Titanic: 5 stories from survivors

By the numbers, the Titanic shipwreck doesn't rank among the top five deadliest maritime disasters. You've probably never heard of the other ships and their legacies of devastation. Then again, they weren't carrying dozens of the wealthiest and most famous people in the world. My review of three new books about the Titanic appeared in this space last week. One of them – "Shadow of the Titanic," by Andrew Wilson – focuses on the survivors and the lives they would lead after the disaster. The book is a fine read and full of fascinating characters. Here are quick sketches of five survivors who lived to tell the tale of the Titanic.