingle with the passengers, behave as if nothing had happened." "Yes, Captain." "Lucky seven." "B- 7." " How are you doing?" " Seven." "I'm doing terrible." " I couldn't win if I..." " Look at Jill's card." " N-45." " N-45, Jill." "60." " Think 73." " G-60." " Seventy-three." " 60." "G-60." " Seventy-three, seventy-three." " Seventy-three." "73." " O..." " Seventy..." " O-73." " Bingo!" "Bingo!" "Go on, honey." "Scoop up your winnings." " Bingo winner." "Bingo." " Your card." "Your card." "If her card checks correctly, she will win the grand prize of the afternoon, $40. 10." "It was a close call, sir." "I'd hate to see it shaved any closer, sir." "One thing bugs me, though." "It's hard to figure a fire that hot not having done some damage down there." "Well, everything seems to be running okay, doesn't it?" "So far, yes, sir." "The trick is now to keep this fire business from being ballooned." " Mommy, look." " Oh!" " $40." " And 10 cents." "Now, what do we do?" "Well, I think you've had a pretty exciting day already, young lady." "Pardon me, sir." "We're a little worried." "We saw smoke coming from one of the ventilators." "We were just up there." "We saw it." "I'm sure it was nothing." "It could have been caused by a faulty damper in the engine room, or any of many things." "Excuse me, won't you?" "Still, the idea of a fire aboard gives me the creeps." "It's nothing, honey." "Forget it." "Bob, how serious a matter would it be if we shut down for two or three hours?" "You think that's necessary?" "We could do a better job of checking down here, sir." "Of course, I realize it would throw off our schedule." "Cause cancellations." "Cost us overtime and longshoremen." "And perhaps end the Claridon." "I mean, stopping in mid-ocean after what just happened." "She might get tabbed as a firetrap, is that it?" "It's been tough enough selling space on a ship this old, as it is." " What about the crew?" " You got a point there, Skipper." "The Line couldn't possibly absorb half these people, not until the new ship's launched, anyway." " Well, there's not too much risk involved." " There is a risk, sir." "Yesterday we went through a zero-zero fog." "How many ships in our lane do you suppose slacken speed by more than one knot?" "None, sir." "And how long could any Line stay in business if they stalled around for days and days every time they hit that kind of weather?" " It's just a matter of balancing the degree." " Right." " Give me a report on the feed lines." " Very well, sir." "Mommy, a puppet show." " Oh, how charming." " Well, what do you know?" "Oh, Mommy, can I watch the puppet show?" "Of course, darling." "There you go." "May I have the pleasure of this dance, Mrs. Henderson?" "I'd be delighted, Mr. Henderson." "A drink?" "Two martinis, please." "You know, there's something you haven't said to me in a long time." "What's that?" "Well, if I have to tell you..." "Oh." "Anybody can say I love you." "All right, then, say it." " It sounds so corny." " Oh, please." "I'd rather show you." "Captain should've gone along with you and shut down." "He's got his problems." " Start checking the feed lines." " With the steam up?" "Look, it's rough, I know." "Do the best you can." "Come on, let's get moving!" "You know how they pick the captains for these luxury jobs?" "They got to pass a lot of tests." "Sure, he's gotta pass a dancing test, personality test, know how to con the passengers, make with the jokes." "That's what counts." " You're pretty bitter, aren't you, Walsh?" " Oh, no." "My dad once shipped out with a skipper like this." "A joker who only thought of breaking records, and never inconveniencing the passengers, until it was too late." "What ship was that?" "The Titanic." "All right, men, come on." "Let's get rolling here." "Pick up this plate." "Good afternoon, Captain." "It's your first trip, Mrs. Henderson?" "Why, yes, it's the first for all of us." "How on earth did you know my name?" " Just my little secret." " Oh." "My husband's being transferred to Tokyo." "Looks like we're gonna be there for a long time to come." "Oh, I think you'll like it." "Of course, you'll find it quite different from Sacramento." "You even know where we're from." "Put it down to a good guess." "Let's go swimming, please?" " How about it, darling?" " Why, sure." "Hey, Hank, come here a minute." " That gauge stuck again?" " Yeah, it only shows 196 pounds." "Whack it harder, like this." "Three hundred pounds?" "That cockeyed gauge has gone crazy." " lf it's the gauge." " It's gotta be." "Them safety valves are set to blow off at 230 pounds." "Besides, no boiler can take that pressure." "Let's kill the fires at 28." "I can't move it." " Let me try it." " Yeah." " It's frozen." " Uh-oh." "Cole." "Mr. Cole." " 24-B..." " What's up?" "It's Boiler 28." "The gauge says 300 pounds." "Look, the hand's at the end of the gauge." "Could be over 300 pounds for all we know." "What do you make of it?" "You can bounce the needle up, not down." "Ten-to-one, it's the gauge." "Shut off that oil valve." "I'm not going to take any chances." "The valve's frozen, sir." "I'm afraid to hit it too hard, it'll break off." "Get the Chief!" "Get him quick!" "Give him a hand." "Stand back." " Lawson, give me a hand." " Okay." "All of you, give me a hand!" " It's no use, sir." " That's where the feed line broke." "Yes, this is where the fire was the hottest." "All three of these valves must be fused." "Get me a crowbar, a big one." "Quick!" " Sorry." " Beat generation." "Gee, the Captain's nice, isn't he, Mommy?" "He has quite a line." "Yes." "Quite effective, I'd say." "The fire was hot enough to fuse that feed line." "It could've done the same thing to the safety valve." "Hadn't we better cut off the main feed line?" "I can't shut down the engine without orders." "You know that." "Did you phone the Chief and tell him to hurry?" "Yes, sir." "If this thing blows, it's liable to take the boilers on each side with it." "An explosion like that could tear out half this ship." " It could still be just that gauge." " Suppose it ain't." "What then?" "If she's built up that kind of pressure, shutting off the valve ain't gonna help now." "Shut up and get on this bar." "We can't wait any longer." "You go shut down those main valves." "Hurry, quick!" "Get going!" "The boiler is gonna go out as sure as hell." " I'm getting out of here!" " Me, too!" "Lunch is over." "Tables are being set for dinner." "The roses replaced." "The silver polished." "Oh, waiter, may I have two more, please?" "Thank you." "The aura of gracious living which pervaded the Claridon was equally reflected in the second class lounge." "There were the after-lunch cocktails, the card games, and the relaxed chit-chat of convivial friends." "In the glitter