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May 3, 2019 Titanic

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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May 2, 2019 Titanic

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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May 1, 2019 Titanic

107 #80: Titanic broke in half as she sank

TRUE. This fact was not generally believed until 1985, when Robert Ballard found Titanic’s wreck on the seabed, nearly 4,500

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April 30, 2019 Titanic

107 #79: Titanic’s boilers exploded as she sank

FALSE. This was a misconception brought about by witnesses such as Able Seaman Frank Osman, who said that he heard,

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April 29, 2019 Titanic

107 #78: Titanic’s engineers died at their posts below decks

FALSE. Whilst the engineers were undoubtedly all very brave, and stayed at their posts until they were discharged, they did

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April 28, 2019 Titanic

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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