The politician's responce - a notice of a Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade

 

Josiah Wedgwood, the Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, tabled a question to be put to the responsible minister in the House of Commons as to why the majority of children travelling third class drowned when most of those in first and second class accomodation were saved. The statistics are that those children travelling first and second class were saved and 65.38% of those in third were drowned.

25th April 1912    PRO reference BT 9/920 A [no76]

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Chronology

The Making of History
| Register for Transmission to Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen | The Report of Survey of An Emigrant Ship |

Leaving for the New World
| Certificate for Clearance | Boarding Card | Luggage Stickers |

On Board
| Passenger List | Music Booklet | Notes for First-Class Passengers |
| First-Class Lunch Menu | The "Last Dinner" Menu |

Disaster
| Telegraph transcripts from Titanic intercepted By SS Birma |

Lifeboats and Carpathia
| Photograph of a Survivor climbing aboard SS Carpathia | Landing Card |

Aftermath
| Correspondence from the White Star Line to the Board of Trade concerning loss of Titanic |
| Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's Union |
| The politician's responce |

British and American Inquiries
| Sub-committee of the Committee on Commerce of the United States Senate | A Report on the Loss of the "Titanic" (S.S) |
| Report on the Senate Committee enquiry report into the loss of the Titanic |

Remembrance

 

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