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To: NRx

Saw a documentary on it years ago, they were so scared of fire they packed the ship with asbestos and the only wood allowed on board was the piano and butcher block


5 posted on 02/16/2017 7:48:08 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: Emergencyawesome
...the only wood allowed on board was the piano and butcher block.

Look up the Normandie, that was a liner that was being refitted for a troopship (WWII), but a welding spark got into the woodwork before it had all been stripped out. She capsized at the dock from all the water that was shot in trying to put out the fires. Don't nobody want to see a repeat of that performance.

18 posted on 02/16/2017 9:15:12 AM PST by thulldud
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