107 #82: First Officer Murdoch shot one or two passengers before shooting himself

TRUE, probably. At about 1 a.m., all Titanic’s officers had been issued with Webley revolvers, as Lightoller recalled in his

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107 #81: Col. John Jacob Astor IV was crushed by a falling funnel as Titanic sank

FALSE. This has generally been accepted as fact, probably because of the following statement by First Class survivor, Colonel Archibald

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107 #77: Ismay pushed his way into Collapsible C, the last lifeboat to be launched on the starboard side

FALSE, probably. Ismay got into the last lifeboat to be lowered on the starboard side, Collapsible C, at about 2

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