After a dreadful fight for air, Hundreds became unconscious and died where they lay - a death of hideous torture, with the froth
ing bubbles gurgling in their throats and the foul liquid welling up in their lungs. With blackened faces and twisted limbs, one by one, they drowned - only that which drowned them came from inside and not from out. DON'T COPY AND PASTE FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE copyright free
Assuming that you are trying to answer the same question as me "Which details from this passage contribute most to the tone of the account?" I am going to tell you the answer that I put on my exam.
Dreadful, hideous, and foul are some of the words that make this account seem shocked and fearful.
This account explains that their death was horrible and took a long time.