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Titanic had been advertised as being ' unsinkable'. Many people stayed on board thinking it would just settle down eventually and everyone would be safe. Wrong - the iceberg tore a long slit along the hull, causing several compartments to be flooded - too many for the ship to remain afloat.

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By getting into life boats or capsized furniture till a ship came

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