Probably (just a guess) their cabins were so far apart from the colission area that the sound was muffled.I've read a few accounts, and each one of them stated that there was "no sound" or "just a light sound". Honestly, I'm confused. Why would the ripping of the hull by massive knives of ice not be heard or felt?
I've read a few accounts, and each one of them stated that there was "no sound" or "just a light sound". Honestly, I'm confused. Why would the ripping of the hull by massive knives of ice not be heard or felt?
It was a glancing blow along the side. And ice does not cut like a knife. Hull plates were bent and rivets popped off allowing water to enter the hull through the seems.massive knives of ice
She was actually known and called Margaret Brown or Mrs J.J.Brown, never Molly. That name was created after she passed on.Molly Brown
I know hollywood movies aren't factual but didn't one of them have her playing cards when they hit the berg?Molly Brown said she was thrown out of her bed when the ship hit the iceberg but I feel like it was an exageration...
Lets stop spreading false information. First of all, a higher percentage of 2nd class men died, 92%, than 3rd class men, 87%. And 67% of 1st class men died. The number fatalities for women passengers are: 3% of 1st class, 13% of 2nd class, and 50% of 3rd class.Since most ( if not nearly all) 3rd class male passengers died that night,
Since most ( if not nearly all) 3rd class male passengers died that night, we will never know for sure. Male 3rd class passengers were housed in the bow section of titanic.
The off duty officers that night woke up to a slight bump.
Lets stop spreading false information. First of all, a higher percentage of 2nd class men died, 92%, than 3rd class men, 87%. And 67% of 1st class men died. The number fatalities for women passengers are: 3% of 1st class, 13% of 2nd class, and 50% of 3rd class.
(All percentages rounded to whole numbers.)
I am personally extremely skeptical about the very few claims about being thrown out of a bunk.
Yeah I would agree with that. From my limited experiance living aboard ship the foward berthing compartments were a lot worse than the aft ones. They were a lot noisier and when in rough seas they seem to get it worse as far as the shuttering and impacts when wave crashing. Of course the conditions were different and it might be apples to oranges and all that but I think the same physics apply. I remember going on my rounds and saying how it sucked up foward for the guys up there compared to us in the back and lower in the ship.Especially when there ware some who were far away from the area of impact who claimed it too.
Not quite "the very tip of the bow." The greaser's accommodation was aft of watertight bulkhead A on the starboard side. Ahead of bulkhead A was the chain locker for the anchors and ahead of that was a store room compartment which was at the very tip.“The accommodation for the greasers was on the starboard side in the very tip of the bow on G-deck, exactly where the Titanic collided with an iceberg.