and glamour of the grand salon, there was gaiety, there was laughter, there was music." "Out on the promenade deck, it was time for the buffet to be served." "A movie was just beginning." "On the bridge, Third Officer Ragland was the officer of the deck." "Come right to new course 2-7-3." "Coming right to new course 2-7-3, sir." "Here comes the Captain." "Let's ask him if you have a chance." "Oh, by the way, Captain, I guessed we'd do 491 miles today." "Well, that's a pretty good guess." "You've got a good chance of winning." "Captain, may I bring Dr. Brown to your cocktail party tonight?" " Please do." " Thank you." "Oh, boy, I wish we could live on this boat forever and ever." "I guess you do." "You'd better let Daddy keep that money for you again, young lady." "He'll just spend it when he gets to Tokyo." "Oh, we just came down for a minute to change into our suits." " I'll come back." " Do you mind?" " No, almost through, anyway." " All right." "How much do you suppose we ought to tip these fellows?" "Jeepers, honey, I don't know." "Take our dining room steward, the more service he gives us, the more I worry." "Oh, that salt air." "It is delicious." " Oh, good heavens." " What?" "I left my purse in the salon." "Oh, fine." "Not again." " Well, just this once." " Thanks." "That safety valve must be fused." "Let's open it." "It might help." "Give me a hand." "Come on." "Come on, men, get on that cable!" "All right!" "Heave!" "Heave!" "Useless." "Useless." "That boiler's gonna blow, sir." "It's gonna blow any second." " Everything's fused." " All three of the valves are frozen." " Even the safety valve's fused." " Give me that sledgehammer." " I've ordered the main fuel lines shut off." " Good." "I hope it's not too late." " lf I don't turn the lines..." " But you'll be scalded to death." "It's suicide!" "It's better than blowing the ship to hell." "Now, get out of here." "All of you!" " Don't try it, Chief!" " He's right, sir." "I said, get out of here." "Alert the Captain." " Get out!" " Listen, this is my job." "Get out of here, Walsh." "You've delayed me enough." "That boiler's gonna go any second!" "For God's sake, Walsh, get out of here." "Somebody's gotta close the bulkhead door." "Come on, will you?" "Get out of here, and that's an order!" "All right, come on, get this bulkhead door closed." "Come on, that thing's gonna blow." "Get on that handle." "Lean on it." "Come on, let's go." "Come on, keep moving." "Mommy, my dime went under the bed and I can't find it." "Hold it!" "That piano's gonna fall." " I can't get the engine room." " It's obviously a boiler." "It must've taken a couple of others with it." "Send out an alert." " Give me a report on the nearest ship." " Yes, Captain." "Let's find out how many passengers were injured." "Take every available officer." "Not you, Mr. Osborne, you stay here." "Ragland, you go with Mace." "Nigel, you check the portside." "You, too." " Laurie." "Laurie!" " Here." "Laurie." "Laurie, how badly are you hurt?" "My legs." "I can't move." " Here, give me your arm." " Jill." "Where's Jill?" " Hang on." " No!" "Oh, leave it alone." "Find Jill." "I'm sorry." "Here." "Here, put this under your head." " Darling, under your head." " Oh, find Jill." " Cole, shut off the turbines." " Aye-aye, sir." "Pope, check the rings of the after hull for damage." " Sprung seams, open plates, anything." " Yes, sir." "Cover the shaft alleys while you're at it." "All right, let's get that bulkhead open!" "Come on, lean on it, you guys!" "Jill!" "Daddy, help me!" "Help me, Daddy, help me!" "Jill." "Go get Jill." "Now, listen, Jill." "Listen." "You're in no danger as long as you remain absolutely still." "Now, don't move until Daddy can get to you, understand?" "Don't move." "Don't move." "Honey, you'll be..." "You'll be all right." "Just don't look down." "Perfectly safe as long as you don't look down." "Daddy!" "Just a minute." "I have Cole." "It was a frozen safety valve that did it." "Blew the guts right out of our midships." "Ripped everything wide open." " All engines stop." " All stop." "Yes, sir." "What about the men?" "They say that Chief must've gotten it." " And the others?" " All okay." "Any damage to the hull?" "What about the hull?" "Not in the engine room, at least." "It's the boiler room that counts." "How soon can they get in there?" "How soon can you get in the boiler room?" "I see." "They're about to open the door." "Everything depends on what they find." "All right." "Now, watch yourself." "That's live steam behind there." "All right, get out of here, you guys." "Come on." "Get to the other side before you start counting." "Get over there." "Didn't you hear me?" "Get out of here, will you?" "Come on, scram." "Get out of here." "I'm gonna try to get to you by using..." "This piece of bed." "Now, just..." "Just stay still." "Absolutely still." "Don't move." "Be a good girl and stay nice and still." "All right?" "Nice and still..." "Oh, Jill." " What about fatalities?" " Well, we don't know yet, sir." "Some of the passengers are in a bad way, sir." "That's for sure." " Have they got into the boiler room, yet?" " They have to wait." "Too much steam." " Captain, I want..." " Put in a call for all doctors." "Shouldn't we start assembling the passengers on the boat deck, sir?" "No, there's no need for that." "There's no indication of damage to the hull." "Captain, we'd better check with the boys for damage." "All right." "Get in touch with Mr. Walsh." " We have radio contact, sir." " Good." "Contact with three ships." "Shall we call them in, sir?" " Yes, yes." " Any further orders, sir?" "None for you." "Okay." "That's enough." "Come on, let's go." "The Chief was working on the valve over 28." "One of you men, get up there." " Hyer." " This water could be scalding." " It's only lukewarm." " Seawater?" "Salt." "Boy, what a sight." "Ripped her right straight through to the cabins." "Oh, the hell with that." "Come on, let's find out where this salt water's coming from." "Honey, I'm gonna try to reach you with my hand." "So..." "Now give me your hand." "Don't move your body." "Just stretch out your hand." "Try to come a little closer." "Now, be careful." "Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly." "That's it." "Little closer." "No, no!" "Grab the telephone cord!" "Pull yourself up with your arms." "Honey, pull yourself up." "That's it, with your arms." "All right, now..." "Now, stay against the wall." "Tight against the wall." "Don't move." "I'll try to get to you some other way." "Don't move." "Look, it's coming from there." "Boy, metal must've sprayed around this place like shrapnel." "We haven't a chance in the world of plugging that one up." "If anyone thinks that the bilge pumps can handle that much