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Senator William Alden Watertight Smith, who chaired the US investigations into the Titanic disaster, famously posed the question of why passengers were not able to take refuge in the ship s watertight compartments.

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Senator William Alden “Watertight” Smith, who chaired the US investigations into the Titanic disaster, famously posed the question of why passengers were not able to take refuge in the ship’s watertight compartments.

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