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Ismay urges Titanic reforms after disaster hearing
In Washington April 30 J Bruce Ismay head of International Mercantile Marine urged lifeboats and automatic rafts plus double hulls and extended compartments for future liners. He testified before the Titanic inquiry and discussed ship controls, mail contracts, and the scale of IMMs fleet. Ismay said Olympic and Titanic were ordered to be the largest ships, and he had only briefly visited the Titanic’s bridge before the accident.
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Washington
Senate
J. Bruce Ismay
International Mercantile Marine Company
England
E. J. Dunn
New York
Dunn
White Star Line
Smith
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senator Smithee
Boxhall
Senator Burton
J. W. Andrews
Andrews
Isle Frank
Franklin
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Senator Smith
Western Union
Mr. Dunn
Charles H. Morgan
Cleveland
United States
Louis Klein
Klein
Morgan
White Star
Southampton
Canada
Quebec
Liverpool
Republic
Naronic
Harland & Wolff Company
Lord Pirrie
the Shipbuilding Company