Outline
62d CONGRESS |
SENATE |
REPORT |
"TITANIC" DISASTER REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE PURSUANT TO S. RES. 283 TOGETHER WITH SPEECHES SENATOR WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH AND SENATOR ISIDOR RAYNER WASHINGTON | ||
Following eighteen days of hearings during which 86 witnesses were called and over 1,000 pages of testimony was given, the Senate Committee charged with investigating the Titanic disaster presented their report to the full Senate.
Report of Committee
Witnesses examined
Ownership of steamship "Titanic"
International Mercantile Marine Co.
General Particulars of Steamship "Titanic"
Trial Tests of Steamship "Titanic"
Only two Lifeboats Lowered
Certificate of British Board of Trade
Boat Davits and Lifeboats of the Steamship "Titanic"
Departure of the Steamship "Titanic"
Passenger List and Survivors of Steamship "Titanic"
Summary of Passengers and Survivors
Weather Conditions During Voyage
Ice Warnings
Ice Both to Northward and Southward of Steamship "Titanic's" Track
Speed
First Damage Reported
Serious Nature of Damage Realized
Flooding of the Vessel
Watertight Compartments
Distress Calls Sent Out
Distress Calls Heard
First Press Report
Vessels in Vicinity of Steamship "Titanic"
Steamship Light seen from steamship "Titanic"
Steamship "Californian's" Responsibility
International Signals of Distress at Sea
Steamship "Titanic's" Lifeboats Cleared Away
Capacity of Lifeboats not Utilized
Lifeboat Devices
Conflict in Lifeboat Reports
No Distinction Between Passengers
Conduct on Lifeboats
Ship Sinking
No Suction
Captain Rostron
On the Scene of the Rescue
Bodies not Visible
Wireless Service
Public Information
Information Withheld
Crew of steamship Titanic
• Alphabetical list of crew of steamship Titanic
• Summary of list of crew
Passengers of steamship Titanic
First class passengers
• Alphabetical list of first class passengers
• Alphabetical list of first class survivors
• Summary of first class passengers
Second class passengers
• List of second class passengers
• List of second class passengers arranged alphabetically
• List of second class passengers rescued by steamship Carpathia
Summary of second class passengers
• Third class passengers
• List of third class passengers (other than foreign) embarking at Southampton
• List of third class passengers (Scandinavian and continental) embarked at Southampton
• List of third class passengers embarked at Cherbourg
• List of third class passengers embarked at Queenstown
• List of third class passengers rescued by steamship Carpathia
• Summary of third class passengers
Speech of Senator William Alden Smith
Speech of Senator Isidor Raynor