The Titanic sent out a distress signal- CQD- just
before in sank. The nearby ship, Carpathia, received this signal. Once the ship
got to the wreckage scene, mostly what they found in the water was bodies and
debris. Some of the people in the water were alive, but not many. Most probably
got hypothermia from the cold water and cold air and died. They also found a few
lifeboats with some of the survivors. About 700 people were saved from the
wreckage, water and lifeboats. Could this disaster have been prevented? The
so-called “water tight” doors were not really water tight. The tops of the
doors didn’t connect with the ceiling. When water entered the 1st
compartment, it spilled over the tops of the doors, which were already shut, and
just went from one compartment to the next. The water’s weight made the bow go
down first, then the stern. Some people were rescued by the Carpathia, but most
of the people on board the Titanic that fateful night died. Another reason they
hit the iceberg may have been going very fast, trying to break the Olympia’s
speed record. It was also a moonless night. In other words, they wouldn’t have
been able to see the iceberg until it was too late. One more reason they ran
into the giant ice cube may have been the fact that the water was dead calm, or
no waves. No waves meant no water breaking at the foot of the ‘berg. This
disaster might have been prevented but almost everyone thought of the Titanic as
unsinkable…