water, forget it." "The thing we gotta do now is keep the water bottled up this side of the bulkhead." "If that bulkhead doesn't hold, we've had it." "Brother, it better." "There isn't enough left of the Chief to scoop up." "All right, batten down that door." " Hey, start the bilge pumps." " What good will that do?" "Start them anyway." " How'd you make out, Pope?" " The hull aft's okay, not even a crack." " Good." " It sure ain't okay in the boiler room." "No, there's a hole big enough to put your head through." "Listen, men, we've got to shore up this bulkhead and shore up fast." "Now, get beams, steel plates, anything you can." "We've got to get the thing shored up." "Come on, let's go." "Come on!" "Cole speaking." "We've secured the water-tight door." "We're beginning to shore up the bulkhead." " See what you can make of it." " Yes, sir." "How fast is that water coming in?" "Too fast for the bilge pumps to handle, sir." "Sir?" "The nearest ship was a Matson Freighter." " The Hawaiian Fisherman." " How close?" "Close enough so I could send her a mayday on the radio phone." "Captain, Chief Pringle's dead, all right." " Dead?" " Took the full blast." "How quickly can The Hawaiian Fisherman make it?" "In less than an hour." "There are several others..." " Captain." " The passengers." "How many killed?" "Four at least, sir." "Maybe more." "There are several other ships, sir, but they're further away." "We've gotta find how fast that water's getting in." "The carpenter's on the catwalk overhead now, sir." "We should have a report any moment." "If that bulkhead holds, we'll still be okay." "Jill, stay tight against the wall." "I'm gonna try to get to you on this piece of board." "Stay still." "That's it." "That's it." "Cole says he's not sure the bulkhead can take it, Captain." "The ship's pretty old." "Steel gives out." "You've had your orders, Mr. Mansard." "Put Walsh on." "Put Mr. Walsh on." "Shouldn't we at least start getting the passengers" " up on the boat deck, Captain?" " Just to play it safe?" "When I'm ready, I'll give the orders." "You're in full command now, Mr. Walsh." "As long as that bulkhead holds, we can remain afloat." "Supposing it doesn't?" "What then?" "Why shouldn't it?" "You know the life expectancy of a ship, 30 years." "And, Mr. Mace, we're eight years over that deadline now." "The Claridon and 100 other ships." "Ninety percent of which have been rebuilt or at least had a major overhaul." "We haven't." "What about this one, Chief?" "It's liable to tear hell out of everything down there." "Nothing matters now except shoring this bulkhead." "Let her come." "Come on, now, get moving!" "Get the lead out!" "We're not here moving couches!" "Come on, keep moving!" "Get over there, will you!" " Listen, you talking to the Captain?" " Yes, sir." "Captain, this is Walsh." "I just want to remind you, sir, that if that bulkhead goes, it's gonna take half my men with it." "The men who designed these ships were not idiots, Mr. Walsh." "That bulkhead was built to withstand this kind of pressure, age or no age." "And it will." " Well?" " No comment." "All right, come on, get moving!" "I'm sorry, sir, I just don't share your confidence in that bulkhead." "We've been all over that, Mr. Osborne." "I still think we should start getting the people off." " What do we lose?" " Lose?" "Human lives, that's what we could lose." "Evacuating a ship like this in mid-ocean is risky business." " Captain, there's a report..." " People panic." "They dive into the water." " Boats can break from davits." " I'm Navy, Mr. Osborne." "When we had lifeboat drill, trained men, best of equipment." "We lost guys." "How about it, Mr. Mansard?" "Occasionally, yes." "Anyway, the bulkhead just doesn't go unless you have some indication first." "Then it may be too late." "Now, listen, Mr. Osborne, I could expect hysteria from my passengers, but not from one of my officers." "I've never lost a ship and I am not losing this one." "I'll bring her back afloat without the loss of another life." "The Claridon is not going to sink." "This is Captain Robert Adams speaking." "There has been an explosion in the boiler room." "This ship is in no immediate danger." " Please remain calm." " Folks, take it easy!" "Take it easy!" "No one's going to get hurt." "Just move slowly." "Jill, I'm going to put a loop in one end of this." "You slip it over your arms." "All right, now." "I'll throw it to you, but..." "Whatever you do, don't reach for it, sweetie." "If it's short, don't reach." "Don't reach for it, honey." "Do you hear?" "All right, now." "Stay right where you are." "That's it." "Now, slip it over your head." "Slowly, slowly." "That's it." "Now, over your arms." "The other arm." "All right, darling, now..." "You're gonna have to crawl across on this board." "There's no other way, Jill." "I'm..." "I'm scared, Daddy, I'm scared." "If you slip, Jill, this cord will hold you." "Now, come on, darling." "Come on." " I can't, Daddy, I can't." " Now, Jill, do as I say!" "All right, now." "That's it." "That's it." "That's it, now." "Attagirl." "That's my girl, that's my girl." "Come on." "A little more." " I'm scared." " I know, now, come on." "It'll be all right." "Yes, yes, Jill." "Come on, darling, come on." "That's my brave girl." "Attagirl." "Come on." " Please." "I want to get back on that shelf." " That's it, that's it." "Yes, come on." "Yes, darling." "That's my brave little girl." "Come on, darling." "Haven't got all the time in the world." "Come on, it's gonna be all right." "Come on, sweetie." "Here, darling, let's..." "All right, men, you've had your orders." "Captain, I just talked to the carpenter." "The boiler room's nearly a third full." "Water's rising fast." "Get the engine room." "Find out how the bulkhead's holding." "I want a running account." "We've rounded up every doctor and they're doing all they can." "Okay, well, get back down there and keep them at it." "It's holding so far, but remember as the level in there climbs, the pressure increases by the square inch." "It's building up a lot of weight." "Laurie, Jill's safe." "She's here." "Mommy, Mommy." "Daddy, is Mommy badly hurt?" "Is she badly hurt?" "Mommy." " Oh, baby." " Mommy." "Oh, thank heavens you're safe." "Mother, I've been looking all over for you." "I've gotta get help." "I'll be right back." "It's all right, darling." "It's all right." "Mommy." "It's breaking out all over here." "We need another beam." "The seam 's breaking away." "How bad is it?" "Not too serious, yet." "But it's a grim indication, Captain." "Much water coming through?" "So far, the bilge pumps can handle everything on this side." "All right, let's go!" "Everybody up in there!" "Steward!" "Steward!" "Steward!" "It's my wife." "She's in our