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Two-thirds of the 138 souls onboard died that night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded here are a brochure with deck plan and a hard-to-find book on the disaster. The sixteen-page Red Cross Line brochure from 1915 promotes the voyage as a delightful summer cruise on the FLORIZEL and fleetmate STEPHANO. Most of the brochure is a travelogue, but of special note are the deck plans in back. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the printing is faint, look at the topmost Boat Deck. In front of the cased opening for the stack is the little telegraph shack. After the collision it was the only safe haven on the wreck. Thirty-four survivors packed in there for twenty-four hours awaiting rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanadian author Cassie Brown recounts the gripping story in her 1976 book, \"A Winter's Tale: The Wreck of the FLORIZEL\" (softbound with 276 pages). 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FLORIZEL sped full speed down the coast of Newfoundland on her way to Halifax and New York. Land hadn't been visible for hours but the captain relied on timing when ordering a turn westward around Cape Race. What he didn't he know was that the Chief Engineer had surreptitiously slowed the ship down so she'd be delayed at Halifax and he'd have more time to visit his family. The FLORIZEL was miles short of captain's expected position. She hit a reef on the rocky coast at full speed. Two-thirds of the 138 souls onboard died that night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded here are a brochure with deck plan and a hard-to-find book on the disaster. The sixteen-page Red Cross Line brochure from 1915 promotes the voyage as a delightful summer cruise on the FLORIZEL and fleetmate STEPHANO. Most of the brochure is a travelogue, but of special note are the deck plans in back. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the printing is faint, look at the topmost Boat Deck. In front of the cased opening for the stack is the little telegraph shack. After the collision it was the only safe haven on the wreck. Thirty-four survivors packed in there for twenty-four hours awaiting rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanadian author Cassie Brown recounts the gripping story in her 1976 book, \"A Winter's Tale: The Wreck of the FLORIZEL\" (softbound with 276 pages). Use the deck plans for reference as Brown first describes life onboard and then the destruction of the vessel as the seas pounded the wreck.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brochure is in very good condition and the book in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e"}