CHAPTER XXIII
THE FINANCIAL LOSS
TITANIC NOT FULLY INSURED—VALUABLE CARGO AND MAIL
—NO CHANCE FOR SALVAGE—LIFE INSURANCE LOSS—LOSS
TO THE CARPATHIA
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LOSS TO THE CARPATHIA
The loss to the Carpathia, too, was considerable. It is, of course, the habit of all good steamship lines to go out of their way and cheerfully submit to financial loss when it comes to succoring the distressed or the imperiled at sea. Therefore, the Cunard line in extending the courtesies of the sea to the
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She was delayed on her way to the Mediterranean at least ten days and was obliged to coal and provision again, as the extra 800 odd passengers she was carrying reduced her large allowance for her long voyage to the Mediterranean and the Adriatic very much.
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE FINANCIAL LOSS
TITANIC NOT FULLY INSURED—VALUABLE CARGO AND MAIL
—NO CHANCE FOR SALVAGE—LIFE INSURANCE LOSS—LOSS
TO THE CARPATHIA
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