cabin, desperately hurt." "I need help." "I'm sorry, sir, but I've been ordered to the chapel." "Can't you come first?" "Lots of people hurt in there." "You're our steward." "You're supposed to help us." "I can't, sir." "I have my orders." "Hey, mister." "Mister." "I overheard you, mister." "Let's go." "Good." "I could use a couple more fellows." " Come on." " Right." "I was up topside." "That was the carpenter." "The boiler room's half full." "One seam popping open, that much we could expect." "The carpenter pointed out one thing, an explosion could weaken the bulkhead." "Weaken it plenty." "I took that into consideration, naturally." " Hawaiian Fisherman, how close?" " Fifty minutes off, sir." "Send out an SOS." "Any ship this frequency." "Any ship this frequency." "This is the SS Claridon." "SS Claridon." "Mayday." "Mayday." "Mayday." "The great Claridon sat there motionless in the middle of the sea." "Gone even was the throb of her engines." "Her heart had stopped." "Get out of the way, baby." "These men have come to help us get Mommy out of there." "This is solid." "One of you guys take that end." "Here." "It'll need some leverage." "A two-by-four, about..." "In here." " Okay, you set?" " Yeah." "Here we go." "One, two, three!" "Come on, fellows, get some beef into it!" "One, two..." "That's it." "It's coming." "It's coming." " Are you trying to kill her?" " Sorry." " It wasn't his fault." " The wood broke." "It wasn't his fault, honey." " I'm sorry, darling." "I'm sorry." " It's all right." "We need more men." "You couldn't squeeze another guy around this thing." "It's hopeless." "An acetylene torch would do it." "There must be one aboard." "I'll try and find out." "Go to the wheelhouse." "Ask them." "Run." "Run." "Two glasses of sherry, please." "I've asked three gold-braided willies already." "Doesn't anybody know where I can find an acetylene torch?" "Captain, the way the water's leaking into the engine room, the pumps are barely holding their own." "But they are holding their own and that's all that counts." "She's beginning to take a forward trim, sir." "Captain, some of the passengers are beginning to panic." "Well, get on the PA and tell them that there's no immediate cause for alarm." " Yes, sir." " Where do you keep the torch?" " The acetylene oxygen torch?" " It's just wondering what's gonna happen," " that's what's really getting them, Captain." " Will somebody answer me?" " Where's the torch?" " The torch?" "Yes." "Where is it?" "Could be down in the engine room or up forward where they keep the gear, depending on where it was last used." "Put Walsh on." "Walsh speaking, sir." "Just heard from the carpenter, the boiler room's now nearly two-thirds full." "So far, the bulkhead's taking the load, but it's beginning to crack." "I don't know, sir." "I just don't know." " Well, just keep at it." " Right." "The men gave up." "We couldn't lift it." "The torch is either down in the engine room or up forward where they keep the gear." " You go forward." "I'll take the engine room." " Right." "Laurie, I've got to leave you for a minute to get that torch." "Be a good girl a little longer." "Watch over Mommy for me." "I'll take care of her, Daddy." "The boat isn't going to sink, is it?" "Of course not." "You heard what they said on the PA." "There's no danger." "Mommy's gonna be all right, isn't she, Daddy?" "You bet she is." "We'll have her out of here in no time at all." " Pope, rev up the bilge pumps." " It's wide open." " Throw in more power." " But we'll burn it up." "Take a chance!" "Hook in the auxiliary pumps!" "Every one you got!" " Look, I've gotta find a..." " Sorry, bud." "Hey, where can I find a torch?" "An acetylene torch?" " Are you nuts?" " Is there one down here?" "Come on with that sledge, over here!" "On the run!" "Let's go!" " Is there a torch down here?" " Yeah." " Where?" " Back in the generator room." "Come on with that sledge!" "Right there." "Hold it back." "Where's the generator room?" "I gotta get a torch." "A cutting torch." "Ain't nobody gonna knock off shoring this thing to get a torch, mister." " Walsh." " Yeah?" " The Captain wants a report." " Right." "I'm asking you for the last time, where's that torch?" " Torch?" " My wife's pinned in the wreckage." " It's the only thing that'll get her loose." " You couldn't handle that thing alone." "Okay, mister." "Go between those two turbines far back as you can, turn left, up them stairs, and it's in the machine shop." "We're holding our own, sir." "Just barely." " Hell we are." " Wait a minute, sir." "Water level's up eight feet." "Correction, the water level's just below these plates now." "We're using every pump." "Using them full force." "Yet the level just below us is up eight feet, sir." "Break." " Lawson, go get some more caulk." " Yes, sir." "Throw that stuff down, will you?" "The water in the engine room is rising, sir." "More fissures are opening up." " So, they caulk them up." " Some are too big, sir." " It looks bad, Captain." " Get out the blueprints." "Blueprints?" "I want to find out if we can stay afloat with the engine room flooded." "The engine room and the boiler room both flooded?" "Get started on the computations." "Granted, evacuating a ship in mid-ocean is pretty dangerous business." " Still..." " Still?" "Shouldn't we at least assemble the passengers on boat deck?" "Be prepared?" "We'd be inviting mass hysteria." "Some people will panic, dive headlong in the water, and God knows what." "And if the bulkhead holds, then they will have died for nothing." "And if it doesn't?" "All right, Mr. Osborne." "Instruct the passengers to go to the boat deck." "Yes, sir." "Attention, all passengers." "Attention, all passengers." "Put on your life jackets." "Report to your boat stations." "Attention, all passengers." "Attention, all passengers." "Jill, go find your life jacket." "I can't see it, Mommy." "Jill, please." "Find your life jacket." "But the room's a wreck." "Try the other cabin." "There's no floor." "There's just a big hole." "Go out into the corridor and get help." "Daddy told me to take care of you, Mommy." "I won't leave." "Jill, do as I say." "No, Mommy." "No, no, no." "Oh, somebody's gotta help us." "Help!" " Somebody, help us, please!" " Attention, all passengers." "Attention, all passengers." "Put on your life jackets." "Report to your boat stations." "Them torches take two tanks, you know that, don't you, mister?" "Two tanks?" "This one's oxygen." "You need acetylene tank, too." "It weighs over 200 pounds." "I'll get them to that cabin somehow." "I'll get them there." "Up them engine room steps by yourself?" "I'm not just gonna let her lie there and die, I promise you that!" " What happened?" " Caught in the jam, crushed." "And if you got it