item: #1 of 4 id: 39415 author: Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic" title: Loss of the Steamship "Titanic" date: None words: 50786 flesch: 72 summary: | boats to be | readily | boats required | placed under| available | by | davits. | ship. keywords: accommodation; board; boat deck; boats; boiler; c |; class |; committee; e |; end; feet; forward; ice; life; m. |; number; passengers; position |; rules; ship |; tight; time; trade; vessel; w. |; water; | +; | casing; | collision; | deck; | engine; | mount; | stewards; | titanic; | |; | |room cache: 39415.txt plain text: 39415.txt item: #2 of 4 id: 46219 author: Walker, John Bernard title: An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own Lifeboat date: None words: 23536 flesch: 59 summary: The use of transverse coal-bunkers must be regarded as one among many instances, in which the safety of passenger ships is sacrificed to considerations of economy and convenience of operation. DIAMETER OVER TIPS OF BLADES IS 18 FEET] The purpose of the present chapter is to show how successfully the methods of underwater protection employed in naval ships may be applied to passenger ships of the first class; and the _ keywords: = =; bulkheads; compartments; construction; deck; eastern; feet; fire; great; hull; illustration; line; passenger; protection; safety; sea; ship; skin; time; titanic; water; watertight; | | cache: 46219.txt plain text: 46219.txt item: #3 of 4 id: 6675 author: Beesley, Lawrence title: The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons date: None words: 50275 flesch: 61 summary: We then agreed by general consent that the stoker who stood in the stern with the tiller should act as captain, and from that time he directed the course, shouting to other boats and keeping in touch with them. From comparison of the strength of signals received from the Frankfurt and from other boats, the operators estimated the Frankfurt was the nearest; but subsequent events proved that this was not so. keywords: board; boat; captain; carpathia; collision; conditions; crew; danger; day; deck; disaster; feet; icebergs; left; lights; man; men; miles; new; night; officers; passengers; people; port; round; sea; ship; speed; things; thought; time; titanic; water; way; women; york cache: 6675.txt plain text: 6675.txt item: #4 of 4 id: 781 author: None title: Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters date: None words: 72990 flesch: 76 summary: Perhaps, they said, other boats might have put off in another direction. After forcibly pointing out the provisions that should be made for the protection of life, Captain Roden wrote in conclusion: If the men controlling passenger ships, from the ocean liner down to the excursion barge, were equally disposed to equip their vessels with the best safety appliances as they are to devise and adopt implements of comfort and luxury, the advantage to themselves as well as to their patrons would be plainly apparent. keywords: april; astor; board; boats; bodies; bridge; cabin; captain; caption; carpathia; chapter; children; collision; colonel; crew; death; deck; disaster; feet; george; great; hours; iceberg; illust; ismay; john; life; line; lives; long; major; man; men; message; minutes; miss; mrs; new; night; officers; operator; order; passengers; people; pier; port; president; room; sea; second; ship; sinking; smith; speed; star; steamer; steamship; survivors; thought; time; titanic; vessel; water; way; white; william; wireless; women; work; york cache: 781.txt plain text: 781.txt