ABSTRACT
Never again would men fling a ship into an ice field, heedless of warnings, putting their whole trust in a few thousand tons of steel and rivets . . . Nor would icebergs any longer prowl the sea untended . . . And there were no more liners with only part-time wireless. Henceforth every passenger ship had a twenty-four-hour radio watch . . . It was also the last time a liner put to sea without enough lifeboats . . . And it was the end of class distinction in filling the lifeboats . . . A new age was dawning, and never since that night have thirdclass passengers been so philosophical. . . Never again would first class have it so good. In fact, almost immediately the pendulum swung the other way . . .