topside, what then?" "Can you operate a torch?" "I'll manage." "By God, I'll manage." "It's gonna be tough enough even for two guys to get it up them steps." "Thanks." "Come on, shore up that bulkhead." "Come on, I need some guys over here." "Hurry up, will you?" "On the double." "All right, run!" "Tell the skipper another seam tore open." "She's listing to port, sir." "Four degrees." "Pump seawater into the starboard oil tanks." "Equalize the list." "We've gotta keep her on an even keel whatever happens." "You." "Hey, come on, get over here." "You, too." "Both you guys, come on, get over here." "All right." "Come on, get moving, will you?" "Come on, boys, a little more at it." "Come on." "Scott, Martin, start moving and bear ahead." "Lawson, where do you think you're going?" "Now, get back here." "Just giving him a hand, sir." "Looks like he can't save his wife unless somebody helps him." "Get in there and give those men a hand." "Now, back." "How would you feel if it was your wife?" "It's up to you." "The way I see it, mister, that bulkhead's gonna go no matter what we do." "Let's hope we can get these tanks out of here before it happens." "Come on, get a little pep in it." "Start moving, you guys." "Captain, they're getting pretty unmanageable." "Oh, they're unmanageable, eh?" "You handle them." "That's your job." "I've been out there with the people." "I'm telling you, if we don't launch those boats, we're in for trouble." "Now, listen, Mr. Osborne." "Get this clear, once and for all." "Even if that bulkhead does go, there are 14 more down there." "I know that." "I'm not putting anybody off this ship until I have to." "Already one woman's been hurt in the crush." "Hurt?" "When you evacuate a ship, people get killed." " It happens on the smallest freighters." " I know." "Captain, the water's rising faster in the engine room, sir." "The boys down there haven't much time left." "She's down 40 feet forward, sir." "Well, why aren't those computations ready?" " Check with Mr. Mansard." " Yes, sir." "Captain, what about those poor guys in the engine room?" "If that bulkhead goes, you know what will happen." "I know what will happen to those people out there." "It's tough enough making these decisions without you interfering, Mr. Ragland." "This thing's gonna blow on us." "I'm getting out of here." "Me, too." "Tell the skipper, if one more spot rips open, we've had it." "I'm clearing the men out of here." "Mr. Walsh said to tell the Captain that if one more spot rips out, we've had it." "He's clearing his men out of here." "All right, fellows, come on, over here!" "Shore up that bulkhead." "Any further instructions?" "All right, we'll lower the lifeboats." "Mr. Osborne, you take the port side." "Mr. Mace, you take the starboard." "And tell Mr. Walsh to get his men out of the engine room." "Yes, sir." "Attention, all passengers." "We are evacuating the ship." "Please take your place at your boat station, immediately." "Please take your place at the boat station, immediately." "We are evacuating the ship." "Help!" "Help!" "Can't somebody hear me?" "Can't somebody help us?" "Mommy, please, please." "Daddy will be back." "He'll be back in time." "Jill." "Jill, run out in the corridor." "Get somebody to help us." "Anybody!" "Run!" "Attention, all passengers." "We are evacuating the ship." "Please take your place at your boat station, immediately." "Please go to the promenade deck." "We are evacuating the ship." "I'll go get the acetylene tank." "You'll never make it back to the machine shop." "Hey, Walsh, let's go." "Orders from the skipper." "All right, fellows, let's get out of here." "Hurry!" "Come on!" "Okay, you've done a good job." "Let's clear out of here." "Clear out fast." "Over here, come on, swim over here to the ladder." "Come on, man!" "Get back fast!" "Come on, swim for the ladder!" "Come on, hurry up." "Hurry, man, hurry!" "Captain, the bulkhead went." "I could hear it on the phone." "It was terrible." "She's down 42 feet forward, sir." "Contact The Hawaiian Fisherman." "See if she can put on more speed." "Yes, sir." "Mr. Mace." "Mr. Mace, don't let anybody board from this deck." "Right, sir." "And so began the final death struggle of the Claridon." "She fought courageously to live, but her age was against her." "Her stamina gone." "Careful with this fellow, his head's cut open." "Come on, now, get him out there." "Get out that escape hatch." "Come on." "Easy with that guy now." "He may have a broken back." "Come on." "Get him up." " We can at least get this one up there." " Give me the hose." "There's way too much water here." "Come on up here." "Cole and Johnston are caught in the escape hatch." "Get up there and tell Walsh." "We are evacuating the ship." "Go to the promenade deck." "Go to the promenade deck." "Please take your place at your boat station, immediately." "Abandon ship." "Lower the lifeboats." "Abandon ship." "The lifeboats are now being lowered." "All passengers go to the promenade deck." "All passengers go to the promenade deck." "Abandon ship." "The lifeboats are now being lowered." "Abandon ship." "The lifeboats are now being lowered." "All passengers, go to your lifeboats." "All passengers, go to your boat station." "The doctors are running short of morphine, sir." "Shall we attempt removing the fatalities, sir?" " Fatalities?" "How many?" " About the morphine, sir." "Eight passengers, sir, that we know of." "What about the engine room crew?" "Any word from them yet?" "We're down 44 feet forward now, sir." " Fatalities, sir?" " Oh, we'll see, we'll see." "Computations are nearly ready, but we're sinking one foot every three minutes, sir." "Can the officers use force, sir?" " Yes, yes, I guess so." " There's a freighter two hours off, sir." "Was there any word from The Hawaiian Fisherman?" "Coming full steam." " Mr. Osborne's got some questions, sir." " What shall I radio the freighter, sir?" "Tell Mr. Osborne to use his own judgment." "We gotta break into the escape hatch." " It's Cole and Johnston, they're trapped." " Trapped?" "The explosion blocked it off half way up." "They can't come back down because of the water." " What'll we do, Chief?" " All our tools are down there." "Try the carpentry shop." "Get a hold of Pope." "Send him up to the bridge." "Tell him to turn on the auxiliary generators." "Go ahead!