Carla
in 1893, she
19 at the time (in 1912). She was Danish (from Denmark). Her father was a butcher and she was a maid. She
to settle in America probably because she wanted to start a new life. She
with her uncle, her brother and her fiancé. She
but her family
.
Carla
a cabin with 3 other girls. She
when the Titanic
the iceberg. At 11.40, she
a shock, but she
to sleep. After all, at the time, people believed that the Titanic was unsinkable.
Half an hour later, her uncle
at her door and said that
she'd better come up on the
deck. She
her coat on and went up.
On the deck, there was no panic, the orchestra
. Women and children
into the lifeboats first .
Carla
into one of the last lifeboats. She was with 6 crew members who
the lifeboat. Around them, they
see the other lifeboats and lots of icebergs. The ocean was quiet. Suddenly, they
a terrible noise. The ship
in two and both parts
in the air. Then it
. It was a
frightful vision.
A few hours later, Carla and the other survivors
by the Carpathia.
In New York, she
a telegram to her father to say that she
but that the other members of her family had not. Her father
her to come back home immediately. She came back to Denmark a month later and
there
forever.