TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments. wikipedia.org Submitted by LastOfOldOrder t3_10h06wl on January 20, 2023 at 3:46 PM in todayilearned No comments 4
TIL that Frank Prentice a survivor of the Titanic, stated that the scent of the iceberg was detectable before the collision occurred. encyclopedia-titanica.org Submitted by LastOfOldOrder t3_10cqy0m on January 15, 2023 at 6:28 PM in todayilearned No comments 3