First hand account of Titanic disaster

London: A distressing letter that provides first-hand account of “unforgettable scenes” of horror and heroism from the night the Titanic sank in the Atlantic waters in 1912 has emerged.

The letter, written in French and dated August 8, 1955 — more than 43 years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean is from a French woman called Rose Amelie Icard who survived the disaster.

The letter describes scenes of “horror” and “sublime heroism” as passengers tried to escape the sinking vessel. Icard is believed to have been a maid to a wealthy American passenger called Martha Stone, the widow of the president of Canadian telephone company Bell Cie.