PERCY HILLHOUSE,
Naval Architect,
Sworn.
By Lord Mersey:
2592. Tell us about these supposed water-tight doors.
- The two doors to which the engineer has referred are in the bulkhead between the engine room and the after boiler room at a higher level than the door which he saw closed. They are at the fore end of the two coal bunkers which are situated one on each side of the engine room between the lower and main decks and they are shown upon the lower deck plan of the ship.
2593. Let us see the lower deck plan. Is the sill of these two doors opening into the coal bunkers higher than the top of the door that this witness speaks about as having been closed?
- Yes.
2594. They are not on the same level?
- No, my Lord.
By Chief Justice McLeod:
2595. How much higher would it be?
- The sill of the door is about 14 feet above the top of the other one.
(Mr. Hillhouse retired.)