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Mommy, Mommy, here's Daddy." "Oh, thank heavens." "Up the stairs." "Up these stairs here." "Laurie." "Laurie, you've got to hold on." "Hold on a little longer." "I'll get you out of this somehow." "Somehow." "If we just had that acetylene tank, she'd be out of here in a few seconds." "Think hard." "Could there be another acetylene torch somewhere?" "If there was, it'd be down in the bottom of the engine room." "Could we get to it through this wall?" "Not a chance." "Solid steel." "How about pulling her through here?" "No, I've tried that." "Her legs are trapped under the steel." "We are evacuating the ship." "We are evacuating the ship." "Everybody go to the promenade deck." "Hear that, Cliff?" " The ship's going to sink." " To the lifeboats." "Hurry up!" "No, no." "There's still time, ma'am." "Isn't there something else we can use?" "You and Jill, get to those boats." "The only way we can get through this steel is with a torch." "Oh, for God's sake, Cliff, will you take Jill and go?" "Will you please do what I ask?" "Darling, you're asking the impossible." "You know I won't leave you." " What about hacksaws, chisels?" " It would take too long." "Will you please get off this ship before it's too late?" "Please." "Please." "Look, Laurie," "I'm gonna take Jill topside, put her in a boat." "I'll be right back to get you out of here." "What about the engine crew?" "Why haven't we heard from them?" " With no intercom?" " It's gone out on us, sir." " What about the PA?" " Everything's dead." " Why didn't you tell me?" " We did, sir." "I told you myself, sir." "You sent a quartermaster down for a report." "Well, why isn't he back?" "It takes nearly five minutes just to get there, sir." "Without communications, we're paralyzed." "Yes, sir." "Completely paralyzed." "I know I'm going to die anyway." "But why kill my husband, too?" " Why?" " Please, lady." "Mommy, up this way." "Up this way!" "There is only one way to save his life." "What do you mean?" "If..." "If I could die right now." "That's crazy talk, ma'am." "I know it's a terrible thing to ask, but you could help me." "Hurry up, up these stairs." "Board the boat on the promenade deck." "Board the boat on the promenade deck." "Board the boat on the promenade deck." "Board the boat." "Get on the promenade deck." "Board the boat." "Get on the promenade deck." "My daughter." "Which boat can I put her in?" "This one will be launched next, but you'll have to walk down to the promenade deck to board it." " What's the matter?" " It won't start." "Well, isn't there another boat?" "I gotta get back to my wife." "Mr. Osborne." "Mr. Osborne." "Captain." "Captain." "The Quartermaster reports that only Mr. Walsh and six of his crew are left down there, sir." "Out of 35 men?" "And two of them are trapped in the escape hatch." " Mr. Cole and another guy." " Well, what happened to the rest?" "Oh, some dead, some missing," " and some wounded." " Wounded badly, sir." " I see." " And a few guys chickened out." "They just up and beat it for the lifeboat." "The Hawaiian Fisherman has reported that she'll be here in 45 minutes, sir." "Okay, okay." " lf you'll pardon me, sir." " Yes?" "Well, wouldn't it be a good idea if The Hawaiian Fisherman swung out her davits, had her lifeboats ready?" "I naturally assumed that one of my officers would have put through such a request automatically." "But, sir?" "Pass this information on to The Hawaiian Fisherman." "Yes, sir." "Get back to the boat deck where you can do some good." " Report to Mr. Osborne." "You, too." " Yes, sir." " These gears are stuck." " Yeah." "Yeah." " Probably jammed by a broken tooth." " Yeah." "That's why it's locked." "Now, get that wedge in there." "I need help." "My wife's trapped in her cabin." "Okay, okay." "Perhaps I can break loose a couple of stewards." "Steward!" "Steward!" "They won't help." "She's wedged behind a sheet of steel." "It'll take a torch, tools, know-how." "Mr. Osborne, the Captain told me to report to you." "Well, get back to the bridge." "Tell the Captain a woman's trapped in her cabin." "Cabin 92, A-Deck." "He'll have to call on the engineers for this one." "Yes, sir." "I think this ought to be about ready, sir." "You must go down to the promenade deck one level below." " Mr. Ragland?" " Yes, sir." "Tell the Captain that if one person's caught, there may be others." "Warn him." "Yes, sir." "Mr. Osborne sent me, sir." "Captain, the computations are ready." "I think you'd better hurry, sir." "Captain, there's a woman trapped in her cabin." "The bow's sinking faster now, sir." "Approximately one foot every two minutes." "About this woman, sir..." "Captain, this is the bulkhead that went out on us." "When the boiler room is flooded and the engine room is flooded, we're gonna be down by the bow, 53 feet." " That much?" " My figures, sir." "Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Osborne thinks we ought to get in touch with the engineers and have them..." "Have them go to this woman's cabin." "Now, look here..." "As you know, this next bulkhead doesn't go clear to the top, it means if we're down by the bow 53 feet, the water will spill over into this next hold." "Exactly, Captain." "We'll just have enough forward trim for it to happen." " Are you sure about these computations?" " I checked them twice, sir." "The figures correlate." "The forward section is now two-thirds full, sir." "Captain, look, if one person's trapped down there, there could be others." "I said, don't interrupt." "But, sir, shouldn't you alert the engineers and have them funnel out..." "Shut up, shut up." " This means we have less than 50 minutes." " At best, Captain." "Get back to the boat deck." "Tell Mr. Osborne that he has less than 50 minutes to get the people off." " Yes, sir." " You tell Mr. Mace." "Yes, sir." "A radio message from home office, sir." "Decisions of other captains of other liners were colored by the same fierce determination that their ship could not die." "Yet slowly, ponderously, the bow of the Claridon slipped deeper and deeper into the sea." "Open that door." "Mr. Osborne!" "Mr. Osborne!" " We have less than 50 minutes left." " Less than 50 minutes?" "Yeah." "They've just been over the blueprints and all that kind of jazz, and that's the way it figures." "What are you gonna do about my wife?" "What did the Captain say?" " What about my wife?" " I can't help you." "I'm sorry." "It's up to the skipper." "Hey, mister!" "Mister!" "Been looking all over for you." "It's your wife." "She's in terrible pain." "Well, I can't leave Jill here." "She's talking wild, mister, about wanting to die." " How much longer?" " These boats only come down so fast, sir." " I'm going to the Captain." " Let me take her." "You can trust me." "Jill, I'm going to the Captain, get your mommy free." "Now, you do exactly as this man tells you." "We'll all be together soon, darling." "Daddy, Daddy." "Captain, why haven't you sent those engineers to get my wife free?" "What was that?" "The forward stack." "A piece of water pipe ripped up the whole front section." "It's about to fall any second." "For God's sake, Captain, are you