A Ship-Full of Lies
Ismay was placing a lot of emphasis on making a good impression so that the investors would forget about all the funds that had been put into the ship. To provide this impression, the first-class areas were luxurious and expensive, even if the structure of crumbling.
The Increase In Temperatures
The fire may not have seemed like a big deal because it didn’t have anything to do with the ship sinking, right? The ultimate cause was the ship hitting an iceberg, but many other contributing factors occurred during the journey that impacted the final outcome.