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#4375527 - 08/20/17 09:28 PM Coal fire on the Titanic  
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Thought I had heard all there was on the Titanic, but just heard something completely new. Seems there was a significant coal fire in one of the bunkers and it may have contributed to the sinking by weakening the steel and bulkheads.


http://titanic-model.com/db/db-03/CoalBunkerFire.htm


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25092...investigating-the-ill-fated-cruise-ship/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-raging-liner-set-sail-Southampton.html

The program on the Smithsonian channel mentioned that many of the stokers and firemen that made the trip from Belfast were so concerned about it that they did not continue the trip to New York. But I haven't found anything substantiating that.

Interesting.


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#4375537 - 08/20/17 11:15 PM Re: Coal fire on the Titanic [Re: oldgrognard]  
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my wife said that photographs of the ship show a discolored area on the hull, where the coal fire was located.


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#4376090 - 08/23/17 08:47 PM Re: Coal fire on the Titanic [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Quite possible. One thing is for certain: the arrogance of Captain Smith was astounding.


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#4376092 - 08/23/17 08:52 PM Re: Coal fire on the Titanic [Re: oldgrognard]  
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I thought that the fire in the coal bunker was well known, certainly I have known of it for quite a long while. Off hand just now I can't remember which bunker it was tho


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