The Titanic did not sink to the bottom of the Atlantic just because it struck an iceberg. The iconic ship was actually on fire before it plunged to its doom. A new documentary made by Irish journalist Senan Molony contends that a fire in a forward coal bunker – which had broken out before the ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage - so weakened the liner that the iceberg’s work was only a coup de grace. Unlike the Titanic, Molony, who reports for the Irish Daily Mail, recently made it to New York. He was covering the pre-Christmas visit to the city by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
