He was left with no steerage in force seven gales and the situation worsened when all power and communications were lost. |
The ladies travelling first class were all rescued, but the women in steerage were not even issued with lifebelts. |
Some years later Navy regulations were changed to permit wardroom and steerage officers to voluntarily form their own wine mess. |
Most of the emigrants traveled in steerage accommodations, between the upper deck and the cargo hold. |
With the dodger up it sailed downwind at nearly a knot and a half, complete with steerage! |
Her first passage cost twenty dollars and she and all the other immigrants on board travelled in steerage or third-class. |