'My God! My God!' were the heart-rending cries and shrieks of men, which floated to us over the surface of the dark waters continuously for the next hour, but as time went on, growing weaker and weaker until they died out entirely," survivor Archibald Gracie later wrote.
The Titanic's maiden voyage ended tragically when it hit an iceberg after crewmembers sighted it too late, resulting in a devastating loss of life.
When the RMS Carpathia came to their rescue around 4:00 a.m., it took an additional 4.5 hours to move everyone from the lifeboats onto the ship.
While the night was clear, the lookouts later said the berg, between 50 and 100 feet tall, suddenly loomed out of the haze.
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