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= How the Titanic Sank and Why so Many People Died. =



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There were many reasons why the Titanic sank and why so many people died. One of the reasons why the Titanic sank is because Captain E.J. Smith did not slow down the ship when the warning was sounded. If he had slowed down, the damage to the ship wouldn't have been as bad. Another reason the Titanic sank is because the ship builder used sub-standard iron for the rivets that held the Titanic together. If the ship builder had used regular iron the impact with the iceberg wouldn’t have ripped the heads off the rivets. It was also Thomas Andrew’s fault because he designed the ship with only 20 lifeboats because all the other space was used for fancy things like restaurants The sixteen water tight compartments didn’t reach as high as they were suppose to because Thomas Andrew didn’t want it to reduce the living space of the first class passengers. It's also Captain Lord’s fault, the captain of the Californian, because he thought that the Titanic was having a party from the rockets that were fired. He didn't try to radio the Titanic ether. Bruce Ismay was on the Titanic and he also was in a competition to make a six day crossing, but he told Captain Smith that he couldn’t afford to slow down but Captain Smith could have slowed down anyway. ======