![]() From what you saw, do you think the boat was intact, or had it broken in two? It seemed to be one, two, or three rumbling sounds, then the lights went out. ![]() We heard a sort of a rumbling sound and the lights were still on at the rumbling sound, as far as my memory serves me then a sort of an explosion, then another. I was rowing this way, and afterwards I changed to the other way. From your position in the boat, did you face it? At first I kept my eyes watching the lights, as long as possible. We commenced to hear signs of the breaking up of the boat. Major Peuchen did not seem to actually see the ship break apart, but assumed she did from the sounds he heard, and the wreckage he saw the next morning. Peuchen 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 6 ![]() You could not see her when she disappeared? The lights were out, and we were too far away. Lookout Fleet did not see the ship go down, as he was too far away. ![]() Officer Boxhall did not see the Titanic actually sink. Joseph Groves Boxhall 4th Officer in Lifeboat 2 Then she turned right on end and went down perpendicularly. Judging by what I could see from a distance, she gradually disappeared until the forecastle head was submerged to the bridge. Herbert John Pitman 3rd Officer in Lifeboat 5 You had time to get 150 feet away from the side, and then she sank? The time was long enough to give me a chance of getting away from the Titanic itself. A short time after that I saw the Titanic sink. You swam out from under that boat, and at that time you saw the boat sink? Harold Bride did claim to see the Titanic sink at a distance of 150 feet from the ship on page 165, but he didn't say anything about the ship breaking up. I could not say how many decks there, sir, but it seemed all clear right from amidships to aft. There was a good bit of the stern part out of water. How much of the after part was out of the water? We saw all the lights going out on the forward part of her. It seemed as if her bow was going down first. What shape was she in when you saw her last? Crawford claimed to see the ship go down, he does not state whether she broke apart or not. Was the vessel broken in two in any manner, or intact? Charles Herbert Lightoller 2nd Officer on Collapsible B I was rowing all the time I was in the boat. Bruce Ismay Managing Director of the White Star Line in Collapsible C McGough, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 7Įleanor Elkins Widener, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 4 J. Norman Campbell Chambers, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 5ĭaisy Minahan, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 14, transferred to Collapsible D Olaus Abelseth, 3rd Class passenger in Collapsible A Bishop, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 7 Bishop, 1st Class passenger in Lifeboat 7ĭickinson H. The following witnesses at the American Inquiry made no statement at all about the ship sinking. American Inquiry accounts are referenced by page number, British Inquiry accounts by question number. Accounts are edited only in respect of leaving out comments not related to the Titanic sinking itself. Survivor accounts are in the same order they testified at the Inquiries. (Many newspapers also printed accounts of what was seen, however attempting to find and bring together these very many articles is beyond the scope of this article.Īlso, a newspaper account may have been altered or exaggerated by a reporter, and it becomes hard to tell the exaggeration from what the witness actually saw and said.)Īll survivors interviewed by the Inquiries will be examined below, with their own comments as to what they saw. But what are 'the facts'? What did the survivors really see, and how many *did* claim to see the ship break up? An examination of the texts of both the 1912 American and British Inquiries gives us a very good idea. Second Officer Lightoller, at the American and British Inquiries, and the books published by First-class passenger Colonel Gracie and Second-class passenger Lawrence Beesley, made statements to this effect immediately after the disaster, and this is what was accepted by the public for decades.Įven now, 18 years after the discovery of the wreck, the 'general perception' is still that only a very few survivors claimed to see the ship split apart before she sank. Up until 1985, when Bob Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor, it was generally believed the Titanic sank intact, in one piece. What happened to the Titanic and why is it still famous?.How many passengers and crew were there on the Titanic?.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |