TITANIC KILLED RAPIDLY
After testifying to the circumstances under which the life-boats were filled and lowered, Lightoller continued. "The boat's deck was only ten feet from the water when I lowered the sixth boat. When we lowered the first, the distance to the water was seventy feet."
"If the same course was pursued on the starboard side as
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"I have inquired especially and have found that for every six persons picked up, five were either firemen or stewards."