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Message: [QUOTE="Pat Cook, post: 252456, member: 163503"] Dear Christine, Your question really got me looking into this topic and the accounts from lifeboat #13. Here's what I've found so far: Frederick Barrett,in the British Inquiry only said he saw the ship go down but made no further mention of this nor was he questioned further about its condition. George Beauchamp,in the British Inquiry: 757(Mr. Raymond Asquith)When she sank were you near enough to see what happened; did you see how she sank? - Yes, she went down bows first; I could see the stern and then the stern went. Bridget Bradley, in the book "Unsinkable Bridget", written by her daughter Mary Higgins, 1985, from her mother's version - makes no mention of the ship breaking up (Bradley, quite possibly, may have been in another boat.) Albert Caldwell, already noted above. Washington Dodge,noted above. Elizabeth Dowdell, noted above. Reginald Lee, at the British inquiry: 560. Did you see her stern? - No, I cannot say that I did from where I was in the boat. I was standing in the bottom of the boat, and I did not actually see the last part of her go. I saw her just before that, but when people said, "She's gone; that's the last of her," I did not actually see it. I cannot say. 2561. Did you see her stern in the air at all during any of the time? - Well, I did notice her just before her final disappearance. I did not see that. I cannot say that I did. Alexander Littlejohn, First Class Steward, from his account in The Weekly Telegraph, May 10, 1912: "We could see the Titanic gradually sinking by the head. Her forward 'E' deck ports were under the water, and we could see the lights gradually go out on the 'E' deck as she settled down. All her other lights were burning brilliantly and she looked a blaze of light from stem to stern. We watched her like this for some time, and then suddenly she gave a plunge forward and all the lights went out. Her stern went right up in the air; there were two or three explosions and it appeared to me the stern part came down again and righted itself." (Here we see a hint that he thought maybe the ship broke in half by stating the 'stern part' rather than just stating the 'stern'.) Frederick Dent Ray, First Class Steward, at the U S Senate Hearings made no mention of the condition of the Titanic as it went under nor was he asked. Still checking into other accounts. However, you can well see the general consensus. Best regards, Cook [/QUOTE]

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