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The Titanic Inquiry 3: Fred Barrett
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In this, the second of our dramatisations of witness testimony given at the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry into the Titanic disaster we hear from Fred Barrett, a stoker from Liverpool. Fred had been tasked with extinguishing a fire and was in one of the boiler rooms when the collision happened. If you are interested in what happened in the bowels of the ship during the sinking his testimony is one of the very best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Oct 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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