Describe The Background And Facts Of The Case Of April 10, 1912
Question 1: Describe the background and facts of the “case” being tried in this mock trial. Who brought the suit, and why? Is “the story,” for the most part, true?
The background and basic facts of this case is that; on April 10, 1912, the ship known as R.M.S.TITANIC set out on its first voyage with passengers aboard. Four days later, that was on April 14, 1912, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 11:40 pm and later sank at 2:20a.m. a total of 2,227 people were aboard when the ship begun its voyage. Out of the 2,227, 1,522 lost their lives in the disaster. Several hours later, the remaining 750 passengers were rescued by the CARPATHIA liner. Jensen’s fiancé, Carla Christine was among those who survived the tragedy. …show more content…
Captain had already to sleep when he was woken up by a grinding vibration at 11:40p.m. He proceeded to the bridge to investigate on the matter and later returned to bed after a brief discussion with Officer Herbert Pitman about the noise. After ten minutes the situation became severe and this was brought to Smith’s attention by officer Boxhall and informed him that the water was up to F-Deck in the mail room. Second Officer Lightoller immediately began to load women and children into Lifeboats. Within a span of 2 ½ hours, many lifeboats left partially full. By 2:00 a.m., all but four lifeboats had been lowered, and every distress-flare had been fired. The CARPATHIA arrived on the scene very early on the 15th April, 19912 and those who had not yet frozen in the icy, North Atlantic waters, were
The background and basic facts of this case is that; on April 10, 1912, the ship known as R.M.S.TITANIC set out on its first voyage with passengers aboard. Four days later, that was on April 14, 1912, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 11:40 pm and later sank at 2:20a.m. a total of 2,227 people were aboard when the ship begun its voyage. Out of the 2,227, 1,522 lost their lives in the disaster. Several hours later, the remaining 750 passengers were rescued by the CARPATHIA liner. Jensen’s fiancé, Carla Christine was among those who survived the tragedy. …show more content…
Captain had already to sleep when he was woken up by a grinding vibration at 11:40p.m. He proceeded to the bridge to investigate on the matter and later returned to bed after a brief discussion with Officer Herbert Pitman about the noise. After ten minutes the situation became severe and this was brought to Smith’s attention by officer Boxhall and informed him that the water was up to F-Deck in the mail room. Second Officer Lightoller immediately began to load women and children into Lifeboats. Within a span of 2 ½ hours, many lifeboats left partially full. By 2:00 a.m., all but four lifeboats had been lowered, and every distress-flare had been fired. The CARPATHIA arrived on the scene very early on the 15th April, 19912 and those who had not yet frozen in the icy, North Atlantic waters, were