RT Journal
T1 INvestigations of the titanic disaster—american and british
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 16
VO 307
IS 19
SP 2008
OP 2008
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.2985
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.2985
AB 
The first horror of the Titanic disaster has passed, and the American and British publics are now waiting to see what practical results the tragedy will bring forth. The senatorial inquiry brought out many facts damning not only to the steamship companies, but also and equally to the British Board of Trade which has full power to make such regulations as it deems necessary for the safety of British ships. Some English newspapers, whose opinions, apparently, are largely shaped by their advertisers, have seen fit to criticize adversely the American inquiry into the disaster. That this criticism is not shared by the British people generally is evident from the attitude of the more responsible and conservative newspapers on the other side. Two facts Senator Smith's committee brought out clearly and beyond question: first, that the Titanic was being driven at high speed through a sea known to be dangerous with ice; second, that the steamship did not have life-boat accommodation for one-half as many people as it carried.