Death of Captain Smith

[Aly Jones]

Samuel,How do i get my hands on THS Titanic Communtator journal.Can i get it from the local libary and book store. Thanks

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Alyson, if you're not a THS member, you can order any backissues by going to the THS website at http://www.titanic1.org/

 

[Mike Poirier]

Hi Alyson,

Titanic International Society also published an article on survivor William Mellors that talks about Smith's end. The article is also on ET

Mike

 

[Aly Jones]

Michael, You mention ET,what does that stand for exatley? I'm not relly sure.
Thanks for the information. Cheers

 

[Michael H. Standart]

ET is Encyclopedia Titanica.

 

[Aly Jones]

Thank you Micheal.

 

[Mike Poirier]

Hi Alyson.
Here is the link

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/william-mellors.html

Mike

 

[Aly Jones]

That's a great link Micheal!
I didn't realized that the titanic had that kind of technolghy, i mean the pushing a button and the severt came up.Did Titanic really have that kind of technolghy back then?

 

[Mark Baber]

Alyson, White Star's ship had electric bells for summoning stewards from the very beginning of the line in 1871. Look here for an article describing the system on Oceanic I, White Star's first ship.

 

[George L. Lorton]

Thanks for the link, Mike. Fascinating Fella and he knew Rhoda Abbott. I wonder if they kept in touch after the Carpathia docked in New York.

 

[Tad G. Fitch]

Mellors was an interesting fellow. His accounts also provide a good deal of detail about the last few minutes before the boat deck went under, which is how I first took notice of him years ago. Bob Bracken's article on him is very good and recommended, and interestingly enough, ties in with and reinforces some things that I discuss in my Captain Smith article.

 

[Aly Jones]

Hi micheal.Gezz had no idea Titanic had that!.She not that old fashion when you think about it.

 

[Kevin Tischer]

It is a very plausible theory but I don't think he would've tried to survive. He would've been tried in court for negligence and manslaughter just like the Italian captain of the Costa Concordia is. He knew if he had lived people would want his head. Ismay only got away with it because he was a passenger.

 

[Caroline Mendes Ferreira]

The mystery of Captain Smith

In a search I did found a passenger on the Carpathia said that Captain Smith committed suicide on the bridge and also stated that the gun was torn from his hands, but he was running to the bridge and shot himself through the mouth.

I think bad could he have done it because you never know what might have happened to the captain and also was never recovered his body.

 

[Caroline Mendes Ferreira]

Captain Smith what really happened to him.

I read that many passengers said that Captain Smith was shot and killed on the bridge. A passenger on the Carpathia said the captain committed suicide in Smirh pot command. Bad for so long that I study history of Captain Smith I think he would not be able too because we do not really know what happened to him.

In another story tells that the captain at the time the Titanic sank in the water he was helping people and children by placing them in the water in boats. Too bad he just locked himself in the bridge and stood there by the time the Titanic was sunk.