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Entertainment Titanic RMS Titanic Captain Smith First Officer Murdoch Chief Officer Wilde

(Originally Uploaded: 14th April 2019)

A few things I did get wrong or didn't mention:
- As mentioned, I didn't verbally state that the first two of Daly's accounts were actually written by Dr Blackmarr on the Carpathia (think I might have misspelt his surname later on in the video)
- A few eyewitnesses (Dorking and Whiteley being examples) did apparently tell some tall tales regarding the sinking
- Positions of eyewitnesses are *very* speculative. Gracie and Williams were probably much further aft, Moody was probably on the Officers Quarters although once he got the boat down he may have clambered down to help Murdoch. Wildes position is very hypothetical.
- The timing of when Wilde issued the pistols is a bit conjectural. It could have been any time from 1:15 to 1:35 from what I have read.
- I state that there were 13 on A and about 25 on B although these numbers are not known for sure.

Literary Sources:
- Walter Lord, "The Night Lives On", (1986)
- Colonel Archibald Gracie, "The Truth About the Titanic", Mitchell Kennerley, (1913): https://archive.org/details/truthabouttitani00grac

Online Sources (links in description)
- Dan Parkes' 'William Murdoch.net' website:
http://www.williammurdoch.net/index.html
- Bill Wormstedt and Tad Fitch's 'Shots in the Dark':
http://wormstedt.com/Titanic/shots/shots.htm
- Paul Lee's 'The Suicide Letters: Daly and Rheims':
http://www.paullee.com/titanic/suicide.php
- The Encyclopedia Titanica:
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
- The Titanic Inquiry Project:
https://www.titanicinquiry.org/
- Thayers account: https://abisaab.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/17-year-old-titanic-survivor-chilling-account/
- Woolners account: https://www.titanicinquiry.org/USInq/AmInq10Woolner01.php