"Facts which I have established by inquiries on the Carpathia,
as positively as they could be established in view of the
silence of the few surviving officers, are:
"That the Titanic's officers knew, several hours before the
crash, of the possible nearness of the icebergs.
"That the Titanic's speed, nearly 23 knots an hour, was
not slackened.
"That the number of life-boats on the Titanic was insufficient
to accommodate more than one-third of the passengers,
to say nothing of the crew. Most members of the crew say
there were sixteen life-boats and two collapsibles; none say
there were more than twenty boats in all. The 700 escaped
filled most of the sixteen life-boats and the one collapsible
which got away, to the limit of their capacity.
"Had the ship struck the iceberg head on at whatever
{illust. caption = MRS. GEORGE D. WIDENER
Mrs. Widener was saved,....}
{illust. caption = George D. WIDENER
Who with his son....}
{illust. caption = Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
WILLIAM T. STEAD
The great English writer, who was a passenger on board the ill-fated
White Star Line Steamer Titanic.}
speed and with whatever resulting shock, the bulkhead system
of water-tight compartments would probably have saved the
vessel.
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