going to send the engineers or aren't you?" "Go below." "Find Mr. Walsh." "Have him send men to cabin..." "Cabin 92, A-Deck." "Few seconds now, and you'll be off this ship, safe and sound." "I won't leave my mommy and daddy." "I won't leave them!" "Now, listen, you gotta stay right where I put you." "Do you hear?" "Give her to me." "I'll take her." "No!" "No!" "Let me go!" "Listen to me, let me go!" "Now, listen." "You heard your daddy." "You've got to do just as he told you to." "I promised him I'd put you in that boat, and that's just what I'm going to do." "No!" "No!" "I won't stay." "Let me go!" "What are you trying to do to that little girl, buster?" " You leave her alone." " Somebody stop her!" "Stop her, somebody." "Please." "Stop her." "Please stop." "Don't go to your cabin." "Your mother's..." "Your mother's suffered enough." "Mommy, Mommy." "I don't want to leave you." "I don't want to leave you." "Your husband went to the Captain to get help." "I promised him I would put the little girl on a boat." " Go with him, Jill." " But Mommy." "Do as I say, darling." "Go with the man." "Please don't let him take me." "Please don't let him take me." "Please." " Oh, dear God." " Mommy, please don't let him take me." "Let me go." "Let me go." "I want to be with my mommy!" "Already the water was filling over the engine room bulkhead into the next compartment in line." "A slow, agonizing chain reaction." "A malignancy without a cure." "Some of you guys get ready to catch her." "Take care of her." "And when you get picked up, get an acetylene tank, send it back to me." "Did you hear me down there?" "It's the little girl's mother." "She was caught in the explosion." "It'll take a torch to get her free." "It's hopeless getting a doctor." "Darling, this is only a sedative." "Oh, what's the use?" "Laurie, the Captain's sending some men to help." "You'll be free in no time." "She's in the lifeboat." "I watched it pull away." "Oh, thank you." "But you should have gone yourself." "I asked some guys to send an acetylene tank back." "Mister." "I wouldn't count on that tank too much." "They're sending some men to help." "Why aren't they here?" "I don't know." "We don't have much time." " How much?" " Forty-five minutes." "Everything's all right." "Everything'll be all right." "We can't wait any longer." "I'm going to the Captain." "I'll be here if anybody comes, mister." "I'm very grateful." "You know that." "There's nothing more you can do." "Save yourself." "You can't get rid of me, sir." "Not until your wife's out." "Thanks." " Hear those explosive rumbles?" " Coming from that forward hold." "You know what's causing it?" "The air trapped in the hold is building up pressure, I suppose." "It can blow the steel hatch sky high." "Let's go, let's go." " Captain." " What are you doing up here?" "Cole and Johnston are trapped in one of the escape tubes." "You were told to search the cabins." "Look, Captain, this can't wait." "I was on a ship." "It was torpedoed." "This can't wait, either." "I've only got four guys left down there, barely enough to get those two guys out." "And when the hatches blew, it spewed everything out of the hold." "Jeeps, tanks, the works." "Why haven't your men arrived?" "They got to get her out." "Get her out, fast!" "Mr. Walsh, you have your orders." "Go with Mr. Henderson." "Captain, listen, please." "Everything's down there, the men, the tools." "If we abandon them now, Cole and Johnston will be drowned." "If you don't come with me, my wife will drown." " Do you understand that?" "She'll drown." " What about the hatch?" "You'll have to send men down to loosen the cover or it'll explode." "I don't intend to sacrifice the lives of half a dozen seamen on the off chance that a few pieces of stray metal might be shot" " clear over the wheelhouse." " Yes, sir." "Captain, will you please listen to me?" "Those two guys down there, they're in water up to their waists." "They'll drown like rats!" "So, if it's a choice between the crew and a woman, you let a woman drown, is that it?" "Does the crew give the orders or are you the Captain?" "Oh, it takes more than gold braid to make a Captain." "Mr. Walsh, I order you for the last time to help this man!" "My men are three decks below his wife." "They're in the most immediate danger." "I'm gonna get them out first." "Gonna get my wife out!" "I'll get her out, with or without your help." "The fire, I didn't expect." "It was probably triggered by a short circuit and ruptured oil tanks." "Well, now, this does it." " Mr. Marshall?" " Yes, sir." " Check the damage on the port side." " Yes, sir." " King." " Yes, sir." " Check the starboard." " Yes, sir." "I trust you realize, Mr. Walsh, that your conduct today has cost you your license." " I am still the Captain." " Captain?" "On my dough, you're a joke, a stumbling, incompetent, career-happy joke." " I'm warning you, Mr. Walsh." " Warning me?" "What can you do to me, now?" "I've seen my men drowned, killed, mangled, crushed, for what?" "I'll tell you, because you were afraid if you didn't bring this ship in, you'd be through." "Finished." "Washed-up." " Mr. Walsh." " But if you brought her in afloat, brother, would you be a hero, and that's all that counted!" "If I ever put my hands on you, I'd kill you." "About that freighter I mentioned, sir." "Should I ask her to come on?" "Did you hear me, sir?" " How far away is she?" " About two hours." "Have her come." "The crew watched in chilling silence." "They knew the Claridon's finish could be counted in minutes, once the sea reached that open hole on the forward deck." "There you are, Mr. Ragland." "Not a person even hurt." "And if that first bulkhead had held, or if the second one had been just one foot higher, just 12 lousy inches higher, we wouldn't have lost one single, solitary passenger." "Do you realize that, Mr. Ragland?" "Not one solitary passenger." "And take that fire." "The fire in the hold." " How did you make out?" " They're not coming." " Not coming?" " Two men are trapped below." " They're getting them out first." " We'll see about that." "Come on." "Captain, The Hawaiian Fisherman." "The fastest way to the engine room is through the galley." "This room's under water!" "We'd better try and close those portholes." "Get out of here!" "If the glass in those other portholes goes, we've had it." " How's the Chief?" " He's up ahead of us, carrying Johnston." "Captain..." "Yes?" "Sir, some of the men on the bridge have families." "Wives and children." "Oh, yes." "Yes, of course." "Yes." "I'm going topside to see Mr. Osborne, mister." "Maybe he can figure something out." "Darling." "Darling." "It's all so horribly, horribly hopeless." "You know, darling, there's something I haven't said to you in a long