The Other Side of the Night : The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost

After every disaster, someone has something to hide . . .A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained fascinated by the tragedy, the most amazing drama of those fateful hours was not played out aboard the doomed liner. It took place on the decks of two other ships, one fifty-eight miles distant from the sinking Titanic, the other barely ten miles away. The masters of the steamships Carpathia and Californian, Captain Arthur Rostron and Captain Stanley Lord, were informed within minutes of each other that their vessels had picked up the distress signals of a sinking ship. Their actions in the hours and days that followed would become the stuff of legend, as one would choose to take his ship into dangerous waters to answer the call for help, while the other would decide that the hazard to ...;""CONTENTS""; ""FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA ... ""; ""THE CRUELEST OCEAN""; ""THE CARPATHIA AND ARTHUR ROSTRON""; ""THE CALIFORNIAN AND STANLEY LORD""; ""S O Sâ€?TITANIC""; ""BY THE ROCKETSâ€? WHITE GLARE""; ""RESCUE AT DAWN""; ""NEW YORK AND BOSTON""; ""THE AMERICAN INVESTIGATION""; ""THE BRITISH INQUIRY""; ""THE UNDELIVERED VERDICT""; ""FLOTSAM AND JETSAM""; ""The Resolution Authorizing the Senate Investigation into the Loss of RMS Titanic""; ""The Order for the Board of Trade Inquiry and the Questions to be Investigated""; ""Extract from the British Wreck Commissionerâ€?s Inquiry Report"" After every disaster, someone has something to hide ... A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained fascinated by the tragedy, the most amazing drama of those fateful hours was not played out aboard the doomed liner. It took place on the decks of two other ships, one fifty-eight miles distant from the sinking Titanic, the other barely ten miles away. The masters of the steamships Carpathia and Californian, Captain Arthur Rostron and Captain Stanley Lord, were informed within minutes of each other that their vessels had picked up the distress signals of a sinking ship. Their actions in the hours and days that followed would become the stuff of legend, as one would choose to take his ship into dangerous waters to answer the call for help, while the other would decide that the hazard to himself and his command was too great to risk responding. After years of research, Daniel Allen Butler now tells this incredible story, moving from ship to ship on the icy waters of the North Atlantic—in real-time—to recount how hundreds of people could have been rescued, but in the end only a few outside of the meager lifeboats were saved. He then looks alike at the U.S. Senate Investigation in Washington, and ultimately the British Board of Trade Inquiry in London, where the actions of each captain are probed, questioned, and judged, until the truth of what actually happened aboard the Titanic, the Carpathia and the Californian is revealed. Daniel Allen Butler, a maritime and military historian, is the bestselling author of “Unsinkable”: The Full Story of RMS Titanic, Distant Victory: The Battle of Jutland and the Allied Triumph in the First World War, and The First Jihad: The Battle for Khartoum and the Dawn of Militant Islam. He is an internationally recognized authority on maritime subjects and a popular guest-speaker for several cruise lines. Butler lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Bisac Code 1: TRA006010 The New York Times –bestselling author of Unsinkable “recounts the disaster from the vantage point of nearby vessels” ( Publishers Weekly ). A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic , on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained fascinated by the tragedy, the drama of those fateful hours was not only played out aboard the doomed liner. It also took place on the decks of two other ships, one fifty-eight miles distant from the sinking Titanic , the other barely ten miles away. The masters of the steamships Carpathia and Californian , Capt. Arthur Rostron and Capt. Stanley Lord, were informed within minutes of each other that their vessels had picked up the distress signals of a sinking ship. Their actions in the hours and days that followed would become the stuff of legend, as one would choose to take his ship into dangerous waters to answer the call for help, while the other would decide that the hazard to himself and his command was too great to risk responding. After years of research, Daniel Allen Butler now tells this incredible story, moving from ship to ship on the icy waters of the North Atlantic—in real time—to recount how hundreds of people could have been rescued, but in the end, only a few outside of the meager lifeboats were saved. He then looks at the US Senate investigation in Washington, and ultimately, the British Board of Trade inquiry in London, where the actions of each captain are probed, questioned, and judged, until the truth of what actually happened aboard the Titanic , the Carpathia , and the Californian is revealed. “Powerful . . . very, very well-done.” — New York Times –bestselling author Clive Cussler ""CONTENTS"" ""FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA ... "" ""THE CRUELEST OCEAN"" ""THE CARPATHIA AND ARTHUR ROSTRON"" ""THE CALIFORNIAN AND STANLEY LORD"" ""S O Sâ€?TITANIC"" ""BY THE ROCKETSâ€? WHITE GLARE"" ""RESCUE AT DAWN"" ""NEW YORK AND BOSTON"" ""THE AMERICAN INVESTIGATION"" ""THE BRITISH INQUIRY"" ""THE UNDELIVERED VERDICT"" ""FLOTSAM AND JETSAM"" ""The Resolution Authorizing the Senate Investigation into the Loss of RMS Titanic"" ""The Order for the Board of Trade Inquiry and the Questions to be Investigated"" ""Extract from the British Wreck Commissionerâ€?s Inquiry Report"" ""AUTHORâ€?S NOTE""""SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY"" ""INDEX"" While the world has remained fascinated by the Titanic tragedy, the most amazing drama of those fateful hours was not played out aboard the doomed White Star liner, it took place on the decks of two other ships, one fifty-eight miles distant and the other barely ten miles away