Elder D. O. McKay's Preservation During Ship Collision

“Last evening about six o'clock we were sailing along at a good rate of speed through quite a dense fog, when suddenly all on board were terrified by the violent stoppage of the ship and a terrible crash. The jar threw passengers against the walls or on the floor. Dishes were hurled in a broken heap. My heart seemed to jump to my throat as all the horrors of a ship-wreck rushed before me. With a cry, 'We're on the rocks,' I rushed on deck. We had collided with an iceberg, huge pieces of which we could now see floating in the seething waters around us. Providentially for us, the Captain saw the floating obstacle in time to have the engines reversed before the boat ran in collision. Much credit is due Captain Young for his prompt action. The ship was not seriously damaged, and we are now proceeding on our journey. It is at such critical moments as these that one fully appreciates the comforting prophetic assurance, 'You shall go in peace, and return in safety,' spoken by a servant of God. The experience was truly a dreadful one, and one never to be forgotten.”

— David O. McKay, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star