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Huge fire ripped through Titanic before it struck iceberg, fresh evidence suggests
The Telegraph ^ | 12/31/16 | Telegraph Reporters

Posted on 01/01/2017 7:31:23 AM PST by Buttons12

The sinking of the largest ship ever built, the Titanic, may owe as much to a enormous fire onboard as it did to a gigantic iceberg, it has been claimed...

...fresh evidence that the Titanic’s hull may have been crippled by a massive blaze that burned unchecked for almost three weeks immediately behind the spot where it was later pierced.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: fakenews; titanic; titanicfire
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To: Engedi
The fire was in the engine room.

No, it was in a coal bunker.

41 posted on 01/01/2017 9:15:54 AM PST by IronJack
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To: BenLurkin

Godzilla’s “fire” is radioactive. Perhaps testing the wreckage would reveal if Godzilla was indeed involved.


42 posted on 01/01/2017 9:17:41 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: epluribus_2; Vaquero
LOL! Of course it was the Russians. Just had another huge snowfall and the plowing people are late, making it difficult to get out of the driveway. Snow? Obviously the Russians! 😉 Things are no longer Bush's fault...From now on, the libs have a new scapegoat. *rolls eyes*
43 posted on 01/01/2017 9:41:21 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Buttons12

Has anyone thought to ask Leonardo DiCaprio? He was on board the Titanic when it struck the iceberg. My wife has video evidence of that.


44 posted on 01/01/2017 9:41:22 AM PST by moovova
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To: Buttons12

The Titantic sunk because of GREED and reduced safety and very loose industrial regulations of the McKinley administration.


45 posted on 01/01/2017 9:42:09 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Buttons12

The Jews sank the Titanic...

Iceberg, Goldberg, Greenberg....what’s the difference?


46 posted on 01/01/2017 9:44:41 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: NonValueAdded

LOL! The wisdom of “Dr.” Rosie O’Donnell...Priceless....


47 posted on 01/01/2017 9:46:43 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Buttons12

It is odd that none of the survivors mentioned anything about a fire that gutted the ship before the iceberg incident.


48 posted on 01/01/2017 9:47:20 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Buttons12

The smoldering coal fire under Centralia has been burning for more than 50 years.


49 posted on 01/01/2017 9:48:06 AM PST by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: EandH Dad
Read an article years ago that the fire was deep in a coal bunker against the hull.

I remember decades ago in a town i grew up in in northern Michigan, there was a tannery on the shore of Lake Charlevoix and a dock where the coal freighters would unload the coal for the tannery.

If not used on a regular basis, the piled up coal would start to spontaneously combust in the center of the pile and start smoking. To get around that, they would frequently bulldoze the piles to prevent the build up of heat.

50 posted on 01/01/2017 9:55:31 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Fires in coal piles at utilities are fairly common and one of the reasons only a week or so supply is on hand. The piles are constantly turned to avoid them getting out of control. Not sure how much coal was necessary to power Titantic, but it must have been a substantial pile.


51 posted on 01/01/2017 10:04:27 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Buttons12
I thought it had something to do with "497 feet of rope" (as per Jaime Brockett "Legend of the Titanic")

*long but very funny song from the early 70's

52 posted on 01/01/2017 10:08:30 AM PST by capt. norm (Capt norm)
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To: Buttons12
Super Dave Osburn and Fuji weren't there to save them.


53 posted on 01/01/2017 10:16:25 AM PST by capt. norm (Capt norm)
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To: Buttons12
Das Boot photo: scope shot from Das Boot ScopeDasBoot.jpg
54 posted on 01/01/2017 10:27:54 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: BenLurkin

55 posted on 01/01/2017 10:31:03 AM PST by Bobalu (See liberal MSM heads explode...make Milo Yiannopoulos Trump's new Press Secretary!)
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To: Buttons12

I read that the Russians started the fire and planted that iceberg. Then came the little known hail of anvils.


56 posted on 01/01/2017 10:32:53 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for the link. The article was fascinating.


57 posted on 01/01/2017 10:37:11 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Buttons12

Dozens of crew members survived, but none of them were aware of the fire.

This article is click bait, nothing more.


58 posted on 01/01/2017 10:42:07 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: EandH Dad
Read an article years ago that the fire was deep in a coal bunker against the hull.

That's one theory on why the USS Maine blew up in 1898 - coal bunker with the same problem right next to the magazine.

59 posted on 01/01/2017 10:51:30 AM PST by Oatka
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To: DeWalt

I recall reading elsewhere that bunker fires onboard steam ships were fairly common. So it’s not too far fetched and the White Star Line wasn’t going to delay the maiden voyage with a couple thousand paid up passengers to solve a problem best kept quiet. But still, if the ship hadn’t hit an iceberg while trying to set an Atlantic crossing record for its maiden voyage she’d have steamed safely into port with no one thinking twice about a minor issue in the boiler room. And if she’d been designed with top sealed self contained sections instead of open topped the boat might have been able to survive long enough for rescue. And if her distress signals were recognized. And if .... the list is nearly endless.


60 posted on 01/01/2017 10:58:31 AM PST by katana
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