time." "What's that?" "I love you." "I love you very much." "What about those two people down there?" "I've got just a few minutes to launch this boat." "A few minutes at best." "Come on, get this boat down." "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Mr. Walsh!" "There's still that woman down there." "The one trapped in her cabin." "Her husband's with her and he doesn't want to leave without her." "The guy told me himself it would take a torch." "We have the nozzle and the oxygen, but not the acetylene." "The both of you had better get in this boat." "Get in there fast." "The water's almost up to that hatch." "Mr. Walsh, you just gonna leave them two people?" "Let them drown?" " Okay, okay, I'll have a look." " I can't hold up this boat." " I can take care of myself." "What cabin?" " Come on, I'll show you." " Wait a minute, you get in that boat." " No, sir." "Look, I lost enough guys today." "You heard me?" "Get in the boat!" "We don't have much time, Mr. Walsh." "What do I have to do, slug you?" "I'm lowering away." "Lower away." "I've got to get the log book." "Ship's papers." "I'll get an oil-skin bag, sir." "Here's the Chief Engineer." "Four of us tried and we couldn't budge it an inch." "A dozen guys couldn't move it." " How about using an iron beam as a lever?" " No." "There isn't enough room." "It's hopeless." "You might as well face it." " There's nothing we can do?" " Nothing, except find you a life jacket." "I won't leave her." "Even though her bridge still towered majestically above the sea, the water was creeping upwards, closer and closer to the deck." "Here you are." "You got lucky." "This must be the last one." "Come on, put this on, will you?" "Oh, please put it on for me, Cliff." "Please." "Put on that life jacket." "Oh, you're trying to be kind, but don't you see?" "You're making it twice as hard for me." "And you have to think of Jill." "If it'll make you feel easier." "Here you are." "It's just too cruel to leave her all alone." "No one to comfort her." "Love her." "Too cruel." "She's only got a few minutes." "I'll wait with you." "Captain!" "Captain, run for your life!" "The Captain and Ragland, they're still up there." "Hurry up, boys, lower this boat." "Pull away as fast as you can." "Is there anybody there?" "We've got the tank." "The acetylene tank!" "The Captain, he was in there!" "The Captain's in there." "Good God." "Captain's here." "We've got the tank!" "The acetylene tank!" "Is there anybody up there?" "Can anybody hear me?" "We have the tank!" "I'm very grateful, thank you." "There's no reason for you to stay any longer." "I wish there was something I could do, but there just isn't." "We've got the acetylene tank!" "Hi, up there." "Can anybody hear me?" "Throw down a rope!" "We've got the tank here!" "I dug this up on The Hawaiian Fisherman soon as I get there." "Mr. Walsh, he shouldn't have said those things." "He shouldn't have said them." "Under pressure, guys say things they don't mean, Captain." "You know that, sir." "Sure." "Walsh lost his dad on the Titanic." "That's why he's so bitter." "Pull." "I got the acetylene!" "I got the acetylene!" "Darling, it's gonna be all right." "We got the other tank." "Oh, good." "It's gonna be all right." " Set her in." " Right here, in a second." "You got a key for this thing?" "Here you are." "Yeah, I got a key." "If it fits this, it ought to fit that." "Well, it doesn't." "How do you like that?" "You got a pair of pliers on you?" "Come on, it has to work." "We got to make it work!" "How about..." "How about a couple of pieces of wood?" "Come on, give me a hand!" "We haven't got a chance." "Look, we need a couple of pieces of metal." "The wood's too soft." "Wait a minute." "Give me that wrench." "It won't..." "It won't fit that stem." "I know it won't fit the stem, but if we hold these two together with the key, maybe we can use it like a clamp." "Now, steady." "Squeeze them together first." "Just lift a minute." "Come on, come on." "There are three of us, let's go." " All right." "Saddle up, fellas." "Come on." " Okay." "We got it." "Good work." "All right." "Gonna have to bleed this hose before we use the torch." "It's wet." "It was sound, I tell you." "You hear me?" "Sound." "You know, on the Lusitania, I've heard that the skipper told the people to stay right where they were, that the ship was all right." "And that was just ten minutes..." "Just ten minutes before she went down." "Hey, grab that blanket, will you?" "And put it this side of your wife, protect her from the sparks." " How's your gauge, Lawson?" " It's okay." " All right." "Come on, let's have that spark." " Okay." "My nose..." "I can't..." "No!" "No, don't!" "Hurry it up." "Hurry it up, for God's sake!" "I can't keep her head out of the water much longer." "I'm going as fast as I can!" "Ominously, the sea surged over the forecastle." "Then it began creeping up the deck toward the yawning hole." "Just a couple of minutes more and you're out!" "Okay, get ready to spring her." "We're in the clear." "Come on." "Let's get that thing out of there." "Hey, I see what's been blocking her." "There's a smashed cabinet back there." "It's wedged her legs." "Wait till we get some of this wood out of here, we'll be able to move her forward." "All right, try it now!" "Wait a minute, I think it's blocked here." "Okay, try and pull her forward." "Come on, bring her forward." "Attaboy." "All right, let's get out of here while the getting's good." "Keep moving." "Take that staircase there to your right." "It's the quickest way out." "Through the first class." "She's slipping under." "She's slipping under fast." "Come on, this is the quickest way up." "This thing must be locked from the other side." "Give me a hand." "Let me help you." "We both can open it." "Oh, Cliff." "The water!" "We're trapped!" "It's filling up, we're gonna be drowned." "Let's get out of here!" "Hey, wait a minute, mister!" "Come back this way!" "It'll take you four minutes to get upstairs." "It's filling up too fast." "You'll never make it." "Come on!" "Come on, man, keep going!" " Come on." "There, you got it!" " I got it." "Here, you'd better get this life preserver on her." "Lawson, get topside and see how long we've got." "Hurry, we've only got a few seconds." "That door straight ahead, it leads to the boat deck." "Why don't we dive in and take our chances?" "No, it's too late." "No time!" "Get to the stern!" "Swim for the lifeboats!" "Get to the stern as fast as you can and swim for the lifeboats!" " What about the suction?" " Get to the stern." "Hurry up." "Come on!" "Get to the stern as fast as you can!" "This is one guy I'm gonna help aboard personally." "This was the death of steamship Claridon." "This was her last voyage." "English"