Titanic From the Boiler Room: A Stoker's Story

April 1912. Above deck, passengers wave goodbye. Below the waterline, 159 furnaces have to be fed by hand, all day and all night. This is Titanic's first and last voyage as the stokers lived it: a fire in the coal bunker, six ice warnings, and the 11:40 PM collision in boiler room 6. Kirpi is a fictional character; every date and number is real. Subscribe for Kirpi's new stories. Instagram, YouTube and X: @theakayaworld TikTok: @akayaworld Chapters 0:00 Southampton, April 1912 1:22 The largest ship in the world 2:18 A fire in the coal bunker 3:17 Six ice warnings 4:28 11:40 PM, boiler room 6 5:41 The Carpathia 6:49 After the sinking Sources British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry (Lord Mersey), report, 1912: general report, machinery, numbers saved British Inquiry testimony, leading stoker in boiler room 6 (Day 4) US Senate Inquiry, report and testimony of the lookout (Day 4), 1912 International Maritime Organization: history of life-saving appliances (SOLAS 1914) US Coast Guard Navigation Center: International Ice Patrol Inquiry transcripts via the Titanic Inquiry Project. Music: Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite – II. Sarabande, performed by the United States Marine Band (public domain) Sound effects: Freesound (CC0)