The Titanic Disaster Hearings

The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation

By: Tom Kuntz - editor, Michael York

Narrated by: Roscoe Lee Browne

On April 10, 1912, The RMS Titanic embarked on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. But on the night of April 14, the British passenger liner collided with an iceberg, which resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Merely one day after the Titanic survivors arrived in New York City, a United States Senate committee began an investigation into the wreck of the great "unsinkable" ship.

The official transcripts of the investigation include: the testimony of J. Bruce Ismay—British Managing Director of the White Star Line—on-duty lookout Frederick Fleet who admits that the disaster may have been avoided, and passenger Daisy Minahan, who recalls the refusal of an officer in her lifeboat to aid those adrift in the frigid waters. The moving testimony of surviving crew and passengers of the Titanic is recreated in this dramatic multicast recording detailing the fateful night. Director James Cameron used this historical record in the making of his Oscar-winning film Titanic.

©1998 Tom Kuntz (P)1998 Phoenix Books, Inc.

The True Stories

After reading so many other accounts of the Titanic, and the story as it was told in the movies, it was quite revealing to hear the actual accounts from those who were actually on board.

A completely different perspective

This book offers a completely different perspective and it is phenomenal. I only wish it wasn’t the abridged version of the hearings and that everything was recorded.