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~We've Struck Ice~ |
**Cal has just called for the Master at Arms, because he has just been robbed, or he's just framing Jack...whatever you want to believe! :) **
INT. BRIDGE/CHARTROOM
C.U. CAPTAIN SMITH studying the commutator.
He turns to Andrews, standing behind him.
SMITH
A five degree list in less that ten minutes.
SHIP'S CARPENTER JOHN HUTCHINSON enters behind him, out of breath and clearly unnerved.
HUTCHINSON
She's making water fast...in the forepeak tank and the forward holds, and in
boiler room six.
ISMAY enters, his movements quick with anger and frustration. Smith glances at him with annoyance.
ISMAY
Why have we stopped?
SMITH
We've struck ice
ISMAY
Well, do you think the ship is seriously damaged?
SMITH (glaring)
Excuse me.
Smith pushes past him, with Andrews and Hutchinson in tow.
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INT. BOILER ROOM 6
Stokers and firemen are struggling to draw the fires. They are working in waist deep water churning around them as it flows into the boiler room, ice cold and swirling with grease from the machinery. Chief Engineer Bell comes partway down the ladder and shouts.
BELL
That's it, lads. Get the hell up!
They scramble up the escape ladder.