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Titanic Disaster Senate Report Blames Captain and Californian Leader
Senate commerce committee findings fault Captain Smith for ignoring iceberg warnings and Captain Lord of the Californian for ignoring distress signals. Senator William Alden Smith urges tighter navigation rules and life saving equipment, praising Captain Rostron and the Carpathia crew with a $1000 medal and presenting broader accountability to the British Board of Trade.
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Newfoundland
Senate
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Senate Commerce Committee
Smith
Lord
Californian
Senator Smith
Federal
Steamboat Inspection Service
Congress
Arthur H. Rostron
Carpathia
British Board of Trade
America
England
Baltic
Amerika
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
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