guns

I've recently re-read the article on Gunshots on Board, and a thought occured to me. Mr. Lowe reported that there was a "crowd of wild Italians" or some such that had to be fended off with gunfire. Here's where my odd thought comes in; there weren't a lot of Italians on board...among the...

Hi all, just finished reading Steve Santini's book Titanic Touchstones of a Tragedy, a very interesting look at the disaster from the perspective of the Titanic collection of the Manitoba Museum. my question regards the following passage from the book starting at the very bottom of page 34...

Karl Behr remembered that a man offered him the use of his revolver ( as it was put it, " after he and his wife were done using it " )should the situation in boat 5 get desperate. Looking over effects saved- it seems Norman Campbell carried a revolver off the ship. Any other candidates?

During the last confused minutes before the ship foundered there were reports of a shooting near one of the collapsable boats involving 1 or 2 passengers and an officer. Walter Lord reports two seperate letters written shortly after the sinkings by survivors which indicate one of the...