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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC started this discussion 6 years ago#95,693
It happened before 1950. It was a pleasure ship that was sailing during the day and I think it held a lot of Irish passengers. It caught fire but the blaze was possibly ignored. When they attempted to put it out, they found that they hoses were disintegrating. Also the life jackets were faulting and causing people to sink like stones.
This might have happened off the coasts of New York or New Jersey
Can anyone please help me remember the name of this ship?
I've heard of this, but can't remember the name of the boat.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,080,047
@1,080,037 (Green !StaYqkzUPc)
It definitely wasn't the Titanic. I saw a documentary and it said that the Titanics popularity made everyone forget this other disaster
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 25 seconds later, 28 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,080,048
@1,080,040 (C)
Me too! I just wish that I knew what to Google to find this
Anonymous C replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,080,051
Although the captain was ultimately responsible for the safety of passengers, the owners had made no effort to maintain or replace the ship's safety equipment. The fire hoses had been allowed to rot, and fell apart when the crew tried to put out the fire. The crew had never practiced a fire drill, and the lifeboats were tied up and inaccessible. (Some claim they were wired and painted in place.)[10] Survivors reported that the life preservers were useless and fell apart in their hands. Desperate mothers placed life jackets on their children and tossed them into the water, only to watch in horror as their children sank instead of floating. Most of those on board were women and children who, like most Americans of the time, could not swim; victims found that their heavy wool clothing absorbed water and weighed them down in the river.[10]
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,080,069
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Oh my god, thank you so much. What did you search to find it?
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 18 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,080,077
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
You're welcome! I went to the Wikipedia list of maritime disasters in the 20th century, sorted the list by year, then did a ctrl+f for "fire" and it was the first one that came up. Then read the article to confirm it.
(Edited 4 minutes later.)
Dreamworks joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 15 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,080,089
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
On Wikipedia tables, you can sort the columns by clicking on the little arrows shown to sort the table by that column in A-Z order or Z-A order. So you can sort the table by year, country, or number of deaths.
With Ctrl+f you can find a text string in a page, just by holding the control key and hitting the letter f. Then a little box will pop up for you to type the thing you want to look for in it.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 25 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,080,106
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Okay thanks for this learning experience
Dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,080,149
@1,080,101 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
its a fucked up world we live in meta